We have the following announcement, from Peking University School of Transnational Law:
The Law & Humanities Seminar Series (LHSS) is pleased to kick-off its 2026-2027 AY season of seminars, with the following online (Zoom) seminar:
1. Date & time:
Monday, 28 September 2026, at 21:00-22:15 (China Standard Time), ie 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM
Expressed in other time zones, for your convenience:
Monday, 28 September 2026, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM (New York time)
Monday, 28 September 2026, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM (UK time)
Monday, 28 September 2026, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Berlin/Paris/Amsterdam time)
2. Speaker and topic:
The speaker is Jacob Giltaij (Associate Professor, Amsterdam Law School) and he will speak on "Augustus and the Invention of Public Law: Constituting Empire as State."
3. Zoom meeting information:
Direct link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89907358443?pwd=GHcCQQhWzFnBu5S9GTHJ9cWBUn6mpn.1
Meeting ID: 899 0735 8443
Passcode: 657184
LHSS seminars are open to the general public and therefore all are welcome to attend. LHSS seminars do *not* require pre-registration. Please feel free to enter the seminar directly via the Zoom information above.
The abstract for Professor Giltaij's talk:
One of the most far-reaching reforms in world-history may be the transfer from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire, which happened between 27 BCE -14 CE during the reign of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. Augustus himself established the basic structure of the Empire, which would last until 476 CE in the West, and 1453 in the East, for an important part via legal means. This presentation, as well as the book on which it is based, aims to view the reform from a legal perspective, employing contemporary legal sources, for instance over the works of later historians. The picture that emerges from these legal sources is an attempt to above all create 'unity' after a period of intense strife.
-- Karen Tani