PROGRAM
Workshop
The Transregional Histories of Sociological
Thought in/on Law
26-28 July, 2026
SUNDAY, 26 JULY, 2026, 20:00 – TUESDAY, 28 JULY, 2026, 18:30
MPILHLT LECTURE HALL
MELANIE MERLIN DE ANDRADE & CHRISTIAN BOULANGER (MPILHLT)
Sunday, 26 July, 2026
ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS
20:00 Dinner (self-paid)
Monday, 27 July, 2026
09:30–11:00 OPENING SESSION HISTORIOGRAPHICAL FRAMEWORKS
Discussant: Alfons Bora (Universität Bielefeld, Germany)
Historiography of Sociology of Law
Christian Boulanger (MPILHLT)
International Institutionalization of Sociology of Law
Pierre Guibentif
Coffee Break
11:30–13:00 REGIONAL PANEL I AFRICA
Discussant: Susana Santos
Interdisciplinarity and pluralism from colonialism to post-colonialism
João Pedroso (MPILHLT)
Socio-Legal Knowledge in Angola: Colonial Legacies and Postcolonial Transformations
José Octávio Serra Van-Dúnem
13:00–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:30 REGIONAL PANEL II EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
Discussant: Stefan Machura (Bangor University, UK)
Socio-legal Studies in Southeast Asia – the Indonesian case in comparative perspective
Melissa Crouch (remote)
The Sociology of Law in Japan, China, and South Korea
Masayuki Murayama
Coffee Break
15:45–17:45 REGIONAL PANEL III LATIN AMERICA
Discussant: N.N.
Anthropophagy as a concept to understand travelling socio-legal
Melanie Merlin de Andrade (MPILHLT)
Law and Society in Brazil: A Historical Overview with a Focus on the Sociology of Law
Edvaldo Moita
The History of Sociology of Law in Latin America
Pablo Leandro Ciocchini (remote)
Coffee Break & Snacks
18:30–20:00 KEYNOTE
Normativity and Empiricism in Sociology of Law, Socio-legal Studies and the Law and Society Movement
Mauricio García Villegas (Colombia University, USA)
Tuesday, 28 July, 2026
09:30–11:00 REGIONAL PANEL IV SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE AND ISLAMIC WORLD
Discussant: Patrícia André
Divergence and liminality: the case of Southeastern Europe
Samir Forić
Sociological thought in Islamic Family Law
Monika Lindbekk
Coffee Break
11:15–13:00 REGIONAL PANEL V WESTERN & EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
Discussant: Márton Matyasovszky-Németh
The Sociology of Law in Western Europe
Vincenzo Ferrari
Gender as a Research Topic in European Sociology of Law
Ulrike Schultz (Fernuniversität Hagen)
Socio-Legal Thought between Socialism and Europeanization
Marta Bucholc
13:00–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–15:00 CONCLUDING SESSION
DISCUSSION OF PUBLICATION PLANS AND EDITORIAL COORDINATION
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–17:00 BUSINESS MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP HISTORIES OF SOCIOLOGY OF LAW (HYBRID)
18:30 Farewell Dinner (self-paid)