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

From October 3rd to 4th, 2024, the IberLAND project, in collaboration with the Law Department of the University of Messina, hosted the international conference "Rethinking Property: Decentralized Histories of Land Tenure (16th – 19th centuries)."
From September 23rd to 27th, 2024, Sarah Limão Papa, PhD candidate at the IberLAND project, attended the 43rd Course of the International School of Ius Commune in Erice, Sicily.
Our PhD candidate, Alina Rodríguez Sánchez, recently participated in the 20th edition of the Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanistas Europeos (AHILA) Conference, in Naples (Italy), hosted by the Universita di Napoli L’Orientale, between 2-6 September 2024.
The IberLAND project organized and presented several papers in Goa (India), in August 2024.

Latest events

19/11/2024 4:30 pm
19/11/2024 6:00 pm
On November 19, 2024, the IberLAND project will host the keynote lecture "Waqf Endowments and State Formation in Islamic Lands (1450-1650)", presented by Prof. Dr. Christopher Markiewicz (Ghent University).
18/11/2024 9:00 am
19/11/2024 6:00 pm
On November 18 and 19, 2023, the Iberland project will hold its second workshop: " "Vinculação e Herança: A Dinâmica dos Morgadios e Capelas em Novos Contextos Geográficos (Séculos XVI-XVIII)"
03/10/2024 9:00 am
04/10/2024 3:10 pm
The IberLAND project is pleased to announce the upcoming conference, "Rethinking Property: Decentralized Histories of Land Tenure (16th – 19th centuries)," taking place from October 3rd to 4th, 2024, at the Faculty of Law, University of Messina (Italy)
20/06/2024 4:00 pm
22/06/2024 5:00 pm
The IberLAND project will participate in the seminar “La vinculación en el Atlántico ibérico: nuevas líneas de investigación”, organized by the ERC Project VINCULUM – Entailing Perpetuity: Family, Power, Identity. The Social Agency of a Corporate Body (Southern Europe, 14th-17th Centuries) (IHC-FCSH.NOVA) and the Vicerrectorado de Investigación de la Universidad de La Laguna. The seminar […]
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