“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…

ERC Synergies: MICOLL Meets PatriFem

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…

Stefania Gialdroni in Milan on ERC funding

Prof. Stefania Gialdroni was invited by prof. Annamaria Monti to speak at the University of Milan in the framework of the MILHIS Talks series on 20 April 2026. On this occasion, she presented the lecture European Funding and Project Design in Legal Historical Research: The Experience of MICOLL.  The talk focused on the opportunities and…

MICOLL in Beijing: Sharing Research Beyond Academia

What: Screening of Le vie dell’acqua (“Waterways”) Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Pechino, Embassy of Italy (2, San Li Tun Dong Er Jie – 100600 Beijing) When: 10 April 2026, 6:00 pm There are moments, in every journey, when you suddenly realize how far you have truly come. For us, that moment arrived on…

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…

History Meets Cinema: Film Screening @ University of Padua

What: Screening of the movie “Le vie dell’acqua” within the framework of the Science4All events Where: University of Padua, Palazzo del Bo, Via VIII febbraio 2, Aula E (ground floor) When: 27 and 28 September 2025 at 4:00 pm The event will be attended on the 27th by the scientific lead of the project, professor…

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…

“Le vie dell’acqua”: Micoll’s film is ready!

On June 9th, at the Palazzo del Bo, the seat of the Department of Private Law and Critique of Law of the University of Padua, we held the exclusive private preview screening of Le vie dell’acqua (“The Ways of Water”), a film written and directed by Fabio Masi and produced by Growing Production, based on an…