WHAT 2017 Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History
WHEN July 25-August 4 2017
WHERE Max Planck Institut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
deadline for submissions March 31, 2017
The Course
The Max-Planck Summer Academy
for Legal History provides a selected group of highly motivated early-stage
graduates, usually PhD candidates, an in-depth introduction to methods and
principles of research in legal history.
The academy consists of two
parts. The first part provides an introduction to the study of sources,
methodological principles, as well as theoretical models and controversial
research debates on basic research fields of legal history.
In the second part the
participants discuss the special research theme and develop their own approach
to the theme.
The course will take place at
the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt am Main,
Germany.
Special Theme 2017: Conflict Regulation
Conflict is not just a
constant challenge for the law, but also a key means of access to its history.
Each society develops its own set of means of conflict regulation. The
diversity ranges from different forms of dispute resolution and mediation to
traditional juridical procedures at local and global level. The way conflicts
are regulated reveals the normative options chosen by the parties involved in
the conflict. Thus, conflicts and their regulation can provide an insight into
local contingencies, traditions, as well as the pragmatic contexts and leading
authorities of the law, the living law. Research projects to be presented at
the Summer Academy should concentrate on historical mechanisms of conflict
regulation and offer a critical reflection about the methods used for analyzing
the conflicts and the way they are dealt with.
Eligibility Requirements
• Early-stage graduates,
usually PhD candidates
• Working knowledge of English
is required, German is not a prerequisite
Application
Required documents for the
application are a CV, a project summary (approx. 10 pages) and a letter of
motivation.
Fees
There is no participation fee.
Accommodation will be provided by the organizers. Participants, however, will
be responsible for covering their travel expenses. There will be a limited
number of scholarships available.
For further information please
visit the Max Planck Summer Academy’s
website.
Contact
Max Planck Institute for
European Legal History
Dr. Stefanie Rüther, e-mail: summeracademy@rg.mpg.de
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