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

IberLAND’s PI Manuel Bastias Saavedra participated in the International Symposium on Law in Early Modern European Colonies, which took place at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Vila I Tatti) on April 29-30 in Florence.
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)".

Latest events

04/06/2025 9:00 am
05/06/2025 6:30 pm
On June 4 and 5, 2025, the IberLAND project will hold its third workshop: “Shaping Colonial Normativities. Law, Land and Villages in Goa (16th-19th centuries)”.
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.
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