(Source: MPI for European Legal History)
The Max
Planck Institute for European Legal History launched a call for applications
for its annual summer school PhD candidates.
Since 2014, the Institute has organised the
annual Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History. Its aim is to provide
roughly 20 early-stage researchers, usually PhD students, from all over the
world with an in-depth introduction to basic approaches and methods of research
in legal history.
The Summer Academy is intended to develop the
ability of its participants to transfer legal terminologies and theories across
linguistic and cultural contexts, thus providing a basis to build and
consolidate international research networks.
It addresses highly motivated early-stage
researchers, usually PhD candidates, with an interest in the basic research of
historical formation and transformations of law and other normative orders.
The Summer 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 topic.
The next course takes place from 5 August 2019
- 16 August 2019 at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in
Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Curriculum
Researchers and fellows of the Institute
alongside invited guest speakers give introductions to the manifold facets,
sources, theoretical foundations, research perspectives and methodologies of
the different subfields of Legal History.
- Antiquity and
Roman Law
- Ius Commune -
Legists
- Ius Commune -
Canonists
- History of
Private Law
- History of
Common Law
- History of
Criminal Law
- Constitutional
History
- Legal History
of Ibero-America
- Legal
Transfer in the Common Law World
- Contemporary
Legal History
- History of
International Law
- History of
European Union Law
- Legal Theory
As a summer academy should not consist of
academic activities only, a variety of extra-curricular activities, such as
visits to nearby historical sites and several get-togethers in the evenings are
offered.
This years's theme: Law in Texts and Contexts
Written texts represent the largest part of the
sources of legal history. Obviously, they cannot be understood without their
respective historical contexts. In recent decades, however, there has been a
growing awareness that they must also be read with specific attention to their
mediality and their interrelation with visual and oral sources as well as
objects and artifacts. Historians, but also legal theorist, are reflecting more
intensively about textuality and normativity, and digital humanities seem to
hold great opportunities for legal historical research. What do this
developments mean for legal historical research, and its specific task?
Applicants to the 2019 Summer Academy are
encouraged to present research projects that give special consideration to the
connection between normativity and textuality.
Date
5 August -16 August 2019
Deadline
Applications are to be sent by 31 January 2019.
Eligilibity 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 organisers. Participants, however, will be responsible
for covering their travel expenses. There
will be a limited number of scholarships available.
More information here
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