Michel Erpelding

Max Planck Research Group Leader (Associate Professor Level - W2)

Luxembourg

About

Public international lawyer with a focus on international legal history. Research interests include the history of slavery/forced labour, colonial law/decolonization, early international/mixed courts, and the law of European integration. Leader of the Max Planck Research Group 'The Hidden Heritage of the European Union: the Legacy of the Law of the League of Nations'.

Experience

  • Max Planck Research Group Leader (Associate Professor Level) at Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Université du Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
    • Research Scientist (Principal Investigator)
      Sep 2022 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Principal Investigator, CORE Junior research project ‘Forgotten Memories of Supranational Adjudication’ (supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund, C21/SC/15845902/FoMeSA)

    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Expert scientifique at Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg
    Oct 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr

    Évaluation, description, développement et valorisation auprès du public de fonds juridiques contemporains et anciens de la Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg. Assessment, description, development and promotion to the general public of contemporary and ancient legal collections held by the Luxembourg National Library.

  • Max Planck Institute Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
    • Senior Research Fellow
      Apr 2017 - Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Research Fellow
      Jul 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Chargé d'études à l'Ecole doctorale de droit international et européen at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
    Sep 2014 - Aug 2015 · 1 yr