Three tales of the double-edged role of international law in our new colloquy at ante-blog.univie.ac.at
A criminal case, a fraught engagement, an elite school, and what ties them together. Enjoy!
Our first colloquy is online: ante-blog.univie.ac.at/colloquies/#...
It explores how non-Western societies engaged with legal modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries – not as passive recipients of European norms, but as active participants negotiating legal change on their own terms.
An oppositional writer; four revolutionary princes, and a king anchored in tradition; a reformist grand mufti:
We look at how these actors took European ideas of constitutionalism and transformed them to fit local needs in 19th century Iran, Siam, and Egypt.
ante-blog.univie.ac.at/colloquies/#...
Launching soon: ante-blog.univie.ac.at
ANT.E looks at processes of the globalization of law from a historical perspective, focusing on the experiences of the Global South, bridging past and future, and challenging Western, post-/semi-colonial narratives.
Join us as a reader and/or contributor!
Launching on Wednesday, 26 November at noon!
Save the date: We’re hosting a symposium from 3-4 December 2026: ante-blog.univie.ac.at/article/symp...
Also, some insights into how we chose our icon. Enjoy! ante-blog.univie.ac.at/article/how-...
