Frederik Dhondt

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 13d

In June 2025, The Hague celebrated 400 years De Iure Belli ac Pacis. A massive Grotiana issue @degruyterbrill.bsky.social publishes several papers from this gathering, including one by your humble servant on three handwritten essays from the French Foreign Office.

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Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah paid 'substantial' compensation by UK to settle torture complicity case

Detained without trial in 2006, Zubaydah is one of 15 people who remain at the US military prison.

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Emmanuel Macron sous le feu des critiques sur le plan international et national

Le chef de l’Etat se voit reprocher son positionnement vis-à-vis de Donald Trump et de ne pas avoir eu gain de cause sur le Mercosur. Sur le plan national, l’exécutif a répondu aux deux motions de cen...

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 2d

JOURNAL: The Journal of Legal History XLVI (2025), No. 2

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JOURNAL: The Journal of Legal History XLVI (2025), No. 2

The Principle of Punishment in Classical English Law (Nicholas Sinanis) (OPEN ACCESS) DOI 10.1080/01440365.2025.2511590 Abstract: Much...

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 2d

The good old days (Miloš Vec on Wolfgang Preiser‘s Institute for the History of #intlaw in Frankfurt): no time limit, no evaluation by University or Ministry 🧠

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 2d

BOOK: Magnus RESSEL & Emir O. FILIPOVIC, Companion to the Later Crusades (1400–1700) (Leiden/Boston: DegruyterBrill), 2026

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BOOK: Magnus RESSEL & Emir O. FILIPOVIC, Companion to the Later Crusades (1400–1700) (Leiden/Boston: DegruyterBrill), 2026

(image source: DeGruyterBrill ) Abstract: The crusading movement endured well beyond the 14th century. Across Late Medieval and Early Mode...

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 2d

Wat zou Etienne Vermeersch gezegd hebben over de Einstein/Jonas-polemiek ? 🏛️

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Trump Has No Plan for Venezuela

Podcastaflevering · The David Frum Show · 07-01-2026 · 58 min.

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 3d

CONFERENCE: Minorités protestantes et droit(s) en Europe (17e-18e S.) (Le Mans: Le Mans Université, 11-12 DEC 2025)

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CONFERENCE: Minorités protestantes et droit(s) en Europe (17e-18e S.) (Le Mans: Le Mans Université, 11-12 DEC 2025)

(image source: IMHC ) On 11 and 12 December 2025, the following conference took place in Le Mans: Programme 11 décembre 2025 9 h 30 – 10 h...

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 3d

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Mitterrand, un héritage qui s’efface à gauche

Trente ans après la mort de l’ancien président de la République, de moins en moins de cadres et de militants – à l’exception, par exemple, de Jean-Luc Mélenchon – revendiquent une filiation.

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Prof.dr. Beatrice de Graaf @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social · 3d

Was het maar echt de Monroe-doctrine, en bedreef Trump maar echt negentiende eeuwse balanspolitiek. Wat hij dan wel doet, en wat de Pax Americana geworden is? Lees het antwoord hier: www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/trump-maakt-...

Trump maakt de wereld een grotere jungle dan in de negentiende eeuw, zegt Beatrice de Graaf

Zelfs de grootste wegkijker heeft nu door dat Trump het meent met zijn omverwerping van de internationale rechtsorde, zegt Beatrice de Graaf.

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History Today @historytoday.com · 3d

The 18th-century Dutch Republic was a hotbed of secretive Jacobite networks producing seditious pamphlets.

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The Ambassador, the Spy, and the Chocolatier

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 4d

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 4d

CALL: Positions on the Editorial Board (Comparative Legal History; DEADLINE 15 JAN 2026)

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CALL: Positions on the Editorial Board (Comparative Legal History; DEADLINE 15 JAN 2026)

Journal Comparative Legal History Call for Positions on the Editorial Board Deadline: 15 January 2026 The European Society for...

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 5d

Far more literate than some contemporary leaders… and still a “risk for peace” (cf. title) 📖

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 5d

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Annual Meeting of the American Society for Legal History (Banff, 12-14 NOV 2026); DEADLINE 24 MAR 2026

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Annual Meeting of the American Society for Legal History (Banff, 12-14 NOV 2026); DEALINE 24 MAR 2026

(image source: lawandhistoryreview ) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meet...

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 5d

Madame Soleil-storian?

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CFP: Workshop "To Write the Earth: Law, the Global, and Planetary World-Making" (Florence, Italy - Law Department, EUI, 26-27 JUN 2026); DEADLINE 15 JAN 2026

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CFP: Workshop "To Write the Earth: Law, the Global, and Planetary World-Making" (26-27 June, 2026, Florence, Italy - Law Department, EUI)

Workshop—Call for Contributions To Write the Earth: Law, the Global, and Planetary World-Making Organising committee: Nikolas M. Rajkovi...

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 5d

JOURNAL: The Journal of Legal History XLV (2024), No. 2

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JOURNAL: The Journal of Legal History XLV (2024), No. 2

The Common Law and Civil War in Fourteenth-Century England: The Prosecution of Treason and Rebellion Under Edward II, 1322–1326 ( Sophie T...

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Blog of the European Society for Comparative Legal History @esclh.bsky.social · 5d

SYMPOSIUM: Le "Consensus". Définitions et usages d'une notion politique, juridique et diplomatique (XIVe-XVIIe siècles) (Genève: Les Délices, 21-22 JAN 2026).

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SYMPOSIUM: Le "Consensus". Définitions et usages d'une notion politique, juridique et diplomatique (XIVe-XVIIe siècles) (Genève: Les Délices, 21-22 JAN 2026)

(click on image to enlarge) MERCREDI 21 JANVIER 2026 09h15 – Accueil 09h30 – Introduction : Noëlle-Laetitia Perret (Uni...

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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · 5d

CHAPTER: Raphaël CAHEN, "Prosopographie des diplomates littérateurs au sein du Comité consultatif du contentieux du Ministère des Affaires étrangères" in: BARON, LAUBA & SALLES (dir.), Les diplomates littérateurs (Poitiers 2025)

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