CONFERENCE REPORT: 3rd Central and Eastern European Legal History Conference (Cracow: Jagiellonian University, 8-10 OCT 2025)

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We received the following message from  Paulina Kamińska:

On 8–10 October 2025, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow hosted the 3rd Central and Eastern European Legal History Conference. The conference was held in a stationary format at Collegium Novum and Larisch Palace at 12 Bracka Street in Krakow.

This was the third conference in this series, with previous ones held at the University of Vienna (2019) and Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest (2023). This year's edition has been prepared by the Legal and Historical Departments of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University (Scientific Committee: prof. dr hab. Dorota Malec, dr hab. Zdzisław Zarzycki, prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dziadzio, ks. prof. dr hab. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier, dr hab. Iwona Barwicka-Tylek, dr hab. Izabela Lewandowska-Malec, prof. UJ, prof. dr hab. Krystyna Chojnicka; members of the Organizing Committee: Dr hab. Maciej Mikuła, prof. UJ, Dr Anna Ceglarska, Dr Paulina Kamińska, Dr Mateusz Mataniak, Mgr Wiktor Dziemski, Mgr Izabela Wasik, Mgr Paweł Kaźmierski), in cooperation with the Critical Heritage Studies Hub Flagship Project and the editorial team of the journal ‘Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History’. The event was held under the patronage of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University, the Mayor of Krakow and the Polish Society for the History of Law. TVP3 Krakow provided media patronage. The conference was attended by over 100 researchers from European countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Hungary. The conference languages were English and German.
During the conference, participants presented papers related to the history of law in Central and Eastern Europe. They shared the results of their research and enriched the discussion. The program included 21 different panels, which can be viewed here: https://ceelhc.confer.uj.edu.pl/programme
The book of abstracts has been prepared (available here: https://ceelhc.confer.uj.edu.pl/book-of-abstracts).
It is worth mentioning that on the last day of the conference, after the thematic sections had ended, a 3MT (Three Minutes Thesis) competition was held. Moreover, the attraction was a tour of Collegium Maius, the oldest university building.