We are proud of all the work this last academic year that has united together students from the University of Warwick, Univerza u Ljubljana, VUB, and CY Cergy Paris Université as part of EuTopia Connected Learning Community in Legal History. This year our theme was 'Collective and Individual Rights in Legal History' which has allowed the students to investigate how people have found rights throughout history. Our Peak Event was held at the University of Warwick on March 13 to 15 2025. Here, the students managed to present their research for the first time before their colleagues leading up to their articles. Topics have ranged from Benjamin Marenče's look at the clashes over language and identity in Slovenian law during the end of the 1800s, to Blue Vercauteren Trompet's look at how debates over abortion in Belgium led to questions over the place of the monarchy in a modern Belgium. Below is our Virtual Exhibition, the culmination of the hard work and research of our st...
(image: Warwick University, Humanities Building) Dear readers, We are delighted to share three new contributions to our connected learning community: Emma Wittens on the Belgian "Charity Bill" of 1857, Blue Vercauteren Trompet on the Belgian Abortion Act of 1990, and Lisa Gouellain on animal rights (in French, in keeping with our alliance's commitment to multilingualism). We will now take a summer break until 15 August. The virtual exhibition bringing together all our contributions- curated by Lewis Twiby (Warwick) - will be available after that date.