CONFERENCE: Contested Seas: War, Commerce, and the Making of the Law of the Sea (Ca. 1400-1800) (Ostend: VLIZ/VUBaanZee, 19-20 NOV 2026)

LECTURE SERIES: Société d'Histoire du Droit (Paris: Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 2026-2027)

NEW COLLEAGUES: PhD students ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB

PODCAST: Stefano CATTELAN on "Law of the Sea in Turbulent Times" (Brussels School of Governance Podcast, 25 SEP 2026)

CHAPTER: Dave DE RUYSSCHER, “The History of the International Law of Responsible Business”, in: Bart F. WERNAART (ed.), The Routledge Companion to International Law and Responsible Business (New York:...

CHAPTER: Càtia ANTUNES, Dave DE RUYSSCHER, Thomas M. SAFLEY & Tanja SKAMBRAKS, “Roundtable. Risk, Uncertainty and Bankruptcy before Modernity: Language, Experience and Historical Understanding”, in: A...

CONFERENCE: Transkribus User Conference (Passau: Universität Passau, 22 SEP 2026)

CALL: Law and Image (EUTopia CoLeCo Legal History 2026-2027)

CONFERENCE: Louis DEBERSAQUES at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society (Cambridge: Queens' College, 25–27 SEP 2026)

CONFERENCE: Hugo VON VIETINGHOFF at the XXXth Annual Forum of Young Legal Historians (Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University, 23-26 SEP 2026)

SEMINAR: "Esta admirable antorcha". La Monarquía de España y la nueva forma de pensar el derecho público europeo a mediados del siglo XVIII (Madrid: UNED, 17-18 SEP 2026)

JOURNAL: Rechtsgeschichte XXXIV (2026) [OPEN ACCESS]

VACATURE: 50% docent (ZAP) Rechtsgeschiedenis (DEADLINE 9 OKT 2026)

CONFERENCE: Deutscher Rechtshistorikertag 2026 (Vienna: University of Vienna, 14-18 SEP 2026)

BOOK: Laurence HEINDRYCKX & Dave DE RUYSSCHER (eds.), Sites of Construction: Connected Histories (Ghent: Owl Press, 2026), 312 p. ISBN 9789493470118

CHAPTER: Dave DE RUYSSCHER, “Monitoring the Law of Trade: The Perceived Dangers of Legal Pluralism in 16th-Century Antwerp”, in: Anja AMEND-TRAUT, Sonja BREUSTEDT, Andreas DEUTSCH & Stephan DUSIL (eds.), Friedlicher Handel oder umkämpfte Geschäfte? Handel und Handelsrecht in der Vormoderne zwischen Krieg und Frieden [Beihefte der Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 264] (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2026), pp. 17-39

BOOK PRESENTATION: Laurent DESUTTER, Superweak (London: Polity, 2025) (Lisbon: Livraria Ler Devagar, 11 SEP 2026)

CHAPTER: Dave DE RUYSSCHER, “The Emergence of a Municipal Legal Culture of Insolvency (Low Countries, c. 1450-c. 1570)”, in: Angela ORLANDI (ed.), Gestione del rischio, insolvenza e bancarotta nel mon...

Stati Uniti e Francia: rivoluzioni a confronto. Uno scritto di Friedrich von Gentz - Istituto Bruno Leoni

OPEN ACCESS: Sébastien DUBOIS, Bruno DEMOULIN, & Jean-Louis KUPPER (Eds.). Les institutions publiques de la principauté de Liège (980-1794). [Studia, 133] (Brussels: State Archives of Belgium, 2012), ...

SHORT MOVIE: "Frauenkampf ums Recht" [dir. Elisabetta FIOCCH MALASPINA] (Zürich: Universität Zürich, 30 SEP 2026)

JOURNAL: Pro Memorie. Bijdragen tot de Rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden XXVIII (2026), nr. 1

CFP: Premodern State Formation: New Themes and Directions (Dresden: Dresden University of Technology, 20-21 MAY 2027) [DEADLINE 31 OCT 2026]

SOURCES: Sandrine JAUNEAU, Droit d'Ancien Régime [CORPUS - Recueil virtuel de sources historiques] (Versailles: Centre de recherche du Château de Versailles, 2026)

NEW RESOURCE AND COMMUNITY INVITATION: Oxford Bibliographies in Legal History

Ernstig, maar niet onverkiesbaar? Feiten en proportionaliteit in de zaak-Le Pen voor het Hof van beroep te Parijs

REMINDER – VACANCY: Three PhD Positions in Legal History and Early Modern International Law (Brussels: Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB, DEADLINE: 8 JULY 2026)

BOOK: Jean-François KERVÉGAN, De la violence à l'institution. Philosophie juridique de Hegel (Paris: Vrin, 2025), 196 p. ISBN 978-2-7116-3243-5, € 12

JOURNAL: Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'histoire du droit / The Legal History Review XCIV (2026), nr. 1-2

JOURNAL: Journal on European History of Law, Vol. 17 (2026), nr. 1

REMINDER: Blog submission instructions

REMINDER: VACANCIES: Three PhD Students (m/f/x), ERC Consolidator Grant TREATYLAB (DEADLINE 8 JUL 2026)

BOOK PRESENTATION: Laurent De Sutter on “Decepcionar es un placer” (Valencia: Facultad de Bellas Artes/UPV, 1 JUL 2026)

SYMPOSIUM: Kulturen des Rechts begegnen. Miloš Vec zum 60. Geburtstag (Wien: Universität Wien/Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 25 JUN 2026)

JOURNAL: European Journal of International Law XXXVI (2025), nr. 4 (Nov)

VACANCY: Assistant or Assistant Professor [Department of History of State and Law] (Brno: Masaryk University, DEADLINE 1 JUL 2026)

SEMINAR: “Have the Gods Fallen? The MICOLL International Conference” (Venice: Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani/Venice International University, 17–19 JUN 2026)

CONFERENCE: The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism (San Servolo Island, Venice: Venice International University, 26-28 JUN 2026)

PhD 'Doctrine and Practice: Early Enlightenment Doctrine and Practical Legal Writing, 1712-1763'

PhD 'They Called it Peace ? The Use of Force and the Cycle of Truces, 1712-1763'

PhD 'The Latin and Atlantic Bond ? Bourbon Law of Nations in Europe and America, 1712-1763'