Käte Hamburger Kolleg
“Legal Unity and Pluralism”

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New working paper on Carolingian rule

A new volume has been published in the open access series EViR Working Papers, in which Sophia Mösch examines the hitherto lesser-considered conceptual framework of worldly rule in Augustine's De civitate Dei (The City of God). The paper opens up new perspectives on the role of political advice in the Carolingian Empire and the interplay between divine and secular law.

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Melting pot East-Central Europe

On 5 June 2025, the Käte Hamburger Kolleg ‘Legal Unity and Pluralism’ hosted a panel discussion with the aim of connecting the centuries-old history of East Central Europe with its present and future. The discussion was moderated by EViR Director Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ludwig under the heading ‘Social diversity and legal plurality in East-Central Europe: looking back and forward’.

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New working paper on ‘knowledge of normativity’

A new volume has been published in the EViR Working Papers open access series, presenting the results of the Conceptual Forum ‘Knowledge of Normativity’. Based on the concept by legal historian Thomas Duve, the volume opens up new perspectives for a global legal history.

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Nora Markard new co-director

The legal scholar Prof. Dr. Nora Markard has been the new co-director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg ‘Legal Unity and Pluralism’ since 1 June 2025. Together with historian Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ludwig, she will be heading the Kolleg, succeeding Prof. Dr. Peter Oestmann, who will continue to be an academic member of the Kolleg.