Legal history

“Have the Gods Fallen?” now on YouTube

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…

Looking Back at the MICOLL Final Conference

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…

Have the Gods Fallen? The MICOLL International Conference

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…

Doctoral lecture by Francesca Fusco

On 30 April 2026, from 10:30 to 12:30, Professor Francesca Fusco will deliver a doctoral lecture entitled Intersections between Language and Law in the Vocabulary of Financial Distress. The event will take place at Aula De Ponti, Palazzo del Bo, University of Padua, and will be introduced by Professor Stefania Gialdroni. The lecture is organized…

Second joint workshop MICOLL-HOLYLAB

What: Workshop “Digital Humanities e Mobilità: Ulteriori Prospettive da Progetti ERC” Where: Department of Political Sciences, RomaTre University, Room 4A (4th floor), via Gabriello Chiabrera 199, Rome When: 7 November 2025, 2:30pm We are delighted to announce that the second joint workshop of the ERC projects MICOLL (Migrating Commercial Law and Language. Rethinking Lex Mercatoria,…

Stefania Gialdroni and Matteo Moro in Erice

Our PI Stefania Gialdroni and one of MICOLL’s postdocs, Matteo Moro, will join the prestigious International School of Ius Commune in Erice (Italy). INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF IUS COMMUNE Directors of the School: M. Bellomo – K. Pennington – O. Condorelli – W. Decock 44th Course: Legal, cultural and religious pluralism: aspects and problems in the…

Nick Foster in Padua (again)

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Nick Foster will be in Padua for the second time to give a lecture entitled “Another Legal History: An Overview of Islamic Law, its Past and its Present” within the framework of Stefania Gialdroni’s course in Legal history on October 15th at 4:30pm, at the University…

Francesca Fusco in Budapest

Our postdoc Francesca Fusco has just given a series of lectures within the framework of the PÁZMÁNY SUMMER SCHOOL on LAW AND LANGUAGE in Budapest. It is a very ancient university, founded in 1635. She was the only Italian scholar: well done Francesca! This international Summer School, open also to undergraduate students, deals with the…

PHEDRA Conference in Paris

Our PI, together with part of the teams of MICOLL and IUSTITIAM, will join one of the biggest events on commercial law history of the last years: the conference of the project PHEDRA led by prof. Luisa Brunori. What: PHEDRA Conference – Existe-t-il un « modèle européen »? Pour une histoire du droit des affaires…

Stefania Gialdroni in Salzburg

Our PI will soon give a lecture within the framework of the Seminar Storia dell’italiano nelle regioni directed by prof. Matthias Heinz at the Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, entitled Gli italianismi nei termini del diritto e del commercio del Veneto e Venezia. The lecture will take place on June 4th at 3:15pm, at the Unipark, SR…