Jubilee Student Scientific Conference
About the event
The Society of the Library of Law Students of the Jagiellonian University invites you to the Jubilee Student Scientific Conference entitled “History, tradition, commemoration – a contemporary reflection on heritage”, which will take place on April 25, 2026.
The event is part of the celebrations of the 175th anniversary of the Society of the Library of Law Students of the Jagiellonian University, highlighting the rich history and continuous activity of the oldest student organization operating at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University since 1851.
The conference will bring together both prominent representatives of the academic world — renowned legal historians, researchers of the history of public institutions, and experts in contemporary constitutional issues — and students from across Poland. The meeting will create a space for dialogue on the significance of historical heritage in reflections on the state and law.
The conference program will include presentations devoted, among other things, to the history of law and the evolution of constitutional institutions, contemporary politics of memory, forms of commemorating events and figures important to legal culture, as well as issues related to memory conflicts in international relations.
The Jubilee conference will be not only an opportunity for scholarly reflection on the past, but also for a joint consideration of how tradition and historical memory shape contemporary understandings of law on the international stage and the responsibility of the legal community toward a changing world.
Date: April 25, 2026
Place: Representative Halls of the Larisch Palace, Bracka 12, Kraków
Abstracts:
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- Length: approx. 500 words
- Link for submitting abstracts: coming soon
Proposed thematic areas:
- Legal culture through the centuries (legal monuments, law in cultural heritage, legal symbols and the history of the state)
- Legal protection of historical heritage
- History and law – the development of legislation in the context of political and constitutional changes
- Customary law as an element of intangible cultural heritage
- Law as a means of shaping and preserving historical memory
- Law in the service of state narratives on the international stage
- Contemporary politics of memory through the lens of legal regulations
- Law as a tool in totalitarian and authoritarian systems and the legal responsibility of perpetrators in history; international law and historical justice
- Customary law in the context of modern codifications
- Memory conflicts in international relations
- New technologies and the protection of heritage in the context of contemporary codifications
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