IberLAND. Beyond Property: Law and Land in the Iberian World, 1510–1850

IberLAND is a five-year research project funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant and hosted at Leibniz University Hannover (Germany). It explores the history of land tenure in a long-term and global perspective by focusing on the territories of the former Portuguese and Spanish empires in what has recently been labelled the Iberian world.

Latest news

Researchers from the IberLAND project participated in two academic events held in Oaxaca and Mexico City.
On March 13th, Camilla de Freitas Macedo, post-doc researcher of the IberLAND project, gave a seminar on Disputes over the commons in times of municipal governance (Disputas por los comunales en tiempos de municipalidad) at the Facultad d'Economia of the Universitat de Valencia (Spain).
On March 6th and 7th, Camilla de Freitas Macedo, post-doc researcher of the IberLAND project, attended the Conference titled "Du «commun» au «public» : concepts et pratiques de l’ordre social dans l’espace culturel ibéro-américain (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles)".
The first book of the project IberLAND has been published by Brill: 'Ownership Regimes in the Iberian World (1500-1850)', edited by Manuel Bastias Saavedra.

Latest events

15/04/2025 6:00 pm
15/07/2025 8:00 pm
Through a critical analysis and discussions among participants, these sessions seek to enhance the quality and depth of working papers, within the framework of the project.
04/04/2025 12:00 am
04/04/2025 2:00 pm
The IberLAND project is pleased to announce the presentation of the new book edited by Manuel Bastias Saavedra - Ownership Regimes in the Iberian World (1500-1850). The Normative Role of Kinship and Community, published by Brill, that will take place at the El Colegio de Mexico, on April 4th.
03/04/2025 10:00 am
04/04/2025 12:00 am
The workshop “Creando derechos sobre la tierra en los mundos ibéricos” will be held from April 3 to 4, 2025, at El Colegio de México (Mexico), co-organized by the IberLAND project and the Centro de Estudios Históricos of El Colegio de México.
31/03/2025 10:00 am
01/04/2025 6:00 pm
The IberLAND project is pleased to announce the upcoming workshop, “Normatividades indígenas en torno a la tierra en la Nueva España, siglos XVI-XIX,” taking place from March 31th to April 1st, 2025, at the Unidad de Extensión Universitaria de la UNAM en Oaxaca (Mexico), co-organized with the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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