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Isabella Löhr, Globale Bildungsmobilität 1850–1930: Von der Bekehrung der Welt zur globalen studentischen Gemeinschaft
No full textMichael Kläger, Zivilisieren durch Strafen: Britisch-Indiens Gefängnisse in der globalen Wissenszirkulation über die strafende Haft, 1820–1889
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Data Protection Weaponised
No full textThis working paper explores the intricate relationship between data protection regulations and press freedom in Europe, with a particular emphasis on the misuse of data protection laws to initiate Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). The paper begins by analyzing case law, where legal actions based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have been used to suppress journalistic efforts investigating high-level corruption and the misuse of public funds. The Hungarian Forbes case is highlighted to demonstrate the onerous legal obligations placed on the press and the potential for Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) to function as de facto instruments of SLAPPs. The working paper then examines the risks of the absence of a coherent exemption regime under Article 85 of the GDPR across EU Member States, which intensifies the conflict between different fundamental rights. It argues that the GDPR, with its extensive procedural requirements and enforceable rights, can be exploited to undermine press freedom, particularly when DPAs prioritize data protection over freedom of expression. The paper concludes by stressing the need for a more balanced approach within the GDPR framework, proposing legal interpretations and procedural safeguards to prevent the misuse of data protection laws against the press. It suggests EU institutions to proactively provide guidance to assist DPAs in aligning GDPR enforcement with press freedoms and urges judicial bodies to offer clearer jurisprudence to resolve conflicts between data protection and freedom of expression
Recent German Research on Good and Bad Deaths in Medieval Narrative Sources
Get PDFThis research report presents recent German scholarship on good and bad deaths in medieval narrative sources to an English-speaking audience. Current publications are thus concisely illustrated in their design and with their results
Blood Libels between Trento and the Bodensee: Heinrich Kramer’s 1475 Mission
Get PDFThis article examines a little-known event that took place in 1475. This year saw a well-publicized trial at which the Jews of Trento were falsely accused of kidnapping a Christian toddler named Simon and murdering him in a religious ritual. Pope Sixtus IV, abiding by the long-standing papal tradition of defending the Jews against such accusations of ritual murder (known as blood libels), sent an apostolic commissioner to Trento to investigate the legitimacy of the proceedings opened by the local prince-bishop, Johannes Hinderbach. To defend his version of the story, namely that the Jews were responsible for the crime and that the ritual killing of Christian children was a long-established Jewish practice, Hinderbach sent the Dominican friar Heinrich Kramer von Schlettstadt (later known for his role in the development of the witch hunt) on a mission to the Bodensee region to uncover reports of previous alleged Jewish ritual murders. During his journey, Kramer managed to obtain a bundle of written notarial documents that attempt to prove the thesis of the magistrates and the bishop of Trento. Kramer’s mission is analysed by comparing the documents produced for him in southern Germany with other sources concerning the same cases and within the broader context of the blood libel of Trento
