Tag: History
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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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| 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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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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“Taking local beliefs into account was key for trade contacts”
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Interview with Matthias Bähr on the global trade in human remains Debates on restitution have led in recent years to increased media attention on the human remains held in German collections since the colonial era…
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| FocusDeath by ordeal: a historical topic that remains a pressing matter today
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Early morning on March 16, 2024, I received an urgent phone call from the producers of the debate show “Causa e Efeito,” broadcast by RTP África, the TV channel of the public service broadcasting organisation of…
