We are delighted to announce that Le vie dell’acqua (Les vies de l’aigua), the film produced within the MICOLL project, will be screened at the Universitat de Barcelona on 28 October 2026 at 10:00 a.m. The screening will take place in the Jane Addams Room, Faculty of Geography and History, University of Barcelona, C/ Montalegre…
What: International conference “Past Privacy Today: Negotiating Boundaries – Navigating Challenges”; title of the paper by Stefania Gialdroni “Secrecy and Norms of Conduct in Early Modern Mercantile Literature” Where: University of Copenhagen, Centre for Privacy Study When: 3-4 September 2026 A few wonderful days in Copenhagen for the conference “Past Privacy Today: Negotiating Boundaries –…
The first episode of Vox Mercatoria, the new podcast of the ERC project MICOLL is now available online. You can watch the launch reel here: Instagram Reel. Debt and credit are words we encounter constantly: in contracts and balance sheets, but also in everyday language. We can have a financial debt or a moral debt;…
We are delighted to announce that the entire conference “Have the Gods Fallen? An Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Lex Mercatoria and Commercial Revolution”, held at San Servolo in Venice on 17–19 June 2026, was recorded and is now available on the MICOLL Project YouTube channel. The recordings include all conference sessions and offer the opportunity to…
From 17 to 20 June 2026, scholars from across Europe gathered in Venice for the MICOLL final conference, “Have the Gods Fallen? An Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Lex Mercatoria and Commercial Revolution”. Hosted at the Venice International University on the island of San Servolo, with the opening keynote held at the German Center for Venetian Studies…
WHAT: International Conference of the ERC CoG MICOLL: Have the Gods Fallen? An Interdisciplinary Reconsideration of Lex Mercatoria and Commercial Revolution WHERE: 📍 German Center for Venetian Studies (Venice)📍 Venice International University, San Servolo Island (Venice) WHEN: 📅 17–19 June 2026 Finally, the time has come! Four and a half years after the launch of…
The Via Querinissima has officially obtained the prestigious certification as a “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe”, one of the most important European recognitions dedicated to transnational cultural itineraries promoting shared heritage, intercultural dialogue, and cooperation across borders. The route retraces the extraordinary fifteenth-century journey of the Venetian merchant Pietro Querini, whose shipwreck in…
On 21 May 2026, Stefania Gialdroni will take part in the presentation of Elena Maccioni’s volume I tribunali mercantili nei comuni italiani. Giustizia, politica, economia (secoli XII-XV) (Viella, 2024), hosted by the Università degli Studi di Genova. The event is funded by the ERC project PatriFem, led by prof. Denise Bezzina, who was previously a…
Cinema as a critical lens through which to explore law, justice, and the tensions of the contemporary world. We are delighted to announce that “Le vie dell’acqua” (Waterways) will be screened on 12 May 2026 as part of the film series “Diritto al Cinema” at the University of Palermo. The series, organized within the Law…
What: Projection of “Le vie dell’acqua” Where: University of Bologna, DAMSLab Auditorium When: 24 April 2026 5:00 pm MICOLL is pleased to share that Le Vie dell’Acqua (Waterways), directed by Fabio Masi and produced within the framework of the MICOLL project, was screened at University of Bologna on 23 April 2026 at 5:00 PM. The…
