Blending legal and philosophical analysis, the book rethinks the right to marry, arguing it should extend beyond romantic couples to relationships grounded in care and vulnerability, and proposing a more inclusive vision of family law.
🔗 Register: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📚 Online Book Roundtable | 28 April, 11:00–12:30 CET
Join us for a discussion of Laws of Caring: The Right to Marry Defended (2026) by Dr Bartosz Biskup (EUI).
💬 Discussants: Dr Lidka Rodak (University of Silesia) & Dr Barbara Havelková (University of Oxford)
A timely conversation on wartime constitutionalism, judicial resilience, and Europe’s constitutional future.
🔗 More info & registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
How does constitutional justice function under conditions of full-scale war? This event explores the evolving role of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court - balancing crisis governance, fundamental rights, and the rule of law, while navigating the path towards EU integration.
Excited for this upcoming discussion at the European University Institute 👇
Guardians under fire: Ukraine’s Constitutional Court between Wartime Constitutionalism and European Integration
🗓️ 15 April 2026 | 15:00–16:30 CEST
📍 Villa Salviati (Sala dei Cuoi) / hybrid
🤓 Working on issues related to academic freedom and democracy? If so, submit your work to the upcoming "Academic Freedom and Democracy" conference of the ICON.S Austria! The conference is planned for 7 and 8 September 2026, and the deadline for submitting abstracts is 19 April 2026. See you in Graz!
Join us: eui-eu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Excited for Wednesday’s ICON‑S CEE roundtable (25 Feb, 14:00–15:30 CET)!
We’ll discuss @annakfruhstorfer.bsky.social’s new monograph, Constitutional Change under Autocracy, exploring how amendments shape regime stability.
With Alexei Trochev & Kriszta Kovacs as discussants + audience Q&A.
🔗 Registration:
👉 In‑person registration: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
👉 Online plenary session: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/405d96...
👉 Online keynote lecture: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0934c3...
Plenary speakers:
B.S. Chimni • Michaela Hailbronner • Gábor Halmai • Marlene Wind
Keynote lecture:
Martin Krygier — Tempering Power. Beyond the Rule of Law
Chair: Darina Malová
Organised in partnership with the CONSTAD project.
The opening plenary is followed by a presentation of the blog series on this theme: trafo.hypotheses.org/category/ret...
Rethinking democracy through constitutional adjudication
📅 4–5 March 2026
📍 Comenius University in Bratislava + online
Join us for the HARVEST international workshop “The Times, Spaces, and Futures of Democracy Through the Lens of Constitutional Adjudication.”
The book is available in open access 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
Congratulations to the editors and all the authors for their excellent work!
The book is one of the results of the IMAGINE project (European Constitutional Imaginaries - Utopias Ideologies and the other). It offers a fresh take on the post-1989 transformation, providing new insight into the development of constitutionalism in Europe.
📕 New publication alert! ⬇️
🔛 Cambridge University Press has recently published a new edited volume, "European Constitutionalism the Other Way Round: From the Periphery to the Centre".
🔜 The deadline for abstract submission was recently extended to 15 February. With the exception of the submission deadline, the rest of the attached call for papers is still current. For any additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact Professor Anita Blagojevic.
⚖️ "EU of Gender Equality" is the final event of the 2023-2026 Jean Monnet Module "European Union and Gender Equality". It will take place at the Faculty of Law in Osijek, Croatia, on 24 September 2026.
💡 Scholars working on issues related to gender equality may find the following conference of interest.
🏫 The European Constitutional Law Review invites all interested early-career scholars to an annual symposium to discuss a piece of ongoing research.
To register, please submit an abstract (400 to 800 words) and a CV. More details available below! 👇
Early-career scholars in the CEE region, here is an excellent opportunity to present a piece of your work that may result in a new contribution to knowledge!
📚 We will also be joined by Alexei Trochev (Nazarbayev University) and Kriszta Kovacs (ELTE and WZB) as discussants. A Q&A will allow participants to engage with the ideas of the book and its author.
🧐 The book comprehensively analyses how constitutional amendments serve as strategic tools for regime stability in autocracies based on both in depth case studies and a large-N analysis of amendments in autocracies since 1918.
🤓 On Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 14:00-15:30 CET, we will be discussing Anna Fruhstorfer's anticipated monograph, Constitutional Change under Autocracy, just out with Oxford University Press.
The ICON-S CEE Chapter is delighted to invite everyone to our next online roundtable about an exciting new book! 😊
Full details are available on the conference website. See www.pf.uni-lj.si/icon-s-cee-2...
Many thanks to Samo Bardutzky, Marjan Kos, Tilen Štajnpihler Božič, and the conference committee for their work on this.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana is hosting, with an exciting programme in the works. Abstracts are welcome by 31 January 2026 for:
• individual papers
• complete panels
• book & project showcases