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SEMINAR: “Have the Gods Fallen? The MICOLL International Conference” (Venice: Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani/Venice International University, 17–19 JUN 2026)

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  The MICOLL ERC project organised the international conference entitled “Have the Gods Fallen? An Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Lex Mercatoria and Commercial Revolution”, which took place in Venice from 17 to 20 June 2026, between the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani (DSCV) and Venice International University (VIU – Isola di San Servolo).  The event, held under the direction of Prof. Stefania Gialdroni (University of Padua), formed part of the final-stage activities of the ERC Consolidator Grant MICOLL (2021–2027), dedicated to the historical development of commercial law and language between the eleventh and seventeenth centuries. The discussions focused on the plurality of legal practices, the circulation of commercial vocabularies, and the role of linguistic and institutional fragmentation in shaping medieval and early modern commerce.  Within this framework, the Venice meeting contributed to the broader MICOLL research agenda on the mobility of legal concep...
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CONFERENCE: 27th British Legal History Conference (Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 1-4 JUL 2026)

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(image source: British Legal History Conference 2026 ) Prof. Dave De ruysscher will speak at the British Legal History Conference  in Nottingham next week. More information on the programme here .
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CONFERENCE: The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism (San Servolo Island, Venice: Venice International University, 26-28 JUN 2026)

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  (image source: VIU ) dr. Stefano Cattelan will present at the 5th edition of The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism held at the Venice International University on 26-28 June 2026. More information on the conference website .
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CHAPTER: Léna SYLVESTRE, "Le multilinguisme et les divergences linguistiques dans les affaires de la Cour internationale de justice - L'usage de plusieurs langues, avantage ou inconvénient pour l'application du droit international?", in: Denis TAPPY & Anne PEROZ (dir.)/Lionel HORT, Aldina MEHMEDOVIC, Laura MORIGGIA & Romina RUTTA (coll.), Langues et paroles du droit. Actes des journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit tenues à l'Université de Lausanne du 1er au 4e juin 2023 [Collection lausannoise] (Stämpfli Éditions, 2026), 669-687

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  (image source: Stämpfli ) dr. Léna Sylvestre contributed a chapter in the collective volume  Langues et paroles du droit. Actes des journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit tenues à l'Université de Lausanne du 1er au 4e juin 2023 , published in the "Collection lausannoise" of Stämpfli (edited by Denis Tappy and Anne Peroz). More information with the publisher .
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EUTOPIA: Publication of student contributions on CoLeCo Legal History blog

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The EUTopia Connected Learning Community Legal History worked in 2025-2026 on the theme " The End(s) of War" . Students from UPF Barcelona (prof. Alfons Aragoneses), CY Cergy Paris Université (Prof. Caroula Argyriadis-Kervégan), Univerza v Ljubljani (Prof. Katja Škrubej) and VUB (Prof. Frederik Dhondt ) worked hybridly, online and in-person. Following the peak event (February/March, this year in Barcelona ), students finalised their research. Every individual or collective contribution appears on the CoLeCo's blog from 9 June on. More information here .
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CONFERENCE: Section for Institutional and Legal history [Congrès des cercles francophones d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de Belgique] (Brussels: Palace of the Academies, 20-23 AUG 2026)

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(image source ( ACFHAB )  The Conference of Historical and Archaeological Societies of Belgium will return to Brussels for its next edition. The event will take place at the Palace of the Academies from 20 to 23 August 2026 , with the support of the French-Speaking Community of Belgium, the Académie Royale de Belgique, urban.brussels, and the City of Brussels.  The section devoted to Institutional and Legal History , chaired by Prof. em. Jean-Marie Cauchies with dr. Marc Ronvaux and Prof. Frederik Dhondt as vice-presidents and dr. Nicolas Simon as secretary, will bring together a series of academic presentations. Prof. Frederik Dhondt   will present on “ The little-known memoir of the Count of Calenberg on the Ostend Company (1725) ”, as detailed in the official programme.  Learn more about the program and details here .
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REMINDER: VACANCIES: Three PhD Students (m/f/x), ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB (DEADLINE 8 JUL 2026)

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  (image source: TREATYLAB )  Three full-time PhD vacancies for the ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB ("The Labyrinth of Treaties, 1712-1763. International Law Behind the Scenes of Early Enlightenment Diplomacy") have been published.  More information on the project's website .
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