Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia

Hägerdal, Manse and Kouwagam Present at Oxford

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2026-03-23 09:00 - 10:00

On 23 March 2026, Maarten Manse, Hans Hägerdal, and Santy Kouwagam will present a joint paper at the Oxford conference Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present. The conference brings together scholars examining how historical legal practices in Asia inform present-day legal and institutional frameworks.

Their paper, “A layered legal lexicon: tracing the historical performative power of Dutch legal-administrative formulas in Indonesia,” explores how colonial legal language shaped administrative authority and legal culture in Indonesia.

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  • 2026-03-23 09:00 - 10:00

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Hägerdal, Manse and Kouwagam Present at Oxford
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