Pufendorf across the Sound - in Teaching and Practice

In close collaboration with the network Natural Law 1625-1850 (Natural Law 1625-1850. An Internation Reserach Project (unic-erfurt.de), and fellow researchers at the University of Copenhagen, the Lund legal historians will host a conference at the Faculty on Samuel von Pufendorf and his importance for legal thought in Sweden and Denmark: Pufendorf across the Sound – in Teaching and Practice.

6 March

10-10.15: Welcome by Dean Henrik Wenander

Session 1 moderator: Helle Vogt

10.15 – 11.00 Kjell Åke Modéer (Lund):Samuel Pufendorf and Lund – a perspective of more than 350 years.

11.00-11.30: Coffee

11.30-12.15: Joachim Östlund (Lund): Pufendorf’s teaching and the Swedish path to peace with non-Christian states.

12.15-13.00: Jonas Nordin (Lund): ‘Pufendorf, Erik Dahlbergh and the history of Charles X Gustavus as propaganda and coffee-table book.’

13.00-14.00: Lunch

Session 2 moderator: Frank Grunert 

14.00-14.45: Sören Koch (Bergen): ‘Pufendorf and Holberg: Different perspectives on Danish-Swedish relations.’

14.45-15.30: Bo Lindberg (Gothenburg): ‘Pufendorf and the fatherland.’

15.30-16.00: Coffee

16.00-17.00: Public Lecture: Michael Seidler (Western Kentucky): ‘Pufendorf’s Dissertationes Academicae Selectiores (Lund 1675) – Pufendorf’s last word from Lund.’

Moderator: Mikkel Munthe Jensen

7 March

Session 3, moderator: Per Nilsén

9.00-9.45: Pernille Ulla Knudsen (Copenhagen): ‘A European masterpiece on rights and duties in Danish garb: the Danish translation of Pufendorf’s De Officio Hominis et Civis (1742).’

9.45-10.30: Knud Haakonssen (Copenhagen/St. Andrews): ‘Pufendorf Translated, Pufendorf Transformed: The Danish Case.’

10.30-11.00: Coffee

11.00-11.45: Mads Langballe Jensen (Lund): ‘Chr. L. Scheidt’s Pufendorf-lectures in Copenhagen 1740-42.’

11.45-12.30: Thor Inge Rørvik (Oslo): ‘The Sound as a Topic in Natural Law (Grotius, Pufendorf, Gunnerus).’

12.30-14.00: Lunch

Session 4, moderator: TBA 

14.00-14.45: Kristoffer Schmidt (Copenhagen): ‘Pufendorf in Danish book collections and libraries.’

14.45-15.30: Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen (Copenhagen): ‘Pufendorf’s experience with Denmark.’

16.00-c. 17.30: Per Stobaeus: Display of Pufendorf holdings in the University Library of Lund.

Organisation: Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen, Knud Haakonssen, Per Nilsén, Helle Vogt, and Martin Sunnqvist. 

Inquiries: about the programme, contact Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen (olden [at] hum [dot] ku [dot] dk (olden[at]hum[dot]ku[dot]dk)) or Knud Haakonssen (k [dot] haakonssen [at] gmail [dot] com (k[dot]haakonssen[at]gmail[dot]com)).

About local arrangements, contact Per Nilsén (per [dot] nilsen [at] jur [dot] lu [dot] se (per[dot]nilsen[at]jur[dot]lu[dot]se)) or Helle Vogt (Helle [dot] Vogt [at] jur [dot] ku [dot] dk (Helle[dot]Vogt[at]jur[dot]ku[dot]dk)). 

Participation: The workshop is open for anyone interested, but participations must notify Helle Vogt before 19 February.

Support: The workshop has been generously supported by Einar Hansens Forskningsfond and Institutet för rättshistorisk forskning, grundat av Gustav och Carin Olin.