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 concepts and the construction of commercial norms across different European trading spaces. Hugo von Vietinghoff (VUB) attended the seminar in Venice and participated in the sessions and academic exchanges throughout the event. 

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