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“The line between foreigner and subject was mutable”
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Interview with Radhika Singha on the category of ‘foreign’ in colonial India 19th century colonial India was a patchwork of jurisdictions with territory under direct British rule, interspersed with territory under the so-called Indian princely…
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| FocusThe Code Civil: The Art of Unity and Change
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Author: Leslie Carr-Riegel In 1804, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte unveiled what is arguably his greatest achievement, le Code civil des Français – the French Code Civil. This document, which consisted of 2,281 articles, did away at last with…
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From Property to Person
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A Roma Woman’s Legal Battle for Freedom The screening of the film Aferim! at Käte Hamburger Kolleg was a valuable opportunity to reflect on the history of the Roma people and their legal status in…
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Policing Marriage and Migration
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Borders of Intimacy Then and Now Suspicious couples: marriage and migration control today Marriages between Europeans and ‘third-country nationals’ (TCN) are (again) viewed with suspicion. The securitisation of migration (the intertwining of security and migration),…
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How intersectionality helps to tell the history of legal pluralism
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Impressions from the conceptual forum on ‘Intersectionality’ on 28 October 2025 What happens when historians who study different eras come together with legal historians and legal scholars to discuss intersectionality? The conceptual forum at the…
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The Plundering of Lübeck
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A glimpse into research During their fellowship at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, the researchers work on a project of their own choice related to the Kolleg’s topic. Sometimes a single source is at the centre…
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Law, labour and everyday life under colonial rule in Bolivia
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A glimpse into research During their fellowship at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, the researchers work on a project of their own choice related to the Kolleg’s topic. Sometimes a single source is at the centre…
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Conflicts over mixed-denomination marriages
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A glimpse into research During their fellowship at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, the researchers work on a project of their own choice related to the Kolleg’s topic. Sometimes a single source is at the centre…
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| FocusThe case of the suicidal petty criminal
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A glimpse into research Our fellows’ favourite sources During their fellowship at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, the researchers work on a project of their own choice related to the Kolleg’s topic. Sometimes a single source…
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“What happens when a traditional, estate-based society confronts modern egalitarian ideals?”
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Interview with Aleksandra Oniszczuk about the legal patchwork in the Duchy of Warsaw The Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815) was a short-lived state in Napoleonic Europe, where the transition from a feudal to a modern society…