CALL FOR PAPERS: Ius commune and local testamentary succession laws and customs (c. 1400-1620) Cracow (Poland), 12-13 January 2023 (DEADLINE: 15 December 2022)

 

The Laboratory of Source Editions at the Faculty of Law and Administration of Jagiellonian University in Cracow and the Research Unit Roman Law and Legal History of KU Leuven are happy to invite you to an international workshop on ius commune and local testamentary succession laws (c. 1400-1620), which will take place at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow on 12-13 January 2023. The aim of the workshop is to bring together experts of both legal and social history of different European jurisdictions to reflect on the role of the law of last wills for the understanding of family and societal relationships, as well as on the impact of ius commune and university-trained jurists on the development of the law of testamentary succession.

Next to the organisation of a few keynote lectures, we launch an open call for papers and especially encourage interested scholars to submit proposals for papers on the following topics, always with a focus on the fifteenth, sixteenth and/or early seventeenth centuries: • the codification and homologation of local testamentary succession laws and customs; • the impact of Roman or canon law (ius commune) on local testamentary law; • the role of university-trained scholars for legal practice with respect to last wills, for instance through (but not limited to) their consilia; • the law of testamentary succession in the academic debate, and references to local legal practice; • the link between the aforementioned topics and the socio-political understanding of family and societal relationships.

We invite submissions for paper proposals on any of the aforementioned topics by both senior and junior legal and social historians. Proposals should consist of a (provisional) title, an abstract of 200-400 words, and a short cv, indicating at least the applicant’s name, current position, academic affiliation, contact details and (if applicable) related publications on the topic. Accepted papers will be granted a 35 minutesslot (25 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion). The conference will be held in English.

Please send your abstract and short cv by 31 March 2022 using a submission form: https://forms.office.com/r/5nT5x2eJn8XXX. For practical reasons, a maximum of fifteen applicants will be selected. All applicants will be notified by email within 4 weeks from this date. Participation will be definitive after payment of a workshop fee of 50 EUR.

Successful applicants are expected to submit a paper (8,000-12,000 words) in English for inclusion in a thematic volume to be published with an international publisher. A first version of the full paper will be due prior to the conference, by 15 December 2022. It should be an original contribution, not presented or published elsewhere. After the conference, the authors can finalize their text. Final (pre-peer review) versions of the papers are due by 15 April 2023. Consequently, all submitted papers will be subject to a process of peer-review; inclusion in the book depends on a positive evaluation by the peer-reviewers.

The conference regulations will soon be announced on the event website: https://pwz.wpia.uj.edu.pl/celsa/event. For any further questions, do not hesitate to contact the organizers (kamil.sorka@uj.edu.pl).

We are looking forward to a stimulating and intellectually enriching workshop! On behalf of the organizing committee Maciej Mikuła (Jagiellonian University) Wouter Druwé (KU Leuven) Kamil Sorka (Jagiellonian University)