More and more countries are tightening their migration policies and closing their borders. What does this mean for human rights in Europe? The Käte Hamburger Kolleg ‘Legal Unity and Pluralism’ (EViR) at the University of Münster is hosting a panel discussion on this issue on Thursday, 8 January 2026, at 18.00 in the auditorium of the LWL Museum of Art and Culture (Domplatz 10).
How to Ensure Predictability in Legal Pluralism. Merchants and their Interaction in Late Medieval Europe is the latest volume in the Käte Hamburger Kolleg series. The ten contributions in this volume discuss various means used by medieval merchants to deal with legal pluralism in Northern Europe.
A new volume entitled The Power to Pardon in Medieval and Early Modern Christian Europe has been published in the Käte Hamburger Kolleg series. This collective volume comprises eleven articles devoted to the central importance of the act of pardon in medieval and early modern Europe.
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.
