Wednesday, 7 October 2026
17.00
We warmly invite you to our opening lecture, entitled ‘Legal categorisations and petitions in the Spanish Empire’, delivered by Prof. Dr Sarah Albiez-Wieck. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to chat and get to know our new fellows.
Thursday, 15 October 2026
9.30–17.00
We warmly invite you to our official semester opening. Have a chat with our new fellows and learn about their research projects.
09.30-10.00
Arrival and welcome
10.00-10.30
Aparna Balachandran:
Between Legal Pluralism and Colonial Authority: Urban Governance, State Power, and the Early Colonial City in South India
10.30-11.00
Jürgen Heyde:
The ‘Armenian Statute’ in the Kingdom of Poland (1519). Legal Compatibility and Social Difference in a Legal Codex
11.00-11.30
Péter Cserne:
Cultural Diversity in/of Contract Law
11.30-12.00
Break
12.00-12.30
Nina Dethloff:
New Parenthood in Law - Same-Sex Parents, Trans Parents, and Multiple Parents in Europe and the US
12.30-13.00
Dominik Krell:
Decentring Western Law: How the Gulf Is Shaping the Global Landscape of Islamic Law
13.00-14.00
Lunch break
14.00-14.30
Maciej Krogel:
Towards the Societal Theory of Constitutional Pluralism: Common Values and the EU-Belarus Border Crisis
14.30-15.00
Anastasia Hammerschmied:
Creating International Law Through Practice? International Commissions and Early Human Rights Debates
15.00-15.30
Marian Füssel:
War Crimes. On the Construction and Containment of Illegitimate Military Violence in the Long 18th Century
15.30-16.00
Break
16.00-16.30
Andrea Kretschmann:
Law as a Resource in Conspiratorial Thinking
16.30-17.00
Renzo Honores:
The Laws of the Red Mountain: Legal Orders, Social Interactions, and Customary Laws in the Villa Imperial de Potosí, 1550-1670
Venue:
Käte Hamburger Kolleg (Iduna Building)
Room 7011 and Lounge (7th floor)
Servatiiplatz 9
48143 Münster