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…
