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It holds a distinctive position within the national and international academic landscape as an innovative forum for intellectual exchange and collaboration.

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies – lucernaiuris is a hub for cutting-edge teaching and research that crosses traditional boundaries between law, the humanities and the social sciences. The institute’s activities currently focus on the following main themes:

Law, Media and Technology
Law and Economics
Histories of Law and Justice
Law, Arts and Humanities
Theory and History of Intellectual Property Rights
Law and Biomedicine
Law and Sustainability

11/07/2026

The 2026 Critical Times summer school on 'Bodies' has now wrapped up. Thanks to all speakers, presenters and facilitators for their wonderful contributions and for making it such a memorable week!

26/06/2026

This year’s Critical Times summer school, on the theme of ‘Bodies’, will kick off on 6 July. The school will host 22 PhD candidates and postdocs from around the world, and feature a series of interdisciplinary seminars and events led by an exciting line-up of academics working across law and the humanities.

Speakers and Facilitators: Christine Abbt (University of St. Gallen), Shane Chalmers (University of Hong Kong), Angela Condello (University of Messina), Julen Etxabe (University of British Columbia), Steven Howe (University of Lucerne), Vagias Karavas (University of Lucerne), Andrea Leiter (University of Amsterdam), Monica Lopez Lerma (Reed College), Damian Nussbaumer (University of St. Gallen), Greta Olson (University of Giessen), Laura Petersen (University of Lucerne), Sabarish Suresh (NYU Abu Dhabi), Tiziano Toracca (University of Udine), Valeria Vazquez Guevara (University of Hong Kong) and Illan Wall (University of Galway).

Further details: https://tinyurl.com/2xbfb7mr

Image: Boyart, The Raft of the Medusa, 2019.
With the kind permission of the artist.

25/06/2026

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at the University of Lucerne invites applications for our Visiting Fellows Programme 2027.
The fellowship programme supports junior scholars who wish to spend a period of time in Lucerne pursuing work that overlaps with or otherwise complements scholarly activities currently being pursued at the institute. During their stay, fellows enjoy access to our specialist resources, and are invited to share and develop their ideas with our community of faculty, researchers and students.
Tailored to PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers, the programme is open to all working on interdisciplinary topics at the intersections between law, the humanities and the social sciences.
The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2026.
Further details on eligibility, application process and assessment criteria are available at https://tinyurl.com/yyc2zeeu.

03/12/2025

We warmly invite you to join us next Wednesday (10 December) for our next session in the online series 'Cultures of Legality in Weimar Germany'. Steven Howe (University of Lucerne) will speak on "The Paragraph Film: Genre, Emotions and the Struggle for Law". Further details: https://tinyurl.com/y5hexyaz

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Frohburgstrasse 3
Lucerne
6002

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+41412295423

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