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PEAK EVENT REPORT: VUB Delegation

On Thursday the 14th and Friday the 15th of March, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)  had the pleasure to host the third edition of the EUTopia Peak Event in Legal History. This year’s CoLeCo (Connected Learning Community) focused on the topic of  Connectedness , which allowed the attendees to interchange ideas relating to similar research topics and connect with each other to learn about mirrored legal developments throughout history in different jurisdictions across Europe and around the world.  We started the first day of the Peak Event in the bustling heart of Brussels: at the Mont des arts, next to the statue of King Albert I. Behind the statue the tall windows of the KBR (the Belgian Royal Library, KBR is an acronym for “Koninklijke Bibliotheek” and “Bibliothèque Royale” in Dutch and French respectively) stand high and tall, we spent the majority of the first day of the Peak Event at this beautiful location.  The KBR has an extremely rich history. Not only is it the official l
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PEAK EVENT REPORT: CY Cergy-Paris Université Delegation

  Hi to who is reading this! We’re Sabrina and Maeva from Cergy-Paris University in France. I ( Maeva ) am specialising in Private Law, and Sabrina is specialising in Health Law. We were part of the EUTopia project of this year (2023/24) about Connectedness in Legal History .   Why did you join? On our very first day in Cergy-Paris University during a reunion about the master programs, Prof. Argyriadis-Kervegan presented the project to all of us, we were quite keen about the idea of contributing to a project in English, and meeting students from other EUTopia universities. We knew no one in this new school; we were both in different universities before. We saw this project as an opportunity to work in English, and as a way to challenge ourselves by talking in front of an (almost) unknown audience. With the Peak Event in mind, we were motivated to do a great job and very excited to go to Brussels for the first time!   What are you working on? I (Sabrina) worked on the fight
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PEAK EVENT REPORT: Univerza u Ljubljani Delegation

Throughout history, the territory presently known as Belgium has undergone successive changes in governance, with authority shifting among prominent entities such as the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburgs, France, Spain, and other notable powers. As a precious pearl among many countries, Belgium, with its magnificent cities and outstanding artists, merchants and diplomats, has established threads that stretch to all corners of the globe. These characteristics certainly made it the most suitable location for this year's Peak Event EUTopia legal history: Connectedness in legal history. Belgium and Slovenia are linked not only by a shared history in close connection with the Habsburg dynasty, but also by a special “affection” for the number two. Slovenian is one of the few languages which still preserves dual form, while Belgium expresses its “affection” for this number in a surprising way - all institutions are divided into two parts, Flemish and Walloon, which is bounded by the dualit
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SCHOLARSHIPS: EUTopia Cotutelle Program (DEADLINE 20 MAY 2024)

    (image source:  EUTopia alliance ) The European University Alliance EUTopia offers  PhD Scholarships  for projects in cotutelle between two partners.  The EUTopia  website  lists all available positions.
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PROGRAM: Peak Event Connected Learning Community Legal History: Connectedness in Legal History (Brussels: KBR/VUB, 14-15 March 2024)

(image: Koningsplein/Place Royale, Brussels; September 2023)   Day 1 (14 March) Working Sessions 09:00 Welcoming on behalf of EUTopia, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Faculty of Law and Criminology Prof. em. dr. Rosette S’Jegers (EUTopia) Prof. dr. Karin Vanderkerken (VUB, Vice-Rector Internationalisation) Prof. dr. Frederik Dhondt (VUB, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Law) 09:30 Working Session 1 (Warwick) Nia Belcher : Penal Transportation in the Nineteenth-Century: Britain and Australia Ash Fowkes-Gajan: The Risorgimento as a Fragmented Paradigm: Was Italy, by 1871, any more than a 'mere geographical expression'? Tom Posnic-Boyce: Afro-Latin American Legacies Mayukha Rodrigo: Indian Indenture and its Effect on Modern Demographics and Politics 10:45 Coffee Break 11:00 Working Session 2 (Ljubljana),  The (right of) association before and after 1848/1867 in the Habsburg monarchy: the genesis of modern organizational forms of politic
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EUTopia PEAK EVENT: Connectedness in Legal History (Brussels: 14-15 March 2024)

(event poster; credits: dr. Elisabeth Bruyère) The European University EUTopia brings together universities across the European continent, as well as partners from the whole world. Students, academics and supporting staff live and work in a vibrant super-diverse microcosm every day. Logically, norms and practices are influenced by various layers of normativity. University research is increasingly targeted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Funding is provided by the European Union, national, regional and sometimes even local governmental authorities, but also by multinational corporations. Universities have to abide by laws, regulations, legal principles and judicial decisions emanating from multiple jurisdictions, often not situated in the country wherein they are incorporated. (Image: 'The Egg', building of the European Council; source: EUDebates.tv ) Nowhere is this ad hoc diversity so visible as in Brussels, capital of the European Union , th
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