Dario Mantovani – External lectures

Statutory Education in France and Abroad

2026–2027

France

Paul-Valéry University of Montpellier

On February 4, 2027, a lecture (2 hours) on: Law Tailored to Human Needs: The Roman Origins of Legal Anthropocentrism.

United Kingdom

French House in Oxford*

On November 20, 2026, a one-hour lecture on: Thinking About Law Through Metaphors: Reason and Imagination in the Language of Roman Jurists.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France.

2025–2026

France

University of Toulon

February 9, 2026: A one-hour lecture on “ When (Roman) Law Becomes Literature.”

Italy

University of Trieste

On October 8, 2025, a lecture and seminar (2 hours) on: Reason and Imagination in the Thought of Roman Jurists.

2023–2024

France

Montpellier Academy of Sciences and Letters

On November 27, 2023, a lecture (1 hour) on: The Works of Roman Jurists as Literature.

Universities of Bordeaux

December 5, 2023: A one-hour lecture on “ The ‘natural contract’ in the light of Lucretius: reflections on the personification of natural objects.”

2022–2023

Canada

McGill University, Montreal

On November 18, 2022, a course on: The Libraries of Roman Jurists.

Italy

University of Trento*

On December 6 and 7, 2022, a course and a seminar on: Roman Law and Literature.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France

2021–2022

Germany

University of Bonn*

On June 3, 2022, a course on: Emperors and Jurists in Late Roman Antiquity: New Documents and New Perspectives.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France

2020–2021

Germany

University of Bonn*

On May 27, 2021, a course on: Emperors and Jurists in Late Roman Antiquity: New Documents and New Perspectives.

*As part of an agreement signed with the Collège de France

2019–2020

Austria

Austrian Academy of Sciences

On November 13, 2019, a lecture on: “In Search of the Hidden Structure: The Circulation of Roman Jurists’ Texts in Late Antiquity.”