Käte Hamburger Kolleg
“Legal Unity and Pluralism”

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Entering the second funding phase

On 13 October 2025, the Käte Hamburger Kolleg marked the start of its second funding phase. At an event held at the University of Münster's Geomuseum, fellows and alumni, colleagues from the faculties, partners and friends, along with an interested audience, came together to celebrate what has been achieved and what lies ahead.

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Conference proceedings on ancient Greek law published

A collection of conference proceedings entitled Ancient Greek Law: Vectors of Unity and Local Idiosyncrasy has now been published, documenting the results of a symposium held in February 2023 at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg ‘Legal Unity and Pluralism’.

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© Domenichino (1581–1641), Jungfrau mit Einhorn (ca. 1604/5), Wikimedia Commons.

Workshop programme in the winter semester

The Käte Hamburger Kolleg's event programme for the 2025/2026 winter semester has been published. In addition to the ceremonial opening of the Kolleg's second funding phase, numerous ‘Tea Time Talks’ and interdisciplinary discussions are planned as part of two concept forums.

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New volume on sorcery and jurisdiction in Angola published

A new volume on sorcery and jurisdiction in early modern Angola has been published in the Käte Hamburger Kolleg series. João Figueiredo uses Angola as an example to examine the encounter between two normative worlds in West-Central Africa.