Frederik Dhondt
Frederik Dhondt (1984) is associate professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, which he joined as assistant professor on 1 October 2015. He is the director of CORE, Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Law and Criminology and has been (Oct 2021-Oct 2024) head of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (JURI). He teaches the courses Political History of Belgium (6 ECTS, First Year Bachelor of Laws, First Year Bachelor of Science in Criminology), Historical and Comparative Introduction to Public Law (6 ECTS, First Year Bachelor of Laws) and Legal History (6 ECTS, Master of Laws, together with R. Cahen). Since 2021-2022, he is the lead of the EUTopia Connected Learning Community "Legal History:Minority Rights" (involving the partners of Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, CY Paris, Ljubljana and Warwick).
Frederik obtained the degrees of Master of Laws (Ghent, 2002-2007, Magna Cum Laude, Specialty Public law and International Law), Master of Arts in History (Ghent, 2004-2008, Erasmus Paris IV-Sorbonne, Summa Cum Laude) and Research Master in International Relations (Sciences Po Paris, Ecole doctorale, 2008-2009, Magna Cum Laude). His Master thesis on the War of the Spanish Succession (Nec Pluribus Impar? De campagnes en onderhandelingen van Lodewijk XIV in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden, 1707-1708, under the direction of René Vermeir) was awarded the André Schaepdrijver Prize (OSGG) for best Master Thesis in History at Ghent University, and the Thesis Prize of the Werkgroep 18de Eeuw (Belgian-Dutch Society for Eighteenth Century Studies). The commercial version was published as Op zoek naar glorie in Vlaanderen. De Zonnekoning en de Spaanse Successie by UGA (series Standen en Landen/Anciens Pays et Assemblées d’Etats, vol. 108). The book won the 2012 Prize for Historical Research of the Province of East-Flanders (see publications). In, 2007, Frederik obtained the Ghent Court of Appeal Prize for best master papers in law (papers in open access on e-thesis). In 2016, he was awarded the Van Caenegem Prize for best article published by a young scholar in Comparative Legal History.
He prepared a PhD dissertation in Law under the direction of Dirk Heirbaut at Ghent University as PhD-Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) from 2009 to 2013. He was a visiting researcher in London (Oct-Dec 2009), Frankfurt am Main (Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Jan-Feb 2010), Paris (Jan-Jun 2011) and Heidelberg (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Oct-Nov 2012). His thesis Balance of Power and International Law. European Diplomacy and the Elaboration of International Order, 18th Century and Post 1945 was successfully defended on 13 September 2013. The commercial version was published by Brill in 2015 (Balance of Power and Norm Hierarchy. Franco-British Diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht) in the series Studies in the History of International Law (ed. Randall Lesaffer).
After completing his dissertation, Frederik was appointed as Faculty Postdoctoral Assistant at the Ghent Law Faculty and lecturer in charge for the course European and Belgian Private Legal History (Second Year Bachelor of Laws, 2013-2014). From October 2014 to September 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), on a project entitled Foreign Legal Perceptions of the Belgian Buffer State’s Neutrality, 1830-1914. From November 2014 to April 2015, he was a visiting fellow in Geneva (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies). In May 2022, he held the OVR Chair (OVR-Wisselleerstoel) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
In October 2015, Frederik joined the VUB as Assistant Professor. From October 2016 to September 2020, he occupied a complementary position as Visiting Lecturer at the University of Antwerp’s law faculty, for the courses Political and Institutional History of Belgium and the Low Countries (First year Bachelor of Laws, 6 ECTS, together with Vice-Chancellor Herman Van Goethem) and Legal History (Master of Laws, 3 ECTS). Since October 2017, he is associated to Ghent University as voluntary research associate (Legal History Institute - GRILI).
Frederik is active as director of communications of the European Society for Comparative Legal History (since June 2018). In March 2023, he was appointed President of the Royal Commission for the Publication of Old Laws and Ordinances of Belgium by Decree of His Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians.
He was Vice-President and President of Standen en Landen/Anciens Pays et Assemblées d'États (2014-2022). He served for seven years (2014-2021) as a member of the Steering Committee of the European Society of International Law's Interest Group History of International Law.
Frederik’s research focuses on the history of international law, public law and politics in the 18th and 19th centuries. He publishes in English, French, Dutch and (occasionally) Spanish and German. His main publications are sorted according to the area of interest (see also Frederik's page on PURE):
A : Early modern diplomacy and international law
(1) Books, chapters, articles and encyclopaedia entries
43. "Small Power Neutrality on the Diplomatic Chessboard in the Age of ‘Walpole and Fleury’: the Failed Mediation Negotiations in the Hague (1734-1735)", in: S. CATTELAN & F. DHONDT (eds.), Small Power Neutrality and the Law of the Sea in the Long Eighteenth Century (1650-1800) (forthcoming, see below)
42. with S. CATTELAN, "Introduction: Neutrality in the Long Eighteenth Century (1650-1800), une mer sans rivages?", in: S. CATTELAN & F. DHONDT (eds.), Small Power Neutrality and the Law of the Sea in the Long Eighteenth Century (1650-1800) (forthcoming, see below)
41. with S. CATTELAN (eds.), Small Power Neutrality and the Law of the Sea in the Long Eighteenth Century (1650-1800). Law as Argument in the Pelagic Arena [History of European Constitutional and Political Thought, eds. E. BENNER, L. KONTLER & M. SOMOS; vol. 14] (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, May 2025 forthcoming), ISBN 9789004724426/9789004728974, DOI 10.1163/9789004728974.
40. "Chapter 13: ‘Territory and Jurisdiction in Ancien Regime Europe'", in: R. LESAFFER (ed.), International Law in Early Modern Europe, vol. 6/2 of The Cambridge History of International Law (ed. R. LESAFFER). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781108757355 and 9781108485616, DOI 10.1017/9781108758355, pp. 421-465 (forthcoming) (Feb 2025), .
39. "De La Haye à Cambrai: lenteur et impatience de la pacification entre métropoles et congrès (1720-1725)", in: E. SCHNAKENBOURG (dir.), Le traité de Nystad et l'établissement de la paix en Europe dans les années 1720 [Enquêtes et Documents/Échanges, relations internationales & histoire du monde atlantique, ed. E. SCHNAKENBOURG; 77] (Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2024), pp. 167-184, ISBN 9782753598089. See publisher's website.
38. (with A. RIBEIRO DA SILVA) "Reflexões Metodológicas sobre a História do Direito Internacional Público", in: G. MARTYN & A. DAL RI JÚNIOR (eds.), Métodos da historiografia do direito contemporânea: Olhares cruzados entre a Bélgica e o Brasil (Belo Horizonte: Editora D'Plácido, 2023), pp. 153-206, ISBN 9786555897456, see publisher's website.
37. "Rebels, Exiles and Pirates in Context: Flexible Labels in the Aftermath of the Peace of Utrecht (1713-1720)", in G. DE GIUDICI, D. FEDELE & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA (eds.), Soggettività contestate e diritto internazionale in età moderna [Collana di studi di storia del diritto medievale e moderno, ed. P. ALVAZZI DEL FRATE, G. ROSSI & E. TAVILLA; 9] (Rome: Historia et Ius, 2023), pp. 153-176 (ISBN 978-88-946376-9-4) (open access)
36. "'Bringing the divided Powers of Europe nearer one another.' The Congress of Soissons, 1728-1730", Nouva Antologia Militare. Rivista interdisciplinare della Società Italiana di Storia Militare n° 3 (2022), pp. 535-642 (DOI 10.36158/97888929548553) (open access)
35. "Il n'y a que le provisoire qui dure: early eighteenth-century preliminary articles and conventions in doctrine and practice" in: S. TAROZZI & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA (eds.), From International Treaties to the Binding Nature of Contract. A Historical and Comparative Analysis, [Collana Ravenna Capitale] (Santarcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli Editore, 2022), pp. 35-50, ISBN 9788891658470, see here. See also Google Books.
34. "Le théâtre de la guerre et la bataille d’Audenarde (11 juillet 1708)" [Actes des Journées Internationales d'histoire du droit et des institutions 2019, Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons] (C@hiers du CRHiDI 43 (2021)), 33 p. DOI 10.25518/1370-2262.1360. (ISSN 1370-2262)
33. "Treaty on the Establishment of Peace Throughout Christendom (1464)" in: H. RUIZ FABRI (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [Oxford Public International Law] (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021), Online.
32. "Grondgebied, rechtsmacht en vredesverdragen. Wat de lokale geschiedenis van de diplomatieke archieven kan leren" in: M. VANWELDEN, S. LYBEERT, W. RONSIJN & E. VERROKEN (eds.), Huldeboek Rik Castelain [Verhandelingen van de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring van Oudenaarde; 3] (Oudenaarde: Stadsarchief), 2022, 45-61 (pre-print: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/X3ZS9).
31. "L'alliance franco-anglaise contre Philippe V. Le droit au service de l'ordre ?" in: J. ALBAREDA SALVADÓ & N. SALLÉS VILASECA (eds.), La reconstrucción de la política internacional española. El reinado de Felipe V [Collection de la Casa de Velazquez; 189] (Madrid: Casa de Velazquez, 2021), pp. 119-136 (ISBN 9788490963470), see Google Books and OpenEdition.org (open access-version).
30. "The Peace of Utrecht (1713)" in: M. KOCSIS (ed.), The Springer Global Encyclopedia of Territorial Rights (Heidelberg: Springer, 2020) (DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-68846-6_611-1)
29. "Jean Rousset de Missy et les Intérêts présens des puissances de l’Europe: territoires, souveraineté et argumentation juridique pratique", in: P. HEPNER, T. LE MARC'HADOUR & C. PFISTER-LANGANAY (dir.), Construire et déconstruire les territoires de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Actes des journées internationales tenus à Arras les 11 et 12 mai 2018 [Société d'Histoire du Droit et des Institutions des Pays Flamands, Picards et Wallons] (Lille: Éditions numériques du Centre d'histoire judiciaire, 2023), pp. 85-116. (DOI 10.34847/nkl.8cde5896).
30. (with R. CAHEN & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA) “Training, Ideas and Practices. The Law of Nations in the Long Eighteenth Century: An Introduction to the Focus Section”. Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d’histoire du droit international. XXII(2019), nr. 1 (Oct), pp. 45-49. (ISSN 1388-199X) (DOI: 10.1163/15718050-12340141). Open access on Brill's website.
29. “Renonciations et possession tranquille : l’abbé de Saint-Pierre, la paix d’Utrecht et la diplomatie de la Régence”. Clio@Thémis. Revue européenne électronique d’histoire du droit / European Electronic Journal in legal history n° 18 (2020) [Histoire du droit international, ed. R. CAHEN, F. DHONDT & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA], 23 p. ISSN 2105-0929 (open access), DOI 10.35562/cliothemis.316.
28. “Peace and Law”. In: I. DINGEL, M. ROHRSCHNEIDER, I. SCHMIDT-VOGES, S. WESTPHAL & J. WHALEY (Hrsg.). Handbuch Frieden im Europa der Frühen Neuzeit. Handbook of Peace in Early Modern Europe. [Reference] Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021, pp. 113-130, ISBN 978-3-11-059131-6. See publisher's website and Flyer. DOI 10.1515/9783110591316-006. See book review by Wolfgang Reinhard (Freiburg im Breisgau) (Sehepunkte June 2021).
27. “La consolidation juridique du système des traités d’Utrecht et de Rastatt par la diplomatie franco-anglaise (1713-1725)”. In: L. BÉLY, G. HANOTIN & G. POUMARÈDE (dir). La Diplomatie-monde. Autour de la paix d'Utrecht [Histoire de la diplomatie et des relations internationales]. Paris: Pedone, 2019, pp. 511-530. ISBN 9782233009289. See here.
26. “La transformation de Philippe V d’Espagne. De la couronne de France à celle des Espagnes”. In: P.-O. DE BROUX, Ph. DESMETTE, S. GLANSDORFF, B. PIRET & N. SIMON (dir.). La transmission du pouvoir monarchique, entre droits et devoirs. Du Moyen Âge à nos jours [Standen en Landen/Anciens Pays et Assemblées d'États, vol. 113]. Brussel: ASP, 2019, pp. 93-116. ISBN 978 90 5718 833 6. More information here. See preview on Google Books.
25. “Arrestez et pillez contre toute sorte de droit”: Trade and the War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720).” Legatio: The Journal for Renaissance and Early Modern Diplomatic Studies, I (2017), nr. 1, pp. 98-130 (ISSN 2545-1693) (DOI:10.12775/LEGATIO.2017.04)
24. “The Law of Nations and Declarations of War after the Peace of Utrecht”. History of European Ideas, XLII (2016), No.3, pp. 329-349 (ISSN 0191-6599) (DOI 10.1080/01916599.2015.1118333)
23.“Penser l’ordre juridique international moderne : la hiérarchie des normes et la Société des Princes”. In: N. LAURENT-BONNE & X. PREVOST (dir.). Penser l’ordre juridique médiéval et moderne. Regards croisés sur les méthodes des juristes [Contextes - Culture du droit, ed. A.-S. CHAMBOST]. Paris: Lextenso, 2016, pp. 83-109. ISBN 9782275046822. Review by Guildin Davy (Revue historique de droit français et étranger 2018, 154-157.
22. “Del Contrato al Tratado. La Transformación Legal de la Sucesión Española (1659-1713).” In: L. RIBOT & J. M. IÑURRITEGUI (eds.), Europa y los Tratados de Reparto de la Monarquía de España, 1668-1700 [Colleción Historia Biblioteca Nueva, ed. J. P. FUSI], Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2016, pp. 55-77. ISBN 9788416647583.
21. Balance of Power and Norm Hierarchy. Franco-British Diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht [Legal History Library, Volume 17; Studies in the History of International Law, Volume 7 (ISSN 1874-1793)]. Leiden/Boston: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2015, 636 p. (ISBN 9789004293748). See book reviews by Regina Dauser (Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 2017), Karl-Heinz Lingens (Rechtsgeschichte, 2017), Lucien Bély (Revue d'histoire diplomatique, 2016), Eric Schnakenbourg (Revue Historique, 2016), Lorenz Erren (HSozKult, 2017), Raymond Kubben (Leiden Journal of International Law, 2017), Peter Schröder (H-France 2016, response), Christophe Wampach, (Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte - Kanonistische Abteilung 2018)
20. “Delenda est haec Carthago: The Ostend Company As A Problem Of European Great Power Politics (1722-1727)”. Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis XCLIII (2015), No. 2, pp. 397-437 (ISSN 0035-0818). Open access on Persée. DOI 10.3406/rbph.2015.8840.
19. “Équilibre et hiérarchie : l’argument juridique dans la diplomatie française et anglaise après la Paix d’Utrecht”. In: N. DROCOURT & E. SCHNAKENBOURG (dir.). Thémis en diplomatie : l’argument juridique dans les relations internationales de l’antiquité tardive à la fin du XVIIIe siècle [Collection “Histoire”, ISSN 1255-2364]. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2016, pp. 67-83. ISBN 9782753551237. DOI 10.4000/books.pur.47665. Read my chapter on Openedition.org. See book review by C.-E. LEVILLAIN, Journal of Modern History 2018; book review by L. AUER, Francia:Recensio 2019/1; book review by A. HUGON, Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine LXVI (2019), n°1, 135-136.
18. “Bring this mad woman to reason ! Elisabeth Farnese as a female ruler in 18th Century Europe”. In: S. VANDENBOGAERDE, B. DEBAENST, S. DHALLUIN, H. DUFFULER-VIALLE, & I. LELLOUCHE (eds.). (Wo)men in Legal History [Acta of the XIXth European Forum of Young Legal Historians]. Lille: Centre d’Histoire Judiciaire, 2016, pp. 277-292. ISBN 2-910114-33-3. See text on SSRN.
17. Kardinaal Dubois door Hyacinthe Rigaud (1723). Een insider’s view op een bibliotheek van de macht in de Grand Siècle”. Pro Memorie: Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. XVI (2014), nr. 2, pp. 45-54 (Themanummer Rechtsgeschiedenis verbeeld, red. G. MARTYN, P. BROOD & L. BERKVENS) (ISSN 15667146, ISBN 9789087044794). See text in Open access on the publisher's website. See review in the RBPH-BTFG on Persée.
16. “The cursed sluices of Dunkirk “: Dunkerque, thermomètre des relations franco-britanniques après Utrecht”. In: O. RYCKEBUSCH & R. OPSOMMER (dir.). Guerre, frontière, barrière et paix en Flandre. Ieper: Stadsarchief Ieper, 2014, pp. 124-140. ISBN 97890282229912. See text on SSRN.
15. “Looking Beyond the Tip of the Iceberg: Diplomatic Praxis and Legal Culture in the History of Public International Law”. Rechtskultur - Zeitschrift für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte/European Journal of Legal History/Journal européen d’histoire du droit 2 (2013) [Methode der Rechtsgeschichte und ihrer Nachbarwissenschaften beim Umgang mit rechtshistorischen Quellen] pp. 31-42 (ISBN 978-3-86646-417-9/ISSN 2568-4469). See text on SSRN. DOI 10.17176/20210121-120051-0.
14. “La culture juridique pratique au Congrès de Cambrai (1722-1725)”. Revue d’Histoire Diplomatique. CXXVII (2013), nr. 3, pp. 271-292 (ISSN 0035-2365). See text on SSRN.
13. “La représentation du droit dans la communauté des diplomates européens des « Trente Heureuses » (1713-1740)”. Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis/Revue d’Histoire du Droit/The Legal History Review. LXXXI (2013), No. 3-4, pp. 595-620 (ISSN 0040-7585) (DOI: 10.1163/15718190-08134P11)
12. “German or European ? Jülich and Berg between Imperial and Public International Law”. Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs: recht [durch] setzen: Making Things Legal. Gesetzgebung und prozessuale Wirklichkeit in den europäischen Rechtstraditionen, Hrsg. von K. STAUDIGL-CHIECHOWICZ, Ph. KLAUSBERGER, R. PILS, P. SCHEIBELREITER & C. SCHMETTERER. III (2013), Nr. 2 [Acta of the 2012 European Forum of Young Legal Historians], pp. 355-362. (ISSN 2221-8890). Read paper on SSRN.
11. “L’équilibre européen et la Succession d’Espagne. L’épisode révélateur des négociations de Nicolas Mesnager en Hollande, 1707-1708”. In: V. DEMARS-SION, R. MARTINAGE, H. FRANCOIS & A. DEPERCHIN (dir.). Diplomates et Diplomatie. Actes des Journées Internationales tenues à Péronne du 22 au 23 mai 2009 [Société d’Histoire du Droit et des Institutions des Pays Flamands, Picards et Wallons]. Lille: Université Lille 2-Centre d’histoire judiciaire, 2013, 97-112. (ISBN 2-910114-30-9). Read paper on SSRN.
10. “Legal Discourse between Integration and Disintegration: The Case of the Peaceful Succession Struggles, 1713-1739”. In: J. OOSTERHUIS & E. VAN DONGEN (eds.). European Traditions: Integration or Disintegration ?. Nijmegen: Wolf Legal Publishers, 2013, pp. 159-174 (ISBN 9789058509444). Read paper on SSRN.
9. “So Great A Revolution: Charles Townshend and the Partition of the Austrian Netherlands, September 1725”. Dutch Crossing: Journal of Low Countries Studies. XXXVI (2012), No. 1 (March), pp. 50-68 (ISSN 0309-6564) (DOI: 10.1179/0309656411Z.0000000002)
8. Op zoek naar Glorie in Vlaanderen. De Zonnekoning en de Spaanse Successie, 1707-1708 [Standen en Landen/Anciens Pays et Assemblées d’États, vol. CVIII]. Kortrijk: UGA, 2011. 520 p. (ISBN 9789089772428). Open access here. See reviews by Marie Van Eeckenrode (Revue du Nord 2013, Hans Beelen (Historische Zeitschrift 2013), Lucien Bély (Revue d'histoire diplomatique 2013/3, 295), Willem Frijhoff (Francia:Recensio 2012), Randall Lesaffer (Handelingen van het Genootschap voor Geschiedenis te Brugge, 2014, 408-411), Matthias Pohlig (Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 2013), John M. Stapleton (Journal of Military History 2012), Klaas Van Gelder (Pro Memorie 2012), David Onnekink (BMGN 2013), Jan Vanacker (Biekorf, 2013), Renate Zedinger (Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert und Österreich, 2013).
7. “Law on the Diplomatic Stage: the 1725 Ripperda Treaty”. In: V. DRAGANOVA, L. HEIMBECK, H. LANDERER, S. KROLL & U. MEYER (eds.), Inszenierung des Rechts - Law on Stage [6 Jahrbuch Junge Rechtsgeschichte - Yearbook of Young Legal Historians 2010]. München: Martin Meidenbauer, 2011, pp. 303-324 (ISBN 3899752422). See paper on SSRN.
6. “Dertig jaar vrede, driehonderd jaar later: De Zuidelijke Nederlanden, Frankrijk en Europa in de Vrede van Utrecht (1713) - Trente années de paix, trois cents ans plus tard: l’Europe, la France, les Pays-Bas méridionaux et la paix d’Utrecht (1713)”. De Franse Nederlanden-Les Pays-Bas français. XXXVII (2012), pp. 32-53. (ISSN 0251-2408)
5. “Balance of Power Language and Mediation Rituals: The Quadruple Alliance’s Italian Investitures (1718-1727)”. 2000: The European Journal. XIII (2012), nr. 2 (december), pp. 10-13
4. “From Contract to Treaty: the Legal Transformation of the Spanish Succession, 1659-1715”. Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d’histoire du droit international. XIII (2011), nr. 2, pp. 347-375. (ISSN 1388-199X) (DOI: 10.1163/15718050-13020004)
3. “Entre droit privé et droit international : la succession d’Espagne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles”. Cahiers du centre de recherches en histoire du droit et des institutions: Histoire(s) du droit, dir. Marie Moulart et Emmanuël Falzone. n°. 35-36 (2011), pp. 61-102 (ISSN 1370-2262). See paper on Popups ULiège and SSRN. See review in the RBPH-BTFG on Persée.
2. “Lodewijk XIV als spelverdeler in de Spaanse Successie”. De Achttiende Eeuw : Tijdschrift van de Belgisch-Nederlandse Werkgroep de 18de eeuw. XLII (2010), nr. 2, pp. 283-319. (ISSN 0166-6304)
1. “Clans, Cabales en Coterieën: de Slag bij Oudenaarde en de permanente machtsstrijd in de Grand Siècle”. Handelingen van de Geschied- en oudheidkundige kring van Oudenaarde, van zijn kastelnij en van den lande tusschen Maercke en Ronne. XLVI (2009), pp. 3-35. Text available in open access here (ISSN 2033-4176)
(2) Book reviews
11. "Review of Edward JONES CORREDERA, The Diplomatic Enlightenment. Spain, Europe and the Age of Speculation [History of Political and Constitutional Thought, eds. Erica BENNER, László KONTER & Mark SOMOS; 5] (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021) (Magallánica, Revista de Historia Moderna X (2023), nr. 19, 390-394 (ISSN 2422-779X), open access.
10. “Review of ALIMENTO (Antonella) & STAPELBROEK (Koen) eds. The politics of Commercial Treaties in the Eighteenth Century. Balance of Power, Balance of Trade. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017”, Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis XCVII (2019), nr. 2, 611-618. (ISSN 0035-0818).
9. “Review of Dante Fedele, Naissance de la diplomatie moderne (XIIIe-XVIIe siècles”. The American Journal of Legal History LVIII (2018), nr. 3, 416-418. DOI 10.1093/ajlh/njy015.
8. “Compte rendu de D. Lemmings, Law and Government during the Long Eighteenth Century. From Consent to Command. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011”. Emulations. Revue des jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses en sciences sociales, juin/juillet 2017 (ISSN 2030-5656). Text in open access (DOI 10.14428/emulations.cr.033).
7. “Review of LESAFFER (Randall), ed., The Twelve Years Truce (1609) : peace, truce, war, and law in the Low Countries at the turn of the 17th century, Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2014, IX + 297 p. (Legal History Library, 13; Studies in the History of International Law, 6) ISBN 9789004274914”, Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis XCLIII (2015), pp. 915-920 (ISSN 0035-0818) Available in open access on Persée.
6. “Book review of Bourquin, Laurent, Philippe Hamon, Alain Hugon, and Yann Lagadec (eds.). La politique par les armes : conflits internationaux et politisation (XVe-XIXe siècle). Histoire. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2014. 324 p. ISBN 9782753528772.”. English Historical Review, CXXXVI (2016), nr. 549 (Apr.), pp. 444-447 (ISSN 0013-8266) (DOI:10.1093/ehr/cew059)
5. “Bespreking van L. Sicking, La Naissance d’une thalassocratie. Les Pays-Bas et la mer à l’aube du Siècle d’or. Paris: PUPS, 2016”. Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XVIII (2016), Nr. 1, pp. 248-250 (ISSN 15667146). Open access on the journal's Archive.
4. “Book Review: A. Alimento (ed.), War, Trade and Neutrality. Europe and the Mediterranean in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2011)”. Journal of the History of International Law - Revue d’histoire du droit international. XVII (2015), Nr. 2, 283-290 (ISSN 1388-199X). DOI 10.1163/15718050-12340044.
3. “Bespreking van Eric Schnakenbourg, Entre la guerre et la paix: neutralité et relations internationales, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles. Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2013. 375 p. ISBN 978-2-7535-2796-61.” Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. XVIII (2015), No.1, pp. 110-111 (ISSN 1566-7146). Open access here.
2. “Bespreking van ONNEKINK (David) & DE BRUIN (Renger). De Vrede van Utrecht (1713). Hilversum, Verloren, 2012”. Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis, XCLI (2013), No. 2, pp. 1337-1343 (ISSN 0035-0818). Read in open access on Persée.
1. “Recensie: S. VAN DER VEEN, Spaanse Groninger in Marokko. De levens van Johan Willem Ripperda (1682-1737), Amsterdam, Bert Bakker, 2007”. Pro Memorie: Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. XIII (2011), pp. 147-150 (ISSN 15667146). Read in open access on the journal website.
(3) Vulgarisation
7. "Waarom heeft oorlog geen zin ?". Universiteit van Vlaanderen Podcasts, 9 oktober 2022, here (or iTunes - Spotify).
6. “Leve de Britse diplomatie !”. De Standaard, 12 september 2017, text
5. “The League of Hanover (3 September 1725): safeguarding the European Balance”. In: R. LESAFFER (ed.). Oxford Historical Treaties Online. Oxford: Oxford UP, Jan. 2015 URL:http://opil.ouplaw.com/page/league-hanover-european-balance
4. “Het keerpunt 1715 ? De dood van Lodewijk XIV, 1 september 1715”. Eos:Memo. 2015, nr. 14, pp. 76-81 (ISSN 2295-676X)
3. “Op één nacht van Parijs: Oudenaarde als vestingstad op het slagveld van Europa (1600-1819)”. In: P. TRIO, R. CASTELAIN en G. VAN KERKHOVEN (eds.), Tijd voor Oudenaarde. Brugge: Die Keure, 2012, pp. 64-77 (ISBN 9789461900821)
2.“De Slag bij Oudenaarde en de Spaanse Successieoorlog”. In: LACHAERT (P.-J.) (ed.), Oudenaarde 1708. Een stad, een koning, een veldheer. Leuven: Davidsfonds, 2008, pp. 51-78. (ISBN 9789058265364)
1. “De Spaanse Successieoorlog en de slag bij Oudenaarde (11 juli 1708)”. Handelingen van de Geschied- en oudheidkundige kring van Oudenaarde, van zijn kastelnij en van den lande tusschen Maercke en Ronne. XLIV (2007), pp. 23-74. Available in open access here. (ISSN 2033-4176)
B : 19th and 20th century diplomacy and international law
(1) Chapters and articles
12. "Teaching the Law of Nations in King Leopold’s Foreign Office: Léon Arendt’s Droit des gens Course (1903)", in: R. CAHEN, S. L. KIMBLE, P. ALLORANT, W. BADIER & P. S. MORRIS (eds.), Relations internationales et droit(s). Acteurs, institutions et législations comparées (1815-1914). Law(s) and International Relations. Actors, institutions and comparative legislations (1815-1914) (Paris: Pedone, 2024), pp. 169-199, ISBN 9782233010674
11. “Hoe modern was het negentiende-eeuwse neutraliteitsrecht (1776-1870)”?, Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XXIV (2022), Nr. 2, pp. 218-254, DOI PROM2022.2.006.DHON.
10. “Legal arguments in the debate on recognition of Italian independence in Belgian parliament (November 1861)”, [Special Section: Entangled National and International Legal Orders in the Long 19th Century, eds. R. CAHEN, F. DHONDT & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA] Forum Historiae Iuris 12 December 2022, 33 p. DOI 10.26032/fhi-2021-008
9. with R. CAHEN & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA, "Introduction", [Special Section: Entangled National and International Legal Orders in the Long 19th Century, eds. R. CAHEN, F. DHONDT & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA] Forum Historiae Iuris, 14 OCT 2022, DOI 10.26032/fhi-2022-10 (OPEN ACCESS).
8. “Edouard Descamps (1847 – 1933): From Negative Neutrality to Positive Pacigerate”. In: P. SEAN MORRIS (ed.). The League of Nations and the Development of International Law. A New Intellectual History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists [Routledge Research in Legal History] (London: Routledge, 2021, pp. 156-179. ISBN 9780367897536, DOI 10.4324/9781003020882-8.
“Balance of Power, neutrality and the Vienna Congress: conceptual innovation or practical continuity ?”. In: M. SCHMOECKEL & M. VEC (eds.). The Congress of Vienna and its Legacy in International Law , 14 p. (forthcoming)
7. with S. VANDENBOGAERDE, "“La mentalité de nos confrères à l’égard de ce qui fut jadis et sera demain”: The Neutralities of Belgium, the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo (1885-1914) seen through the Journal des Tribunaux". [Theme issue: Congo at War(s), ed. E. NGONGO, B. PIRET & N. TOUSIGNANT] Journal of Belgian History-Revue Belge d'Histoire Contemporaine-Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis XLVIII (2018), nr. 1-2, pp. 132-164. (ISSN 0035-0869). See text in open access here.
6. “Permanent Neutrality or Permanent Insecurity ? Obligation and Self-Interest in the Defence of Belgian Neutrality, 1830-1870”, in: I. VAN HULLE & R. LESAFFER (eds.), International Law in the Long Nineteenth Century (1776-1914). From the Public Law of Europe to Global International Law? [Legal History Library, 28/Studies in the History of International Law, 11] (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2019), pp. 157-185. ISBN 978-90-04-41208-8. DOI 10.1163/9789004412088_009. See book review by George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo in Rechtsgeschichte XXVIII (2020).
5. “Neutralité permanente, interprétations mutantes: la neutralité belge à travers trois traités de juristes”, Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis/Revue d'Histoire du Droit/The Legal History Review LXXXVI (2018), Nr. 1-2, pp. 188-124. DOI 10.1163/15718190-08612P09.
4. “Johan Rudolph Thorbecke”. In: M. COOLS, J.-F. GERKENS, G. GRANDJEAN, D. HEIRBAUT, P. HUMBLET, P. WAUTELET (eds.), Tweehonderd jaar rechtenfaculteiten Gent en Luik - Bicentenaire des facultés de droit de Gand et Liège. Brugge: Die Keure, 2019, pp. 103-107, ISBN 9789048635597. See here.
3. “La neutralité permanente de la Belgique et l’histoire du droit international : quelques jalons pour la recherche”. Cahiers du centre de recherches en histoire du droit et des institutions [Gens de robe, gens de guerre: ordre public et ordre social; Actes des journées internationales de la société d’histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons tenues à Bruxelles, les 6-7 mai 2016], 16 p. DOI 10.25518/1370-2262.614.(ISSN 1370-2262)
2. “‘Inter ruinas publicas scriptum’. Ernest Nys, A Legal Historian in Defence of Belgian Tax Payers During the Great War”. Comparative Legal History III (2015), nr. 1, pp. 131-151 (ISSN 2049-6788) (DOI:10.1080/2049677X.2015.1041730) Van Caenegem Prize 2016 for best article in Comparative Legal History written by a scholar under the age of 40 (European Society for Comparative Legal History)
1. “Charles de Gaulle, Anti-Hegemonic Discourse and International Law”. Forum Historiae Iuris, 12 maart 2015, 41 p. (ISSN 1860-5605). Article in Open Access here.
(2) Book reviews
5. "Review of Gabriela Frei, Great Britain, International Law and the Evolution of Maritime Strategic Thought [Oxford Historical Monographs] (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)". Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international XXIV (2022), No. 2, pp. 292-297. DOI 10.1163/15718050-12340205.
4. "Review of Leos Müller, Neutrality in World History" [Special issue "Narrating World History after the Global Turn: The Cambridge World History (2015)], Comparativ: Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung VI (2019), 123-126 (ISSN 0940-3566). See text here.
3. “Review of Vincent Genin, Un Laboratoire Belge de Juristes and Incarner le Droit International", Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis/Revue Belge d'Histoire Contemporaine/Journal of Belgian History, 2019, nr. 2-3, pp. 283-286 (ISSN 0035-0869). See here.
2. “Book Review: R. KUBBEN, Regeneration and Hegemony. Franco-Batavian Relations in the Revolutionary Era, 1795-1803, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011”. Journal of the History of International Law-Revue d’histoire du droit international. XIV (2012), nr. 1, pp. 161-166 (ISSN 1388-199X) (DOI 10.1163/138819912X13333544461074)
1. “De VN-ideeën die de wereld veranderden (boekbespreking R. JOLLY, L. EMMERIJ en T. G. WEISS, eds., UN Ideas That Changed the World, [UN Intellectual History Project Series], Indiana UP, 2009)”. Wereldbeeld: Tijdschrift voor de Verenigde Naties. 33 (2009/5), pp. 52-54. (ISSN 1781-4146)
C : Historiography and legal scholarship
(1) Chapters and articles
7. "Portalis e o direito das gentes" (transl. A. DAL RI jr.) [Special Issue História do Direito Internacional], Revista Brasileira de História & Ciências Sociais XVI (2024), nr. 32, 588-626, DOI 10.14295/rbhcs.v16i32.16451 (open access)
6. "Utopia en het recht: Een blik vanuit de volkenrechtsgeschiedenis", in: E. LABEY, F. FONTEYN, A. WILMOT, S. EL AMOURI, A. GJUROVA, W. DE COCK & F. DE WAEL (eds.), Shaping Utopia Through Law. Hoe het recht (g)een antwoord biedt op maatschappelijke uitdagingen (Brussel: Larcier Intersentia, 2023), 8-18, ISBN 9789400016545 (forthcoming). See publisher's website.
5. "John Gilissen and the Teaching of Legal History in Brussels" [Special Issue: Teaching Legal History/The History of Legal Teaching]. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Iuridica 99 (2022) (ISSN 2450-2782), 19-50 (DOI 10.18778/0208-6069.99.03) (open access).
4. "Portalis le jeune et le droit des gens". In: R.CAHEN & N. LAURENT-BONNE (dir.) Joseph-Marie Portalis. Diplomate, magistrat et législateur. Aix-en-Provence/Marseille: Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 2020, pp. 153-180. ISBN 978-2-7314-1174-4. See publisher's website.
3. With R. CAHEN & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA, "Introduction: l'essor récent de l'histoire du droit international". Clio@Thémis. Revue européenne électronique d’histoire du droit / European Electronic Journal in legal history n° 18 (2020) [Histoire du droit international, ed. R. CAHEN, F. DHONDT & E. FIOCCHI MALASPINA], 5 p. (open access), DOI 10.35562/cliothemis.298.
2. “Tussen tekst en context: de volkenrechtsgeschiedenis en haar bronnenperimeter” in: P. DE HERT & F. DHONDT (eds.), Bewogen door maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. Liber Amicorum Jef Van Bellingen. Brussel: VUBPress, 2017, pp. 99-104.
1. “Recent Research in the History of International Law” (review article) Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis/Revue d’Histoire du Droit/The Legal History Review, LXXXIV (2016), nr. 1-2, pp. 313-334. DOI 10.1163/15718190-08412p10.
(2) Book reviews
4. “Book review: M. KÖPCKE (2019) A Short History of Legal Validity and Invalidity, Cambridge, Intersentia ”. Forum Historiae Iuris. 8 June 2020. ISSN 1860-5605. Open Access; (doi 10.26032/fhi-2020-005).
3. “Bespreking van O. MORÉTEAU, A. MASFERRER DOMINGO & K. A. MODÉER (eds.), Comparative Legal History [Research Handbooks in Comparative Law Series]. Cheltenham: E. Elgar, 2019. ISBN 9781871955215, 175,5 GBP”. Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht LVI (2019), nr. 3-4, pp. 1394-1400 (ISSN 0082-4313)
2. “Recensie: E. JOUANNET, Le droit international libéral-providence. Une histoire du droit international, Brussel, Bruylant, 2011”. Wereldbeeld: Tijdschrift voor de Verenigde Naties. 35 (2011/4), nr. 160, pp. 39-42 (ISSN 1781-4146)
1. “Recensie: Y. ONUMA, A Transcivilizational Perspective on International Law [Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law] Den Haag, Martinus Nijhoff, 2011”. Wereldbeeld: Tijdschrift voor de Verenigde Naties. 35 (2011/3), nr. 159, pp. 51-52 (ISSN 1781-4146)
D : (Law of nations) doctrine
(1) Chapters and articles
"The Historiography of International Law on the European Continent", in: R. LESAFFER & A. PETERS (eds.), Volume 1: The Historiography of International Law [The Cambridge History of International Law, ed. R. LESAFFER] (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, May 2024, forthcoming), pp. 244-272, see publisher. ISBN 9781108767651, DOI 10.1017/9781108767651
8. "Whose history? Some reflexions on the history of rights and freedoms", in: G. GONZÁLEZ FUSTER & N. VAN DIJK (eds.), Liber Amicorum Serge Gutwirth. Uncommon explorations into law, science and technology (Brussels: ASP, forthcoming), pp. 191-200, ISBN 978 94 6117 550 2, open access here.
7. “Verhandelingen van Staatszaken - 1740”. [In: G. MARTYN, L. BERKVENS & P. BROOD (eds.), themanummer Juristen die schreven en bleven. Nederlandstalige rechtsgeleerde klassiekers], Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. XIX (2019), Nr. 2, pp. 72-75 (ISSN 15667146/ISBN 9789087048488). See PURE, DOI (open access) 10.5117/PM2019.2.015.DHON
6. “Haat en Liefde ? Hobbes en het voormoderne klassieke volkenrecht”. In: P. DE HERT, M. COLETTE & A. KINNEGING (ed.), Thomas Hobbes. De ik-gerichtheid van de politieke filosofie. Eindhoven: Damon, 2019, pp. 232-256. ISBN 9789463402521.
5. “Het gevecht om de vrede: Verdragen, recht en juristen in de Europese rechtsgeschiedenis”. In: D. MARTENS (ed.), Verslagboek internationaal congres oorlog, recht en vrede [Orde van Advocaten/Balie Gent]. Turnhout/Gent: Brepols/Story Publishers, 2019, pp. 23-74. ISBN 9789087641412. More information with the publisher.
4. “Le droit des gens ou principes de la loi naturelle (The Law of Nations, or Principles of the Law of Nature) 1757 (Emer De Vattel (1714-1767)”. In: S. DAUCHY, G. MARTYN, A. MUSSON, H. PIHLAJAMÄKI & A. WIJFFELS (eds.), The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture. 150 Books that Made the Law in the Age of Printing [Studies in the History of Law and Justice, ed. G. MARTYN & M. SELLERS]. Heidelberg: Springer, 2016, pp. 247-250. ISBN 978-3-319-45564-8. Read text on Springerlink.
3. “L’histoire, parole vivante du droit ? François Laurent en Ernest Nys als historiografen van het volkenrecht”. In: B. DEBAENST (ed.). De Belle Époque van het Belgisch Recht[Justitie & Samenleving, ed. X. ROUSSEAUX & D. HEIRBAUT]. Brugge: Die Keure, 2016, pp. 91-115. ISBN 9789048625499.
2. ”Historical Exempla in Legal Doctrine: Vattel and Réal de Curban on the War of the Spanish Succession”. In: D. DE RUYSSCHER, B. DESEURE, K. CAPELLE, M. COLETTE & G. VAN ASSCHE (eds.), Rechtsgeschiedenis op nieuwe wegen. Legal history, moving in new directions. Antwerpen: Maklu, 2015, pp. 367-394. ISBN 9789046607589 (GPRC-label). Read paper on SSRN.
1. “Montesquieu en het volkenrecht”. In: A. KINNEGING,P. DE HERT & M. COLETTE (eds.), Montesquieu, enigmatisch observateur [De Debatten], Antwerpen, Vrijdag, 2016, pp. 231-249, ISBN 9460014720.
(2) Book reviews
6. "Book Review: Der Einfluss der Kanonistik auf die europäische Rechtskultur, Bd. 6: Völkerrecht, hg. von Orazio Condorelli /Franck Roumy/Mathias Schmoeckel (= Norm und Struktur. Studien zum sozialen Wandel in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit 6)", Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte. Kanonistische Abteilung vol. CVIII (2022), pp 367-374. DOI 10.1515/zrgk-2022-0026.
5. "Compte rendu de Jennifer Pitts, Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire (Cambridge: Harvard University press, 2018), Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales LXXVI (2021), n°4 (décembre), 858-861. DOI 10.1017/ahss.2022.27 (ISSN 0395-2649).
4. “Review of Lloyd A. Howell, Jean Bodin, This Pre-Eminent Man of France. An Intellectual Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, één deel 24x15 cm, xiv + 311 p.”. Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis XCV (2017), nr. 4, pp. 1074-1082. See here. Text available in open access on Persée.
3. “Review of Stefan Kadelbach, Thomas Kleinlein & David Roth-Iskigkeit (eds.), System, Order and International Law. The Early History of International Legal Thought from Machiavelli to Hegel (Oxford: OUP, 2017)”. Comparative Legal History, VI (2018), No. 2, pp. 252-255. DOI 10.1080/2049677X.2018.1534785
2. “Book Review: Harald H. Aure, The Right to Wage War (jus ad bellum). The German Reception of Grotius 50 Years after De iure belli ac pacis[Berliner Juristische Universitátsschriften; Grundlagen des Rechts, 52]. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2015, 220 pp. ISBN 9783830532378, € 29,99”. Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d’histoire du droit international XIX (2017), nr. 3, pp. 243-248. (ISSN 1388-199X) DOI:10.1163/15718050-19031017
1. “Bespreking van Paul De Hert, Andreas Kinneging en Maarten Colette (eds.), Benjamin Constant. Ontdekker van de moderne vrijheid. Kalmthout, Pelckmans, 2015, 303 p. ISBN 9789028978898. Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. LXXVIII (2016), nr. 3, p. 674-677 (ISSN 1370-575X)
E: Belgian legal and political history
(1) Chapters and articles
14. F. DHONDT, "Préface: Pasquier et le régime parlementaire, lu par les Belges", in: R. CAHEN, J.-B. PERCHON & P. ALLORANT (dir.), Etienne-Denis Pasquier. Un parlementaire gallican (1767-1862) [Droit et science politique] (Paris: Mare & Martin, 2024), pp. 177-181, ISBN 9782386000799.
13. F. DHONDT, "Belgien", in: P. BRANDT, W. DAUM (Hrsg.), Handbuch der europäischen Verfassungsgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Band 4: Um 1900 (Berlin: Dietz, 2025), ISBN 978-3-8012-4143-8, forthcoming.
12. F. DHONDT, "Armée, gendarmerie, garde civique. Les gardiens de la Constitution belge face aux citoyens", in: O. FERREIRA & F. HOARAU (dir.), Forces armées, gardiennes des institutions et des libertés [Rencontres] (Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2023), 137-155, ISBN 9782406150626 (forthcoming)
11. F. DHONDT, "Constitutional Identity in the 18th Century Austrian Low Countries: Count Goswin de Wynants’s Viennese Mémoires (1730)", in: P. HILPOLD & C. PERATHONER (Hrsg.), Europäisches Minderheitenrecht. Festschrift für Professor Gilbert Gornig (Baden-Baden/Wien: Nomos Verlag/Facultas, 2023), 749-769, ISBN 978-3-7089-2300-0. See publisher’s website.
10. F. DHONDT, "Configuraties van kerk en staat sinds de verlichting", in: P. NIHOUL, B. RENAULD & J. THEUNIS (eds.), Reflecties over laïciteit - Réflexions autour de la laïcité. A l’occasion de l’accession à l’éméritat du président François Daout - Ter gelegenheid van de toetreding tot het emeritaat van voorzitter François Daout, Brugge/Wavre : Die Keure/Anthemis, 2022, pp. 15-32, ISBN 978-2-8072-0923-7
9. T. MOONEN & F. DHONDT, "De machten uit evenwicht ? Het onmogelijke koninklijk referendum". In: C. JENART, Y. PEETERS, P. POPELIER & D. VANHEULE (eds.), De Grondwet en Jan Velaers. Een vriendschapsgewijze commentaar, Brugge: Die Keure, 2022, pp. 185-194. ISBN 9789400013575.
8. R. CAHEN, J. DE BROUWER, F. DHONDT & M. JOTTRAND (dir.), Les professeurs allemands en Belgique. Circulation des savoirs juridiques et enseignement du droit (1817-1914) [Standen & Landen/Anciens Pays et Assemblées d'Etats; 114] (Bruxelles: ASP, 2022), 176 p. ISBN 9789461172983. See publisher's website.
7. “Hefboom naar sociale hervormingen? Bekwaamheidskiesrecht als surrogaat voor algemeen stemrecht, 1883-1893”. In: K. NEVENS, K. SALOMEZ, E. TIMBERMONT & G. VAN LIMBERGHEN (ed.). Liber Amicorum Wilfried Rauws. Werk opgedragen aan een onvolprezen jurist. Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2021, pp. 845-859, ISBN 9789400014183.
6. "Rogier versus Jottrand: dure beledigingen in de Belgische opiniepers (1861-1863)". Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XXI (2021), nr. 1, 79-109. (ISSN 15667146), DOI 10.5117/PM2021.1.005.DHON.
5. "Justice and equality for all? Proportional representation in Belgium and France (1883-1921)". Seqüência - Legal and Political Studies XLI (2020), nr. 86, 28-62. (DOI 10.5007/2177-7055.2020v41n86p280776-1023)
4. "‘Une manière plus précise et invariable’: Het Verdrag van Kortrijk van 28 maart 1820 en de Frans-Belgische grens, tweehonderd jaar later". De Leiegouw LXII (2020), 63-81. (ISSN 0776-1023)
3. “Het jonge België los van het droit public de l’Europe ? Reflecties bij een cassatiearrest uit 1848”. Tijdschrift voor Bestuurswetenschappen en Publiekrecht 2019/2, 48-60 (ISSN 0040-7437)
2. “Inaugurating a Dutch Napoleon? Conservative Criticism of the 1815 Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands”. In: U. MÜSSIG (ed.). Reconsidering Constitutional Formation II: Decisive Constitutional Normativity. Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2018, pp. 257-274. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-73037-0_6, ISBN 978-3-319-73037-0 (open access)
1. "Bij uitsluiting aan den Souverein, zonder eenige de minste ruggenspraak ?’ Soevereiniteit, grondwet en volkenrecht, van Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden tot Koninkrijk België”. In: A. ALEN, D. HEIRBAUT, A. W. HERINGA & M. C. J. ROTTEVEEL MANSVELD (red.). De Grondwet van het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden van 1815. Staatkundige en historische beschouwingen uit België en Nederland. Den Haag/Brugge: Boom Juridische Uitgevers/Die Keure, 2016, pp. 209-229. ISBN 9789462901810. (VABB)
(2) Book reviews
2.“Bespreking van L. Wils, Frans Van Cauwelaert. Politieke biografie. Deurne: Doorbraak, 2017”. Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XX (2018), nr. 1, pp. 154-157. See here. Open access in the journal's archive (ISSN 15667146).
1. “Verslag: Het métier en de opleiding van de Nederlandstalige historicus in de draaikolk van de globalisering”. Bulletin d’information de l’ABHC - Mededelingenblad van de BVNG. XXXIII (2011), nr. 1, pp. 46-52
F : Early modern history (outside the scope of A)
Book reviews
3. “Bespreking van LEJEUNE (Carlo). Grenzerfahrungen. Eine Geschichte der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft Belgiens. Band 2: Tuche, Töpfe, Theresianischer Kataster (1500-1794). Eupen: Grenz-Echo Verlag, 2016”, Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis XCIV (2016), nr. 2, pp. 543-545. Available in open access on Persée.
2. “Review of RULE (John C.) & TROTTER (Ben S.), Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy and the Rise of the Information State, Kingston/Montréal, McGill/Queen’s UP, 2014, XVII + 829 p. ISBN 9780773543706”. Revue Belge de Philologie et d’Histoire/Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Filologie en Geschiedenis, XCLIII (2015), No. 2, pp. 555-561 (ISSN 0035-0818). Read in open access on Persée.
1. “Book Review: L. Bely, “Les secrets de Louis XIV (Tallandier 2013)”. Comparative Legal History II (2014), nr.2, pp. 337-339 (ISSN 2049-6788) (DOI 10.5235/2049677X.2.2.335).
G : Textbooks
Gestolde macht: historische en vergelijkende inleiding tot het publiekrecht (derde editie). Gent: Owl Press Legal, 2025 forthcoming.
H : Libri Amicorum
Edited with P. DE HERT, Bewogen door maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. Liber Amicorum Jef Van Bellingen. Brussel: VUBPress, 2017. Incl (together with P. DE HERT), “Interview met Jef Van Bellingen”, 14 p. ISBN 9789057186929.
I : Contemporary France
(1) Research
"Commentary on Urban Secularism by Julia Martínez-Ariño", Secular Studies V (2023), nr. 2, 147-151, DOI 10.1163/25892525-bja10053.
(2) Vulgarisation
8. “Een boulevard voor links ? Het puberteitsproces van Nupes in Frankrijk”, Samenleving en Politiek (2023), nr. 5 (mei), 61-64. (ISSN 1372-0740)
7. "La Flandre soudainement saisie par l'histoire", Le Soir 25 février 2023 - Médiapart.fr 28 février 2023
6. "Incarnatie en versnippering. De Franse verkiezingscyclus (april-juni 2022)", de Gids op Maatschappelijk Gebied CXIII (2022), No. 2, 7-14
5. “Recensie: L'extrême centre ou le poison français". Samenleving en Politiek XXXVI (2019), nr. 7 (september), 63-65 (ISSN 1372-0740)
4. “"PS: à qui la faute ?". Samenleving en Politiek XXII (2015), nr. 5 (mei), 73-79 (ISSN 1372-0740)
3. “De Franse PS, vijf jaar later". Samenleving en Politiek XIX (2012), No. 3 (Mar), pp. 51-66 (ISSN 1372-0740)
2. “Chirac en de lange schaduw van Montesquieu”. De Juristenkrant. 2012, nr. 243, p. 16 (ISSN 1374-3538)
1. “Figuur in de kijker: Jacques Généreux”. Samenleving en Politiek. 18 (oktober 2011), pp. 65-67 (ISSN 1372-0740)
(3) Media
de Zondag 10 and 21 Apr 2022, de Volkskrant (expertpanel Frankrijk) 1 en 13 Feb 2022, 3 and 23 March 2022, 7 Apr 2022; VRT Radio 1 (De Wereld Vandaag), 16 Mar 2023, 10 Mar 2022 and 21 Apr 2022, (Nieuwe Feiten) 25 Feb 2022, VRT TerZake 8 Jul 2024, 17 Mar 2023, 6 Dec 2021, 13 Sep 2021, 3 July 2020 (32:00), 21 Mar 2018, 29 May 2018, VRT Radio 1(de Ochtend)6 Sep 2024, 2 Nov 2021, 12 Sep 2021, Het Laatste Nieuws 2 maart 2021 en HLN.be, 30 juni 2023; Het Belang van Limburg 18 Mar 2023, NOS Online 1 maart 2021, VRT Radio 1 (De Wereld Vandaag) 16 Mar 2023, 28 Jan 2022, 5 Jan 2022, 3 July 2020, 10 Dec 2018, 28 Aug 2018, 22 May 2018, 4 Apr 2018, 18 Jan 2018; VRT Klara 10 Jun 2017, 24 Apr 2017, 3 May 2017; De Morgen 18 and 22 March 2023, 20 and 24 January 2023, 21 June 2022, 25 April 2022, 11 April 2022, 21 June 2021, 20 October 2020, 30 June 2020, 26 June 2020, 6 januari 2020, 27 september 2019, 19 april 2019, 17 April 2019, 18 March 2019, 2 March 2019, 10 Jan 2019, 4 Jan 2019, 9 Dec 2018, 9 Nov 2018, 29 Aug 2018, 23 Jul 2018, 5 May 2018, 24 Apr 2017; 11 Apr 2017; 21 Mar 2017; 1 Feb 2017; 21 Nov 2016; 29 aug 2016, 22 Oct 2020, 26 June and 30 Jun 2020, 19 June 2021 ; Het Nieuwsblad 21 Apr 2022, 13 Jan, 30 Jun and 16 Dec 2020, 21 June 2021, 28 June 2023; de Afspraak 17 Apr 2023, 25 april 2022 & 5 december 2019, de Tijd 20 June 2022, 13 June 2022, 25 April 2022, 12 April 2022, 16 november 2019, De Standaard 19 Jan 2019, 5 Dec 2018; VRT Max Podcast 19 January 2023, VRT NWS website 20 June 2022, Apr 2017, May 2017, December 2018; VRT NWS Live 25 Apr 2022, 23 Mar 2023, ; Trends 24 Apr 2017; Mo*Magazine 22 apr 2018; Knack.be 9 Mar 2017, 31 Jan 2017; de Volkskrant - blog 21 Nov 2016, Knack 23 Dec 2021 and 6 Apr 2022; RTBf La Première 11 Jul 2023
J: Participation in conferences, colloquia, seminars, workshops
1. "Een andere 11 juli. De Slag bij Oudenaarde, 11 juli 1708", Jonge honden in het stadsarchief, Oudenaarde, Abdij Maagdendale, 23 februari 2007
2. "Een andere 11 juli? De Slag bij Oudenaarde, 300 jaar later", Een stad, een koning, een veldheer , Herdenking 300 jaar slag bij Oudenaarde, 10 juli 2008
3. "Nec Pluribus Impar ? Absolute vorsten tussen goddelijk en verdragenrecht, 1707-1708", Gentse Rechtshistorische Causerieën, Gent, Universiteit Gent, 22 september 2008
4. “Entre droit privé et droit international: la question de la succession d'Espagne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles", Café des droits anciens, Namur, Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, 6 mars 2009
5. "Nec Pluribus Impar ? De campagnes en onderhandelingen van Lodewijk XIV in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden, 1707-1708", Uitreiking André Schaepdrijverprijs 2008, OSGG, Gent, Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 14 maart 2009
6. "Le jeu du droit et de la puissance. Le système international et la naissance d'un équilibre européen, 1700-1714", Rencontres d'histoire du droit de la Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre, Paris, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, 12 mai 2009
7. "L'équilibre européen et la Succession d'Espagne. L'épisode révélateur des négociations de Nicolas Mesnager en Hollande, 1707-1708", Journées internationales de la société d'histoire du droit des pays flamands, picards et wallons, Péronne, 22 mai 2009. See meeting abstract in the Revue du Nord on Cairn.info (DOI 10.3917/rdn.384.0243).
8. "Nec Pluribus Impar? Louis XIV's campaigns and negotiations in the Southern Netherlands, 1707-1708", Conference of the Dutch-Belgian Society for the 18th Century: Enlightenment? Ideas, transfers, circles, attitudes, practices, Gent, Het Pand (Universiteit Gent), 22 January 2010.
9. "Ius Publicum Europaeum and International Society, 1713-1739", Jour Fixe, Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 22 February 2010.
10. "Diplomatic Practice and Representations of the European Balance: the 1725 Ripperda Treaty", XVIth Forum of the European Association of Young Legal Historians, Frankfurt-am-Main (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität), Germany, 26 March 2010.
11."Partager les pays-bas autrichiens, contenir la France : tâter les limites du langage diplomatique en août 1725", Rencontres d'histoire du droit de la Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre: les interactions juridiques entre la France et les Pays-bas, Paris, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, 12 May 2010 (co-organisation).
12. "Diplomatic practice and 18th century international law, a research gap ?", Cambridge Legal History Colloquium, Law Faculty, University of Cambridge, 9-10 July 2010.
13. "Balance of Power and International Law. European Diplomacy and the Elaboration of International Order, 18th Century and Post-1945", De iure humanitatis. Peace, Justice and International Law. 74th Conference of the Netherlands Society of International Law - ILA Conference, Den Haag, Hague University, 15-20 August 2010 [poster presentation]
14. "Europe against hegemony": international law in diplomatic practice", Method or Methods in Legal Science - New Methodological Challenges in Postmodernity, Faculty of Law, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden, 23-27 August 2010. [Research Network Ghent-Groningen-Göttingen-Bristol-ELTE Budapest-Uppsala-Turku] (DOI: 10.13140/2.1.4974.1606)
15. "Machtsevenwicht en Internationaal Recht. Europese Diplomaten en de Uitwerking van de Internationale Orde, 18de eeuw en post-1945", Meeting of the Legal History Committee of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Ghent, Ghent University, 6 November 2010
16. "Balance of Power and International Law. European Diplomacy and the Elaboration of International Order, 18th Century and post-1945", Sarton Medal for Legal History: Research Meeting Ghent/Roma III, Ghent, Ghent University, 18 November 2010
17. "Droit et diplomatie entre souverains. Esquisse d'une praxéologie internationaliste des 'trente heureuses (1713-1743)'", Séminaire: les relations internationales dans les mondes modernes, Paris, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne (on the invitation of prof. L. Bély), 17 March 2011
18. "International Legal Discourse Between Disintegration and Integration. The Case of the Peaceful Succession Struggles, 1713-1739" 17th European Forum of Young Legal Historians: European Traditions: Integration or Disintegration ?, Maastricht, 13-16 April 2011
19. "Saint-Simon, Alberoni et la bataille d'Audenarde (1708): une affaire politique et européenne", Table ronde: les relations internationales dans les mondes modernes, Paris (séminaire L. Bély, Paris IV-Sorbonne), 19 May 2011
20. "Diplomatic Correspondence Through a Jurist’s Eye: Reinterpreting The “trente heureuses” (1713-1739)", Early Modern Studies - A Meeting on method, Gent, 20 May 2011
21. "Law and Diplomacy between Sovereigns. Sketch of an internationalist Praxeology of the 'Happy Thirties'", Forschungskolloquium zur Frühneuzeitgeschichte Bochum, Universität Bochum, on the invitation of prof. C. Zwierlein, 7 June 2011
22. "Mediation Rituals and Balance-of-Power Language: The Legal and Political Intricacies of the Quadruple Alliance's Italian Investitures (1718-1727)", World Congress of 18th Century Studies, Graz, University of Graz, 26 July 2011
23. "De juridische pennenstrijd rond de Oostendse Compagnie (1722-1727)", Nederlands-Belgische Studiekring voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, Leiden, Universiteit Leiden, 21 oktober 2011
24. "“Le droit contre l’empire”: anti-hegemonisch discours tussen Europese staten, 18de eeuw en post-1945", Gentse Rechtshistorische Causerieën, 28 februari 2012
25. "Moderation through partition: or Louis' legal discourse as a mirror of foreign influences", Louis XIV Outside/In: Reactions and Responses to the Sun King beyond France, Oxford, Maison française d'Oxford/Williamite Universe, 3-4 May 2012
26. "Law and Power: Emperor, Electors and Foreigners in an Imperial Dispute around 1725", 18th European Forum of Young Legal Historians: "Recht Durch Setzen/Making Things Legal": Gesetzgebung und prozessuale Wirklichkeit in den europäischen Rechtstraditionen/Law-making and Procedural Reality in the European Legal Traditions, Wien, Universität Wien-Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 30 May-2 June 2012
27. "On the Legal Justification of Power Politics: Balance Thinking in European Diplomatic Practice, 18th Century and Post-1945", Second Biennal Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History: Comparative Legal History - Definitions and Challenges, Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 9-10 July 2012
28. "Le Droit contre l'Empire: European Diplomacy and the Elaboration of International Order, 18th Century and Post 1945", Referentenbesprechung, Max Planck Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg, 26 November 2012
29. "L'hiver stratégique du Grand Roi. Guerre et paix autour de la Succession d'Espagne (1707-1708)", Institut des Hautes Études de Belgique, ULB, Bruxelles, 12 December 2012
30. "Aanzet tot een juridische praxeologie van de "Trente Heureuses" (1713-1740), Belgisch-Nederlandse Rechtshistorische Conferentie, Tilburg Law School, 13-14 December 2012
31. "The Balance revisited: Utrecht's legal legacy", Performances of Peace. Utrecht 1713-2013, Utrecht (Universiteit Utrecht/Belgisch-Nederlandse Werkgroep de Achttiende Eeuw), 24-26 April 2013
32. "Bring This Mad Woman to Reason ! Elisabeth Farnese (1692-1766) as Female Ruler in 18th Century Europe", 19th European Forum of Young Legal Historians: (Wo)Men in Legal History, Gent/Lille (Universiteit Gent/Université Lille-II), 16 May 2013
33. "The Congress of Cambrai and Practical Legal Excellence (1722-1725)", Splendid Encounters: diplomats and diplomacy in Europe, 1550-1750, Warsaw (Poland), Institute of History (Polish Academy of Sciences), 20 September 2013
34. "La consolidation juridique du système des traités d'Utrecht et de Rastatt par la diplomatie franco-anglaise (1713-1725)", Colloque international: Une paix pour le monde: Utrecht, 1713, Paris/La Courneuve (Université Paris-Sorbonne/Université Bordeaux III/l'Institut Jaume Vicens i Vives de l'Universitat Pompeu Fabra), 24-26 October 2013
35. "De Vrede van Utrecht en de Frans-Belgische grens", De Leiegouw, Kortrijk, 14 november 2013
36. "The cursed sluices of Dunkirk: Dunkerque, thermomètre des relations franco-britanniques après Utrecht", De Frans-Belgische grens in het Ancien Régime. Studiedag naar aanleiding van 300 jaar Vrede van Utrecht, Ieper, 29 November 2013
37. "'Diplomacy and practical legal argumentation. Challenges for the history of international law", Law and Criminology Talks, Brussel, Faculteit Recht en Criminologie, VUB, 9 december 2013
38. "Gleichgewicht der Mächte und internationales Recht. Europäische Diplomatie und die Ausgestaltung der internationalen Ordnung im 18. Jahrhundert“, Obserseminar "Neue Forschungen zur Frühen Neuzeit" des Lehrstuls Prof. Luise Schorn-Schütte, Bad Homburg: Humanwissenschaftliches Forschungskolleg der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt/Werner Reimers Stiftung, 24-25 January 2014 (DOI 10.13140/2.1.5164.8328)
39. "Making sense of failure: the Congress of Cambrai and the authority of international legal discourse", Common Laws: XXth European Forum of Young Legal Historians, Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2-5 April 2014
40. "Mos Trajectensis” ? Law in diplomatic practice in the early 18th Century", Recent Research in the History of Public International Law, Gent: Universiteit Gent, 23 mei 2014 (organisatie)
41. "Introduction: Scholarship on the history of international law", Recent Research in the History of Public International Law, Gent: Universiteit Gent, 23 mei 2014
42. "La paix d'Utrecht après Utrecht: interprétation juridique et pratique diplomatique", Journées internationales de la société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons: la Guerre de l'Antiquité au monde contemporain. Droit, diplomatie, institutions, économie et société, Utrecht, Universiteit Utrecht, 30 mai 2014. See meeting abstract in the Revue du Nord on cairn.info (DOI 10.3917/rdn.411.0661.
43. "Équilibre et hiérarchie : l'argument juridique dans la diplomatie française et anglaise après la Paix d'Utrecht", Colloque Thémis en Diplomatie: L'argument juridique dans les relations internationales de l'antiquité tardive au XVIIIe siècle, Nantes: Université de Nantes, 5-6 juin 2014
44. "België en de historiografie van het volkenrecht in de Belle Époque: François Laurent en Ernest Nys", De Belle Époque van het Belgisch Recht. Gent: Universiteit Gent, 29 augustus 2014
45. "Historical Exempla in Legal Doctrine: Vattel and Réal de Curban on the Spanish Succession", Belgisch-Nederlandse Rechtshistorische Conferentie. Brussel: VUB, 11 december 2014
46. "The Utrecht System, neutrality, and the tentative Franco-British closure of Italian ports to Spanish privateers,", Balance of Power, Balance of Trade: The Politics of Commerce in the Eighteenth Century. Saint Andrews (UK), Institute for Intellectual History, 23 January 2015
47. "Belgian 19th Century Neutrality in Historical and Comparative Perspective", Department of Public Law, Jurisprudence and Legal History Lunch Talks, Tilburg: Tilburg Law School, 7 May 2015
48. "La "transformation" de Philippe V d'Espagne", La transmission du pouvoir monarchique du moyen âge à nos jours. Entre droits et devoirs, Bruxelles: Université Saint-Louis, 21-22 mai 2015
49. "International Law in 19th Century Europe". Masterclass "Constitutional Development and International Law in 19th Century Europe". Ghent: Ghent Law Faculty, 25 June 2015. Taught with dr. Judit Beke-Martos (Jena/Mannheim)
50. "Challenges to Imperial Authority: the External-Induced Horizontalisation of the 18th Century Quarrel on the Farnese and Medici Fiefs", 22nd British Legal History Conference. Law: Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights. Magna Charta 800th Anniversary, Reading: University of Reading (UK), 8-11 July 2015
51. "Le congrès de Soissons (1728-1729) et le droit des gens". 14th International Congress for Eighteenth-Century Studies - XIVe congrès international d'étude du dix-huitième siècle. Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam, 27-31 July 2015 (panel "Droit et diplomatie", co-organisation with Dr. Eric Schnakenbourg, Mdc HDR, Université de Nantes/CRHIA - Institut Universitaire de France)
52. "The maintenance of a True Balance in Europe: The Low Countries and the Vienna Congress". The Vienna congress and the transformation of international law. Bonn: Poppelsdorfer Schloss/University of Bonn, 3-4 September 2015
53. "Commerce, Diplomacy and Legal Discourse, 1700-1725". CORE Research Meeting. Brussels: Free University of Brussels (VUB), 5 October 2016
54. "'Bij uitsluiting aan den Souverein, zonder eenige de minste ruggenspraak ?’ Soevereiniteit, grondwet en volkenrecht, van Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden tot Koninkrijk België". 200 jaar Grondwet van 1815. Brussel, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Kunsten, Wetenschappen en Letteren/Montesquieu Instituut, 13 november 2015
55. "Penser l’ordre juridique international moderne : la hiérarchie des normes et la Société des Princes". Penser l’ordre juridique médiéval et moderne. Regards croisés sur les méthodes des juristes. Clermont-Ferrand, Université d'Auvergne, 21-22 janvier 2016
56. "Missing Constitutionalism ? Excessive Deference in the Constitution of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815)". Constitutional precedence as keystone of modern constitutionalism. Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Comité voor Rechtsgeschiedenis [ReConFort Project], 14 March 2016
57. "La neutralité belge, 1830-1914". Research meeting UGent/École Normale Supérieure. Paris: Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre, 6 Apr 2016
58. "La neutralité belge, 1830-1914: nouvelles approches ou retour à l'histoire diplomatique ?". Journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons. Gens de robe, gens de guerre. Ordre public et ordre social. Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 6-7 May 2016. See meeting abstract in the Revue du Nord on cairn.info, DOI 10.3917/rdn.419.0205.
59. ""Si nous avons un Prince, c’est qu’il nous préserve d’avoir un Maître”: Jan Jozef Raepsaet (1750-1832), a political erudite in an age of change". 4th ESCLH Biennal Conference: Law, Culture and Identity. Gdansk (Poland), 28 Jun-1 Jul 2016
60. "Europe under Construction: the Peace of Utrecht and its Legal Consolidation (1713-1740)". Imag(in)ing Europe. Perspectives on a Contested Continent, 800-2000 (Universiteit Utrecht/UCL/Universität Göttingen). Utrecht: Utrecht University, 14-16 Sep 2016
61. "Jan-Jozef Raepsaet (1750-1832)'s conservative view of constitutional monarchy". From the People to the Public. he significance of public opinion, press and propaganda in 1750-1850. Leuven: KULeuven (Hollands College), 30 Sep 2016
62. "The Spanish Succession Between Legal Orders". Mesa Redonda. Presentación del libro Europa y los Tratados de Reparto de la Monarquía de España, 1668-1700. Madrid: UNED, 11 Nov 2016 (on invitation of prof. dr. J. Vozmediano Arroyo, UNED Madrid).
63. "Permanent neutrality or permanent insecurity ? Obligation and self-interest in the defense of Belgian neutrality". 'International Law in the Long Nineteenth Century (c. 1775-1914): From the Public Law of Europe to Global International Law?. Leuven: KULeuven, 24-25 Nov 2016
64. "Diplomacy, Law and the Representation of Power. The Iconography of Peace from Louis XIV to Louis XV". The Art of Law: Artistic Representations and Iconography of Law & Justice in Context from the Middle Ages to the First World War. Bruges: Groeningemuseum, 16-18 Jan 2017
65. "The French-British alliance against Philip V". Jornades Internacionals. La política exterior de Felip V a debat. Barcelona: Pompeu Fabra University (Institut d'Història Jaume Vicens Vives), 11-12 May 2017 (on invitation of prof. dr. J. Albareda Salvadó, Pompeu Fabra University/Institut d'Història Jaume Vivens i Vives/Casa de Velázquez)
66. "A Pragmatic Utopian ? Saint-Pierre’s vision on Perpetual Peace and its Practical Legal Background in Regency Diplomacy", Training, Ideas and Practices. The Law of Nations in the Long Eighteenth Century. Paris: Maison de la Recherche/Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre, 18-19 May 2017 (co-organisation)
67. "Neutralité irresponsable ? La neutralité belge entre doctrine et pratique, 1830-1870". Journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit. Tours: Université François Rabelais, 2 juin 2017 (video).
68. "The rise of sovereignty or the resilience of legal hybridity ? A pre-revolutionary quarrel on legal title and territory." Images of Sovereignty. Leuven: KULeuven (HIW), 8 June 2017.
69. "Johan Rudolph Thorbecke". Tweehonderd jaar rechtenfaculteiten Gent en Luik/Bicentenaire des facultés de droit de Gand et Liège. Gent: UGent, 20 Sep 2017.
70. "De Franse Grondwet in vergelijkend perspectief". De wortels van Europa: Debatreeks over het constitutionele recht anno 2018. Brussel: deBuren (Vlaams-Nederlands Huis), 29 maart 2018.
71. "Permanent is niet eeuwig! De Belgische neutraliteit van 1830 tot 1919". Brussel: Federaal Parlement (UPV), 12 april 2018.
72. "Hobbes en de volkenrechtsgeschiedenis: haat en liefde?". deDebatten: Hobbes. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden, 19 april 2018.
73. "Les intérêts présens des puissances de l’Europe de Jean Rousset de Missy (1733) : territoires, souveraineté et argumentation juridique pratique". Journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons: "Construction et déconstruction des territoires de l'Antiquité au Brexit" [Université d'Artois]. Arras: Citadelle Vauban, 11-12 May 2018. See here for the summary in the Revue du Nord 2019/1, 199-203
74. "Permanent is not eternal ! The end of Belgian Neutrality between Law, Morals and Politics." The Parisian peace treaties (1919-1920) and the emergence of modern international law [Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international symposium]. Tilburg: Tilburg Law School, 17 May 2018.
75. "Permanent Neutrality, Stepping-Stone for a Code of Nations?". ESCLH 5th Biennial Conference: Laws Across Codes and Laws Decoded. Paris: École normale supérieure/Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, 28-30 June 2018. More information here.
76. Respondent, ESIL IGHIL Pre-Conference Event "Consumers or Producers of International Law". ESIL Annual Conference on the Universality of International Law. Manchester: University of Manchester/MILC, 12 September 2018. More information here.
77. "Jean Rousset de Missy’s Les Intérêts présens de l’Europe (1733) as a political and legal mirror of diplomacy between sovereigns". 7th Splendid Encounters of the Premodern Diplomats Network: Conflict Management in Europe, 1300-1800. Vilnius: Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, 27-28 September 2018.
78. "Het gevecht om de vrede: verdragen, recht en juristen in de Europese rechtsgeschiedenis". Congres Oorlog, Recht en Vrede. Gent: Augustijnerklooster [Balie Gent], 7 december 2018.
79. "Portalis le jeune et le droit des gens". Joseph-Marie Portalis (1778-1858): diplomate, magistrat et législateur. Paris: Cour de Cassation/Conseil d'Etat [VUB/CORE-Université d'Auvergne/Centre Michel de l'Hôpital], 13-14 december 2018.
80. "The External Monarch. War Powers in the droit public de l'Europe". Monarchy and Modernity, 1500-1945. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 8 January 2019. More information here. See handout on PURE (VUB network only).
81. Engaged listener, conference Politics and the Histories of International Law [Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international symposium]. Heidelberg: Max Planck Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 15-16 February 2019. More information here.
82. "De grootste zonde in het droit public de l’Europe (17de-18de eeuw): de universele monarchie tussen recht en politieke retoriek". Permanente vorming: zonder wet, geen zonde. UGent: Vakgroep Wijsbegeerte en Moraalwetenschap, 2 april 2019. See here for handout.
83. "In the beginning was Ernest Nys ? Visions of International Law before the Gentle Civilizer of Nations". Zürcher Ausspracheabende zur Rechtsgeschichte. Zürich: Universität Zürich, 9 May 2019.
84. "Le théâtre de la guerre et l’art de la paix: la défaite française près d’Audenarde du 11 juillet 1708". Journées internationales: la vie et la mort [Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons]. Oudenaarde: Zwartezustersklooster, 31 May-1 Jun 2019. Résumé publié dans la Revue du Nord n° 434 (2020) 246. DOI 10.3917/rdn.434.0237.
85. "Opening Remarks". XXVth Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians: Identity, Citizenship and Legal History. Brussels, Academy Palace, 5 June 2019. Read the text here.
86. "Justice and Equality for All Men ? Proportional Representation and Constitutional Identity (Belgium/France, 1883-1921)". 2019 British Legal History Conference: Comparative Legal History. St Andrews: University of St Andrews, 10-13 July 2019.
87. "The Life of Belgian Permanent Neutrality, from Eternity to Death (1830-1919)". International and Transnational Histories of Neutrality ? New Approaches and Research Perspectives. Helsinki: University of Helsinki [Joint Nordic NOS-HS Exploratory Workshop], 9 Dec 2019. See here.
88. "Legal arguments in the debate on recognition of Italian independence in Belgian parliament (November 1861)". Entangled international and national legal orders in the long 19th century. Zürich: University of Zürich, 2-3 March 2020.
89. "The historiography of international law in Europe". Author Workshop: The Cambridge History of International Law (Vol. I: introduction)". Heidelberg: MPIL (online), 3-4 September 2020.
90."The historiography of international law in Europe". EUTopia meeting CPJP - CORE (CY University/VUB). Cergy-Pontoise: CY University (online), 24 September 2020.
91. "Il n’y a que le provisoire qui dure ! Early eighteenth-century preliminary articles and conventions in doctrine and practice". From rules of international treaties to binding nature of contractual terms. An historical and comparative study. Zürich/Bologna: University of Zürich/University of Bologna, 26 February 2021 (Zoom).
92. "Neutrality 1776-1870". Author Workshop: The Cambridge History of International Law (Vol. VII: Western International Law, 1776-ca. 1870). Vienna: Uni Wien(online), 18-20 March 2021.
93. "Souveraineté et territoire autour de la Paix d'Utrecht (1713)". 58e Congrès de la Fédération des Cercles d’archéologie et d’histoire de Belgique. Tournai: IFAPME/Campus Condorcet, 20 August 2021 [Chair of Section 4: Legal and Institutional History, Sigillography and Heraldic Studies, 19-20 August].
94. "Teaching International Law at King Leopold’s Foreign Office: Léon Arendt’s Droit des gens-course (1904)". Law(s) and International relations : actors, institutions and comparative legislations. Orléans: LeStudium, 16 September 2021. See recording here.
95. "Belgium 1870-1914". Author Workshop: Handbuch der europäischen Verfassungsgeschichte im. 19. Jahrhundert, Bd. 4. Hagen: Fern-Uni Hagen (online), 24-25 September 2021.
96. "De La Haye à Cambrai: lenteur et impatience de la pacification entre métropoles et congrès (1720-1725)". Le traité de Nystad et la construction de la paix en Europe au début des années 1720. Nantes: Université de Nantes/CRHIA, 18-19 November 2021
97. "Souveraineté et priopriété: les imaginaires juridiques de Philippe V au congrès de Soissons (1728-1730)", Colloque savoirs d'Etat et pratiques de gouvernement dans l'Europe des Bourbons. Bordeaux: Université Bordeaux Montaigne, 31 Maart 2022.
98. "Neutraliteit van de Staat: historische, filosofische en terminologische inleiding". Symposium 'Neutraliteit'. Brussel: Grondwettelijk Hof, 22 April 2022.
99. "Eruditie in dienst van de soeverein: Goswin de Wynants' Mémoires (1730)", Forum Romanum. Amsterdam: VU Amsterdam, 10 Mei 2022.
100. "Hoe 'modern' was het negentiende-eeuwse neutraliteitsrecht ?". Inaugurale rede Wisselleerstoel Stichting tot Uitgaaf der Bronnen van het Oud-Vaderlandsch Recht. Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 18 Mei 2022.
101. "Sovereignty and Property at the Congress of Soissons, 1728-1730". Stevin Seminar. Amsterdam: Stevin Centre (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), 23 Mei 2022.
102. "Politieke beledigingen en onrechtmatige daad voor het Belgische Hof van Cassatie: "Rogier versus Jottrand: dure beledigingen in de Belgische opiniepers (1861-1863)". Utrecht: Rechtshistorisch Dispuut Salvius Julianus (Universiteit Utrecht), 24 Mei 2022.
103. "Soevereiniteit, grondgebied en rechtsmacht 1661-1776". Leiden: Philips van Leyden dispuut (Universiteit Leiden), 25 Mei 2022.
104. "Politieke beledigingen en onrechtmatige daad voor het Belgische Hof van Cassatie: "Rogier versus Jottrand: dure beledigingen in de Belgische opiniepers (1861-1863)". Rotterdam: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (op uitnodiging van prof. mr. Tammo Wallinga), 30 mei 2022.
105. "The historiography of international law in Europe". Amsterdam: ACIL/PSC (UvA), 31 mei 2022.
106. "Le referendum royal de Léopold II de Belgique : insérer le peuple dans la monarchie parlementaire", A. V. Dicey (1835-1922) : célébrer le centenaire de la mort d'un juriste, constitutionnaliste et penseur politique britannique. Paris: Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas/CY Paris, 3 juin 2022.
107. "Trade and Empire at the Congress of Soissons", 6th Biennal Conference of the European Society for Comparative Legal History. Lisbon: University of Lisbon, 23 June 2022.
108. "Verwelkoming namens de decaan", 11de ACCA-conferentie/Conférence des assistants. Brussel: VUB, 22 oktober 2022.
109. "Les doctrines belges des forces armées, gardiennes des institutions", Forces armées, gardiennes des institutions et des libertés. Dijon: Université de Bourgogne, 24 novembre 2022.
110. "La "foy des traitez" et la liberté de la mer: menaces et intimidations autour de la Compagnie impériale des Indes à Ostende (1725-1730)", Société d'Histoire du Droit. Paris: Faculté de Droit, 10 décembre 2022.
111. "Amour, protection, bonheur? De hertog van Brabant en zijn onderdanen bij Goswin de Wynants", Belgisch-Nederlandse Rechtshistorische Dagen. Leuven: KU Leuven, Faculteit en Criminologische Wetenschappen, 30-31 maart 2023.
112. “Early modern neutrality, une mer sans rivages?”, Small Powers and Maritime Neutrality. Theory and Practice of the Law of Nations (1650-1800), Paris: Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre (Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, 22 avril 2023) [co-organisation with dr. Stefano Cattelan (VUB/Carlsberg Foundation).
113. "Qui nourrit l’Etat après la Paix d’Utrecht ? Fiscalité et constitution chez Goswin de Wynants (1661-1732)", Journées internationales de la Société d'histoire du droit et des institutions des pays flamands, picards et wallons: boire et manger. Lille: Université de Lille, 19-20 May 2023.
114. "Knowledge Production in the French King's Foreign office: Antoine Pecquet and Nicolas-Louis Le Dran (1723-1762)", 7th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Comparative Legal History. Augsburg: Universität Augsburg (Lehrstuhl Prof. dr. Phillip Hellwege), 21-23 June 2023
115. "Knowledge Production in the French King’s Foreign Office (1757) Antoine Pecquet jr.’s sequel to Montesquieu’s Esprit des Loix", 16th ISECS Conference: Antiquity and the Shaping of the Future in the Age of Enlightenment. Roma: Sapienza Università Di Roma, 4 July 2023.
116. "De internationale diplomatieke context van de Boerenkrijg", Colloquium "de Boerenkrijg in context", Sint-Niklaas: Davidsfonds/Erfgoedcel Land van Waas/Koninklijke Historische Kring Land van Waas, 7 October 2023.
117. "A view from the French Foreign office: The Ostend Company and 'la vie du droit' (1725-1730)", 300 years Ostend Company, Oostende: Vliz/KBMA, 24 November 2023.
118. "Constitutionele identiteit van de Oostenrijkse Nederlanden: Goswin-Arnold de Wynants over instellingen, belastingen en constitutie (ca. 1730)", Leuven, Ifese, 20 maart 2024, Youtube.
119. (with S. CATTELAN) "Nuancer l’avènement de la liberté : neutralité et droit de la mer pendant le long XVIIIe siècle (1688-1776)", L’histoire du droit de la mer, la mer dans l’histoire du droit - Journées internationales de la Société d'Histoire du Droit, Toulon: Université de Toulon, 30 mai-2 juin 2024.
120. "Visible and Invisible ? Grotius in Early Enlightenment French Diplomacy (1720-1762)", Grotian Law and Modernity at the Dawn of a New Age: 400 Years of De jure belli ac pacis, 1625-2025, The Hague: Leiden University campus, 19-20 June 2025 (planned).
K: Involvement in doctoral research
(1) As (co-)supervisor
5. Supervisor of the doctoral dissertation in law of dra. Léna Sylvestre (Joint PhD with CY Paris, Prof. dr. Caroula Argyriadis-Kervégan), Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Since 1 Oct 2021, The United Nations Language Regime: A Historical Study of A Multilingualism, Caught between State Interests and the Will to Assert
4. Co-supervisor of the doctoral dissertation in law of dr. Florenz Volkaert (PhD-Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), UGent, Faculty of Law and Criminology, 1 Nov 2019-3 Nov 2023, Commercial Treaties (1860-1914). A History of International Law and Trade (Supervisor: prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut/UGent), 580 p.
3. Co-supervisor of the doctoral dissertation in law of dr. Filip Batselé (PhD-Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), UGent, Faculty of Law and Criminology, 1 Nov 2019-30 Oct 2023, The Start of a Regime. The First Generation of Western European Bilateral Investment Treaties (1959-1989), 458 p. (Supervisor: prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut/UGent) (co-tutelle Université libre de Bruxelles: supervisor prof. dr. Nicolas Angelet (ULB). See table of contents on DI-Fusion (ULB).
2. Supervisor-spokesperson of the doctoral dissertation in law of dr. Wouter De Rycke (Academic Assistant/PhD Researcher on FWO Junior Fundamental Research Project G015420N, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1 Oct 2017-defended 14 Sept 2023), Justifying Utopia. A Legal History of the International Peace Movement (1815-1873), 576 p. (supervisor: dr. Raphael Cahen/VUB-CORE)
1. Co-supervisor of the doctoral dissertation in law of dr. Maarten Vankeersbilck (Academic Assistant, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Ghent University, Defended on 13 September 2019), Justitie in de steigers. De moeizame weg naar het Gerechtelijk Wetboek, 564 p. (Supervisor: prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut/UGent)
(2) Membership of doctoral guidance committees
7. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of dra. Benedict Vanlanduyt (PhD-researcher, Faculty of Law and Criminology (KULeuven), Since 1 Nov 2023, Restitution of private property under the laws of war- and peace-making: the case of the Southern Netherlands (16th -18th centuries) (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Randall Lesaffer (KULeuven)
6. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of drs. Rodrick Van der Smissen (PhD-Researcher, Faculty of Law and Criminology (VUB), Since 1 Oct 2022, De visies van negentiende-eeuwse rechtshistorici die schrijven over Romeins recht tegen de achtergrond van hun negentiende-eeuwse insolventierecht (Supervisor: prof. Dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB-CORE))
5. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of drs. Kevin Dekoster (PhD-Researcher, Faculty of Arts and philosophy, UGent, Since June 2021, From dissecting table to courtroom. The professionalisation of medico-legal expertise in the early modern County of Flanders, 16th-18th centuries (Supervisor: Prof. dr. René Vermeir (UGent-IEMH))
4. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of dra. Stephanie Plasschaert (PhD-Researcher (FWO), Faculty of Law and Criminology, VUB, since 1 Oct 2016), Marine Insurance in 19th Century Belgium and France (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB-CORE))
3. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of dra. Philippine Van den Brande (PhD-Researcher (FWO), Faculty of Law, KULeuven, since 1 Oct 2018), Reprisals and use of force under the law of nations (13th-18th centuries) (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Randall Lesaffer (KULeuven/Tilburg; Co-supervisor: Prof. dr. Wim Decock (KULeuven/ULiège))
2. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of drs. Cornelis Marinus (Marco) in 't Veld (PhD-Researcher (FWO), Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Oct 2016-Sep 2022), Cataloguing Customs of Trade: Looking Behind the Labels (Amsterdam and Lyon, 1700-1730 (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB-CORE))
1. Member of the doctoral guidance committee of dra. Kaat Cappelle (PhD-Researcher (FWO), Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Oct 2014-Sep 2020), The legal status of women in 16th Century Antwerp (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB-CORE))
(3) Membership of doctoral examination boards
5. President of the doctoral examination board of drs. Cornelis Marinus (Marco) in 't Veld (Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 29 August 2022), Commerce and Customs in the Courts. A Comparison of Mercantile Customs, Jurisdictions and Institutions in Amsterdam and Lyon (early 18th Century) (supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB/Tilburg)
4. President of the doctoral examination board of drs. Gijs Dreijer (Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 10 June 2021), The powers and pains of polysemy: general average, maritime trade and normative practice in the Southern Low Countries (15th-16th centuries) (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB/Tilburg) and Prof. dr. Maria Fusaro (Exeter))
3. President of the doctoral examination board of dra. Kaat Cappelle (Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 9 September 2020), De strijd om de broek. Getrouwde vrouwen en recht in het zestiende-eeuwse Antwerpen (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave De ruysscher (VUB/Tilburg))
2. Jury member for the defence of dra. Elisabeth Bruyère (Faculty of Law and Criminology, UGent, 28 Nov 2019), Principes, esprit et controverses. L’Avant-Projet de révision du Code civil de François Laurent ou l’oeuvre séditieuse d’un libre-penseur (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dirk Heirbaut & Prof. dr. Joke Baeck (UGent))
1. President of the doctoral examination board of dr. Léon Otshudi Okondjo (Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 17 March 2017), L‘étendue du pouvoir decisionnel, condition fondamentale d’une juste interpretation large du principe emergeant ne bis in idem erga ornes européen (Supervisor: Prof. dr. Paul De Hert (VUB-FRC))
L: Master theses supervised
1. Laura Schraa, Het juridische discours van de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog (UGent, Master in de Rechten, 2013-2015)
2. Filip Batselé, Omnes Homines aut Liberi Sunt aut Servi: Liberty, Slavery and the Law in Early Modern Europe (UGent, Master in de Rechten, 2015-2017) (published as a monograph in 2020: DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-36855-5)
3. Wouter De Rycke, Diplomatiek asiel in de ambassade. De brug tussen de achttiende en eenentwintigste eeuw (UGent, Master in de Rechten, 2015-2017)
4. Maxime Guyot, Vergelijkende studie naar de penale antiterrorismewetgeving in Frankrijk en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2016-2018)
5. Gerald Bosquet, De permanente neutraliteit van België van start tot finish door de ogen van juristen Wilhelm en Léon Arendt: Volmaakte inzichten of internationaalrechtelijke spelregels als maatstaf (Universiteit Antwerpen, Master in de Rechten, 2017-2019)
6. Joachim Pauwels, Het stadhouderschap juridisch geanalyseerd (Universiteit Antwerpen, Master in de Rechten, 2018-2020)
7. Max Robert, Nederland en de scheiding van het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2018-2020)
8. Lidey Tewodros, Een rechtshistorische analyse van het jus ad bellum volgens Gaspard Réal de Curban (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2018-2021)
9. Nannes El Mekkaoui, De weg naar de huidige Finse Grondwet: een vergelijking met België van enkele belangrijke constitutionele principes (VUB: Master in de Rechten, 2019-2021)
10. Jihane Lamhiyek, Henry Wheatons (1785-1848) vroeg-negentiendee eeuwse neutraliteitsconceptie van de Amerikaanse onafhankelijkheid tot aan de Verklaring van Parijs (1856) (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2019-2021)
11. Rodrick Van der Smissen, De invloed van de Romeinse Republiek op het Consulaat in Frankrijk (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2019-2021)
12. Lotte Van Sande, De positie van de paus in het internationaal recht: de verhouding tussen Kerk en Staat rond de Franse Revolutie en de Italiaanse eenmaking (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2019-2021)
13. Margo Verboomen, De Belgische neutraliteit tijdens de Frans-Pruisische oorlog van 1870-1871 in de rechtsleer (VUB, Master-na-Master in het Internationaal en Europees Recht, 2020-2021)
14. Sofie Sterckx, De grondslagen van het hof van assisen, bekeken door de ogen van de vaders van de Belgische Grondwet (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2020-2022)
15. Sumaya Ahmed Nuur, Amerikaans expansionisme: een kritische analyse van de eigendomsrechten van Mexicaans-Amerikanen in de uitvoering van het verdrag van Guadalupe Hidalgo (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2020-2022)
16. Maximilien Storme, Edouard Descamps - Belgische apostel van vrede door het recht (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2020-2022)Winnaar thesisprijs Belgisch Genootschap voor Internationaal Recht 2023
17. Niels Van den Bossche, Kijk, een mens achter de tralies: een kwalitatieve studie naar de visie van Prof. dr. Paul Cornil op het Belgisch strafrecht en criminologie aan de hand van zijn uniek archiefmateriaal (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2020-2022)
18. Maxim Hermans, Oud-Griekse vreedzame geschillenbeslechting en moderne interstatelijke arbitrage: een analyse en vergelijking van twee historische periodes (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2021-2023)
19. Wout Janssens, De bezetting en aanhechting van de Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en Luik door Frankrijk (1792-1797): een juridische analyse(VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2020-2023)
20. Simon Lombardi, Keizerlijke macht in het Heilig Roomse Rijk (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2021-2023)
21. Branco Bollen, Het nieuw decreet lokaal bestuur en de vijfde staatshervorming (VUB, Master in de Rechten, 2021-2023)
M: Guest lectures
1. Universiteit Gent, 18 november 2013 (Historisch publiekrecht), Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, at the invitation of Prof. dr. Rik Opsommer
2. Universiteit Gent, 9 en 16 november 2016 (Laatmiddeleewse en vroegmoderne diplomatieke geschiedenis, Faculteit Letteren & Wijsbegeerte, at the invitation of Prof. dr. René Vermeir)
3. Université catholique de Louvain, 16 mei 2018 (Introduction to Comparative Law, Faculté de droit et de criminologie, at the invitation of Prof. dr. dr. Alain Wijffels en Prof. dr. Xavier Rousseaux)
4. Universiteit Gent, 8 October 2018 (Moderne wijsbegeerte, Faculteit Letteren & Wijsbegeerte, at the invitation of Prof. dr. Emilano Acosta)
5. Universität Zürich, 4 March 2020 (Juristische Zeitgeschichte, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, at the invitation of Prof. dr. Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina)
6. VU Amsterdam, 8 December 2020 (Beyond Grotius, Inter-Faculty Honours Course, at the invitation of Prof. dr. Louis Sicking)
7. CY Paris, 15 janvier 2021 (Droit international régional comparé des droits de l'homme, Faculté de droit) at the invitation of Prof. dr. Céline Roynier
8. Università Bocconi Milano, 29 October 2021 (Legal History, School of Law, at the invitation of Prof. dr. Annamaria Monti)
9. VU Amsterdam, May 2022 (Privatissimum, 13-20 May: De Vlaemsche Commissie (1856), hoorcolleges Rechtsgeschiedenis, 18-25 May, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid; at the invitation of prof. mr. Hylkje De Jong)
10. Université de Haute Alsace (Mulhouse), 8 février 2023, La Forge de l'Histoire (à l'invitation du Prof. dr. dr. Guido Braun) (podcast on Spotify)
Contact: frederik dot dhondt at vub dot be
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