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“Entwined Fates: Rethinking Nature and Humanity in African Landscapes”
On June 23, 2025, a public LUMEN seminar with Prof. Melanie J. Murcott at the University of Florence.
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Prof. Melanie J. Murcott Visiting the University of Florence as a LUMEN Visiting Professor
From June 16 to 24, 2025, Melanie Jean Murcott, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town, will be a visiting professor in Florence as part of the LUMEN project.
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Climate Justice and Transformative Constitutionalism: South Africa at the Center of the Global Legal Debate
On 19 June 2025, the University of Florence will host Prof. Melanie J. Murcott for a seminar on the role of courts in the socio-ecological crises of the Anthropocene.
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A Sami Perspective on the Rights of Nature: Indigenous Wisdom in European Environmental Discourse
Stefan Mikaelsson, on The Rights of Nature: A European Journey, explores how legal rights for nature and alliances support indigenous resistance in the Arctic crisis.
Events
29 MAY
- 30 JUN 2025
Professor María Mercedes Ortiz García Visiting Bologna for LUMEN and Student Meetings
From May 29 to June 30, 2025, Prof. Ortiz García will be a visiting scholar at the University of Bologna and will offer online meetings with students on commons, participation, and climate.
14 JUN
- 24 JUN 2025
Prof. Melanie J. Murcott Visiting the University of Florence as LUMEN Visiting Professor
From June 16 to 24, 2025, Melanie J. Murcott, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town, will be a LUMEN Visiting Professor in Florence, holding seminars and meetings.
16 JUN
- 20 JUN 2025
Course on Methodology of Legal Comparison
Twelfth Edition of the Summer School Organized by the Latin American Studies Center of the University of Bologna | June 16-20, 2025
17 JUN 2025
Published
Transformative environmental constitutionalism in Africa
Seminar with Melanie J. Murcott on June 17, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM, organized by the Department of Legal Sciences, Research Unit of the University of Florence.
19 JUN 2025
Published
Transformative Environmental Constitutionalism in Africa
LUMEN Seminar with Prof. Melanie J. Murcott, organized on 19 June 2025 by the University of Florence
23 JUN 2025
Published
Entwined Fates: Rethinking Nature and Humanity in African Landscapes
On June 23, 2025, a public LUMEN seminar with Prof. Melanie J. Murcott at the University of Florence.
26 JUN
- 27 JUN 2025
I International Congress on Constitution and Democracy in Latin America
On June 26-27, 2025, at the Universitat de València, international experts will discuss the crisis of constitutionalism in Latin America and the challenges of democracy. Call deadline: May 16, 2025.
NextGenerationEU
PRIN 2022 PNRR “LUMEN - Law of nature and human ecosystem approach: modelling a transcultural eco-legal framework”, P.I. prof.ssa S. Bagni, Università degli Studi di Bologna, finanziato dall'Unione Europea – NextGenerationEU a valere sul Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) – Missione 4 Istruzione e ricerca – Componente 2 Dalla ricerca all’impresa – Investimento 1.1, Avviso PRIN 2022 PNRR DD n. 1409 del 14 settembre 2022, codice proposta P20222H49L – CUP J53D23018680001.