The programme for the year 2024 will be updated soon!
2023:
9 January, 16.00
Gilberto Guerra Pedrosa (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory): Glocalazing the Early Modern Citizenship: the Dutch Intrusion into the Iberian South Atlantic, 1580-1674.
February 7, 16h (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET, Zoom-lecture)
Luigi Nuzzo (Universitá del Salento): Between Carl Schmitt and Henri Lefebvre. Cities and Territorial Governance in Colonial Contexts
March 8, 16h (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET, Zoom-lecture)
Inge van Hulle (KU Leuven & MPI for Legal History and Legal Theory): The Blood Pact in African Treaty-Making. Between Myth and Reality
April 4, 18h
Richard Ross (University of Illinois): The Rule of Law in British America
5 September, 16h (Finnish time GMT +2):
Helen Dewar (Université de Montréal): Corridors of Jurisdiction. The Role of Aquatic Scapces in Sovereign Claims-making in New France
October 3, 16h (Finnish time GMT +2):
Dries Lyna (Radboud Universiteit): Embedded Colonial Courts? Dutch Judiciary and Customary Law on Sri Lanka, 17th-18th centuries
November 14, 16h (Finnish time GMT +2):
Leonard Hodges (University of London): Law, Race and Slavery in the Early Modern French Indian Ocean
Postponed to January 9, 2024:
Airton Seelaender (Universidade de Brasilia)
New Social Functions for the Old Social Groups of a Transcontinental Monarchy: 'Policia', Legal and Political Thought in the Braganzas' Territories 1750-1807)
2022:
13 December, 14.00 (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET, Zoom-lecture)
Boudewijn Sirks (Emeritus Regious Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford): The Law of the Dutch East Indies. From Ruling a Trading Post to Ruling Territories
8 November, 16.00, (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET, Zoom-lecture)
Laurie Wood (Florida State University): Lawyering in France's Early Modern Empire
11 October, 16.00 (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET, Zoom-lecture):
Romina Zamora: Latin American Colonial Household as a Normative Sphere
15 September, 16.00 (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET):
Gustavo Cabral (Universidade Federal do Ceará): Brazilian Colonial Law. Theoretical Perspectivces and Contributions (online lecture).
26 April, 15.00 (Time Zone: Helsinki, Eastern European Time EET):
Nuno Camarinhas (Universidade Nova de Lisboa): Early Modern Portuguese Judiciary: a Governing Structure Bound to Circulate
Upcoming Workshop, organized by CoCoLaw project on November 9-10, 2023
Programme and registration:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/comparing-early-modern-colonial-laws/…
The Dynamics of Early Modern Colonial Law and Legal Literature - 26-28 October 2022, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
In the three-days event, there will be 29 paper presentations proposed by academics from all over the world. We expect to have inspiring discussions about the law in colonial spaces.
The event will be hybrid, and everybody is welcome to join us either here at Porthania or via Zoom.
To receive the Zoom link, please register here:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/120223
Keynote speakers:
Thomas Duve - Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Andréa Slemian - Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Day 1 Local: Porthania, Suomen Laki-Sali
13.00 – 13.15 Opening
13.15 – 14.45 Panel 1
15.00 – 16.00 Keynote 1: Professor Thomas Duve (Director, Max Planck Institute for Legal
History and Legal Theory) - How to Analyze the Dynamics of Early Modern Colonial Laws?
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee
16.15 – 17.15 Panel 2
17.15 – 19.15 Panel 3
Day 2 Morning Local: Porthania, Suomen Laki-Sali
9.00 – 11.00 Panel 4
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 – 12.45 Panel 5
12.45 – 14.30 Lunch
Day 2 Afternoon Local: Topelia, A205
14.30 – 16.30 Panel 6
16.30 – 17.15 Coffee Break
17.15 – 18.45 Panel 7
Day 3 Local: Local: Topelia, D112
9.00 – 10.00 Keynote 2: Professor Andrea Slémian (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) -
Between Grace and Rights: Petitions in the Iberian-American World (18th century)
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee
10.15 – 11.45 Panel 8
11.45 – 13.15 panel 9
13.15 Closing of the conference
Detailed programme:
Wednesday, 26th of October, Porthania, Suomen Laki-Sali
13:00 Opening
13:15 Panel 1 – Comparing Colonial Laws
Heikki Pihlajamäki – University of Helsinki
The Dubious Existence of Colonial Law: Some Theoretical Viewpoints
Nathaly Mancilla Órdenes – University of Helsinki
The Relevance of the Official Correspondence in the Normative Production of the
Ancient Regime: The Case of the Royal Extraction of Diamonds (1771-1808)
Airton Ribeiro – University of Helsinki
‘Nostra Scientia Postulat Ingentes Bibliothecas’: Colonial Conventual Libraries and
Legal Knowledge
15.00 Keynote 1:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Duve (Director, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal
Theory) - How to Analyze the Dynamics of Early Modern Colonial Laws?
16:00 Coffee break
16:15 Panel 2 – Comparing Colonial Laws II
Henri Hannula – University of Helsinki
Between Illicit and Legitimate Trade: Vrijburgers of Batavia Challenging the VOC-
Monopoly in the Dutch East Indies in the Late 17th century
Gustavo Zatelli – University of Helsinki
Police Regulation on Colonial Ground: A Legal Comparative View of the British Empire
in the 18th Century (Jamaica, Virginia, and Ireland)
17:15 Panel 3 – Multinormativity and Indigenous
Marie Annereau-Fulbert – CEM, IIFL, UNAM, CDMX (México)
Rafael Flores Hernández – Center of Historical and Cultural Research in the State of
Hidalgo
Zinacantán Territorial Practices and Legal strategies in relation to Land, Chiapas, Mexico
(16th-19th centuries
Kaius Tuori – University of Helsinki
Indigenous Property and Colonial Commerce: Inalienability Doctrine(s) and Equal Rights
Romina Zamora –Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
Early Legal Mestizaje. First Stage of Modern Colonial Law in Andean America
Nicolas Blum Fernandez –University Scuola Superiore Meridionale Federico II in Naples
Contested Vassalage in a Disputed Borderland: The Socio-Legal Situation of the
Indigenous People on the North Bank of the Rio de La Plata (1750-1808)
19:30 End of first day and Dinner - Restaurant Linnankellari, (Hotel Katajanokka) Merikasarminkatu 1 a, Helsinki (Reservation for the group at 20.00).
Thursday, 27th of October, morning, Porthania, Suomen Laki-Sali
09:00 Panel 4 – The Legal Vocabulary of Land Ownership and Land Rights in Early
Modernity
Carmen Alveal – Universidade do Rio Grande do Norte
Orientation of the Praxists and Problems Faced by Judges on Landmarks in Colonial
Brazil (18th Century)
Sarah Limão Papa - Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Judicial Conflicts over Land Rights in Northeast Portuguese America
Alina Rodríguez Sánchez - Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Who Owns the Trees and Stones? Mediating Conflicts over Resources in the Mixtec
Region in Sixteenth Century New Spain
Jesus Bohorquez – Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
The Ancient Title: Defining, Allocating, and Claiming Landownership in the Northern
Spanish Andes (18th century)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Panel 5 – Colonial Projects, Regulation of Status and Social Inclusion
Marvin Messinetti – Università del Salento
Slavery Regulation and Colonial Dynamics: Laws and Legal Studies Between
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Owen H. Jones – Sinclair Community College
The Discourse of Local Law Under Spanish Hegemony and the Right to Adjudicate in
K’iche’ Communities in Colonial Highland Guatemala
Gilberto Guerra Pedrosa – Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Unitas Multiplex of Colonial Projects? The Case of the Dutch Intrusion in the Iberian
South Atlantic, 1580-1674
12:45 Lunch
Thursday, 27th of October, afternoon, Topelia, A205
14:30 Panel 6 – Polizei and Emergence of the Legal Administration
Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada – Western Oregon University
The Colonial Control on Lawyers: Spanish Laws to Limit Number of Legal Professionals
in Cuba
Renzo Honores – Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Sociedad
Maritime Law in the South Sea: Ships, Mariners, and Litigation in the Port of Callao,
1567-1587
Adriana Luna-Fabritius – University of Helsinki
Happiness and the Transformation of Spanish Imperialism After 1760
Gustavo Cabral – Universidade Federal do Ceará
On Letters and Laws: Books of Municipal Council in Portuguese America (18th century)
16:30 Coffee Break
17:15 Panel 7 – Legal Books’ Circulation and Cultural Translation II
Michael Hoeflich – University of Kansas
The Flow and Distribution of Foreign Books in the American Colonies and the New
American republic - XVII and XIX centuries
Rodrigo Camargo Godoi – Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
The Legal Novel in the Rio de Janeiro’s Gazeta do Tribunais Feuilleton, 1843-1842
Aman Kumar – IFIM law school
Two Documents of Indian Colonisation
19:30 End of the second day & Dinner (Reservation for the group at 20.00) - Place: Meripaviljonki Säästöpankinranta 3.
Friday, 28th of October, Topelia, D112
09:00 Keynote 2:
Prof. Dr. Andrea Slémian (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) - Between Grace and
Rights: Petitions in the Iberian-American World (18th century)
10:00 Coffee Break
10:15 Panel 8 – Legal Books’ Circulation and Cultural Translation
Maria Teresa Calderón – Center for Historical Studies at the Externado University of
Colombia
Antonio Annino – Università degli Studi di Firenze (University of Florence)
The Colombian Federalism. A Reading of Benjamin Constant
Laura Beck Varela – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Old Law Books for New Catholic Nations: Reading Heineccius in Mexico (1773-1873)
Bruno Rodrigues Lima – Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
The Normative Translation of the Portuguese Ordinances by the Abolitionist Lawyer Luiz
Gama (Brazil, 1850-1888)
11:45 Panel 9 – Circulation of Legal Knowledge and Religion, Cultural Translation
Boliá Doubai Sanchez – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
“Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart”: Superstition, Idolatry, and Social
Discipline in Manuals for Confessors from New Spain
Luisa Stella Coutinho – Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
“Cada Molher Têm Mais Pequados do Que Têm Todos os Homens do Mundo”:
Converting Japanese Women Adepts of Jōdō Shinshū Buddhism during the Christian
Century in Japan
Caio Cardoso Tolentino – University of São Paulo
Canon Law and Criminal Procedures in Portuguese America: The Autos de Livramento-
Crime of São Paulo’s Episcopal Court (1745-1800)
13:15 Closing remarks
CoCoLaw Launch Seminar,Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Hybrid: Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki/Zoom
The kick-off seminar of the project was held in March with presentations given by the project researchers as well as two insightful and inspiring keynote speeches:
After welcoming words of the Vice-Dean of the faculty and Professor of Law and Globalization Jaakko Husa and Academy Professor Heikki Pihlajamäki the first keynote speech was given by Mariana Dias Paes from Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory with the topic Global Legal History on the Ground: a Perspective from African Archives.
In the afternoon, two presentations followed: Henri Hannula with the topic Legal History and Early Modern Dutch Colonial Empire: Historiographical and Methodological Questions and Nathaly Mancilla-Órdenes with the topic Dealing with Complexity: the Relevance of 'Policey' Law in the Emergence of Modern Law.
The second keynote speech was given virtually by Annemieke Romein from Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands with the topic Early Modern Ordinances Meet Digital Humanities: An Exploration of the Use of Taxonomies and Automatic Metadating.
The seminar was ended with a presentation given by Airton Ribeiro da Silva Jr. with the topic Global Circulation of Legal Books within the Iberian Empires: Sources and Materials and Heikki Pihlajamäki's presentation with the topic Law and Police in the Early Modern Overseas Empires of Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic: a Comparative Framework.
We would like to thank our wonderful keynote speakers and audience from all around the world!