On the occasion of Prof. Lauren Benton’s (Yale University) visit and conference to the Louvain Lab for Law, History and Society (LHS) at UCLouvain on 15 October 2025, a doctoral research seminar will be held, open to all PhD candidates in law, history, and legal history in Belgium.

This workshop will take the form of an encounter between Prof. Benton and early-career researchers, giving participants the opportunity to discuss their doctoral research on one of the following themes:

• History of law and justice, across all periods
• History of empires
• Global and comparative history
• Colonial history and the history of colonial law
• History of violence
• History of international law

Each participant is invited to give a 10-minute presentation in English on their doctoral research, followed by a discussion with Prof. Benton.

To take part in this workshop, please send your paper proposal (350-word abstract + CV) to quentin.verreycken@uclouvain.be no later than 30 September 2025.

Lauren Benton is Barton M. Biggs Professor of History and Professor of Law at Yale University. Her research focuses primarily on the global history of empires and the history of international law. Her most recent book is They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence (Princeton University Press, 2024).

15/10/2025

2:00PM-5:00PM

UCLouvain, campus Louvain-la-Neuve

Salle Dabin, Thomas More Building

Place Montesquieu 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Contact : quentin.verreycken@uclouvain.be

Registration to the seminar is mandatory via this form before 08/10/2025 : https://forms.office.com/e/scA0wr5Bwf