-
H-Soz-Kult: „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“. Organisiert von Frank Ejby Poulsen (Universität Bayreuth, Centre of International Excellence „Alexander von Humboldt“) fand die internationale Tagung „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“ hybrid am 12.–13. Juni 2025 im Institut für
-
I had a wonderful few days in Reykjavik at the 31st Congress of Nordic Historians (NHM), perfectly organised by the University of Iceland. It was the first time I attended NHM and it was highly stimulating and inspiring to attend various talks and panels, especially on different topics than mine. It was also the occasion to
-
Ich habe mein Junior Fellowship am University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence ‘Alexander von Humboldt’ nun abgeschlossen. Angegliedert war ich dem Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte der Universitäten Bayreuth und Bamberg. Ich werde „mein Schloss“, den Arbeitsplatz des Instituts im beeindruckenden Schloss Thurnau, und die tolle Atmosphäre, die von den dort arbeitenden Menschen geschaffen wurde, sehr vermissen. In dieser Zeit
-
You know who else has a 5-year plan? AI does. AI will achieve AGI in 5 years. And it won’t care about YOUR 5-year plan. To better understand this trajectory, consider exploring the free course “The Future of AI” by BlueDot Impact. It requires no more than two hours and offers valuable insights into the evolution of
-
I have made a video (on my Youtube Channel) on the two famous paintings representing the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, attributed to Jean-Jacques Le Barbier (and his engraving). Based on my article published in the art history journal POTESTAS, I combine art history and intellectual history to analyse
-
The symposium “INTELLEX: An Intellectual History of Legal History” I organised on 12-13 June 2025 at the Institute for Franconian Regional History (IFLG) in the Thurnau castle led to many fruitful connections and discussions for the future. The symposium was financed by my Junior Fellowship grant from the University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence
-
Symposium 12-13/06/2025 on an intellectual history of legal history
-
Friday evening, I went to the vernissage of the temporary exhibition ‘Life in upheaval Bavaria 1918 – 1925: Between democracy, self-determination and violence’ at the Historisches Museum in Bayreuth. The exhibition is the result of the work of my colleague Julia Eichenberg, at the Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte of the University of Bayreuth, who supervised her
-
This January 2025, I have started my Junior Fellowship awarded by the University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt”. For six months my project on “Hermann Conring‘s Teaching of Legal History” will be hosted at the Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte, located in this enchanting Thurnau Castle. This is part of a larger
-
I am thrilled that my book has been reviewed in Migrating Minds: Journal of Cultural Cosmopolitanism by such a prominent scholar and expert on republicanism and early modern political thought, Rachel Hammersley. Do check out her blog, which features many analyses on early modern political thought, republicanism, and James Harrington. My many thanks to the
Frank Ejby Poulsen 