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In October 2019, the interdisciplinary research project "Innovation through Education: Pioneering Change in Law and Theology in Louvain’s Golden Age" will be launched.

The project is led by a team of KU Leuven Professors consisting of LECTIO members Wim Decock (Roman Law and Legal History, spokesperson), Wouter Druwé (RLLH), Randall Lesaffer (RLLH), An Smets (KU Leuven Libraries) and Violet Soen (Early Modern History), with the support of Mark Depauw (Ancient History/Digital Humanities), Wim François (History of Church and Theology) and Jan Papy (Latin Literature).

The team is now opening a call for 5 PhD positions within the project, funded by the Research Fund of the University of Leuven. A full version of the job description can be found here.

Deadline for applications is 15 August 2019.

For more information, feel free to contact the spokesperson (wim.decock@kuleuven.be) or one of the team members.

On 28 and 29 November 2019, the University of Cantabria will organize a conference in the city of Nájera on the theme of Law and Authority in the Medieval Atlantic city (and beyond). Historians, PhD researchers and Graduate students are encouraged to submit abstracts for research presentations or posters related to this topic before 1 September 2019. More information can be found here.

On 5 and 6 December 2019, the Université de Liège will organize a conference on the printing and diffusion of the law in the Habsburg Netherlands, the Dutch Republic and the principality of Liège in the 16th-18th centuries. Interested scholars are invited to send in an abstract before 30 June 2019. More information can be found here.

The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme was established by the University of Melbourne to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates to the University in areas of research priority, and in particular to recruit new researchers who have the potential to build and lead cross-disciplinary collaborative research activities inside and across faculties. It is a three-year Fellowship with only a small amount of teaching expected or permitted.

Interested candidates are invited to express their interest before 25 June 2019. More information can be found here.

As from this month, the Leuven Centre for the Transmission of Texts and Ideas in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance has started releasing a monthly e-newsletter. It aims to foster communication internally and externally about the publications, activities and achievements of researchers in the LECTIO network. It also provides a platform for sharing information about opportunities for awards, scholarships and academic positions. Finally, LECTIO e-News wants to nurture an increasingly large community of scholars in the Low Countries and beyond who are passionate about pre-modern intellectual history and the science of text editing. If you consider submitting a news item about your work or an event organized by your research team, please feel free to contact lectio@kuleuven.be.