Category: Focus
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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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| FocusAgency against authorities
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How individuals and groups use the law to their own advantage In 2025, we are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, and the many exhibitions and conferences held on this occasion leave…
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| FocusEngaging with Colonial Law from a Decolonial Perspective
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The importance of acknowledging indigenous perspectives and working with local archives During EViR’s initial funding phase, several events examined the history of colonial law and the historical regimes of normativity that resulted from European conquest…
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| FocusHow much activism can academia take?
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Walther Schücking and an international law scholar’s struggle against war News from the United States and Europe currently shows that researchers who are socially and politically engaged are soon subjected to harsh criticism. Walther Schücking,…
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Agency against authorities
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How individuals and groups use the law to their own advantage In 2025, we are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, and the many exhibitions and conferences held on this occasion leave…
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Pardon – balancing justice or arbitrary act?
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The right to pardon usually leads a discreet existence in today’s constitutional states, but thanks to the American presidential election, it has recently hit the headlines. First, the outgoing incumbent Joe Biden aroused attention with…
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Free as a Bird?
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Contribution to the MS Wissenschaft: The mutability of notions of freedom Under the slogan “Freedom”, Science Year 2024 refers explicitly to the 75th anniversary of Germany’s Basic Law, which already points to the close ties…
