Category: Focus
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When Masters Disagree
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Intellectual and Legal Contexts in Scholarly Conflicts During the High and Late Middle Ages Do legal conditions influence the way in which scholars develop ideas, the impact these ideas have, and the way in which…
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| FocusPrivate Care Work and Labour Law
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Balancing paid work with family care responsibilities is not easy. Most people are aware of this, whether they have children or relatives in need of care, whether they themselves need support and care, or whether…
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| FocusBetween Analysis and Intervention: Public Anthropology in South African Land Reform
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On the Role of Academic Expertise in the Constitutional Debate on “Expropriation without Compensation” What does it actually mean for scholars to intervene in an ongoing constitutional debate? And what if one broadly agrees with…
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| FocusThe Code Civil: The Art of Unity and Change
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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 the vast array…
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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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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…