“AI is advancing at a runway speed. The question is no longer whether AI will transform our world – it already is. The question is whether we will govern this transformation

together – or let it govern us.” [...]

Jana Osterkamp has published A Federal History of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918 (Oxford University Press): From the executive federalism of Metternich to the fin-de-siècle

'cooperative empire', the study examines how power was distributed across the Habsburg empire, its imperial halves Austria and Hungary, and its historic crown lands [...]

What should you / can you say? After an accident? To your lawyer? To AI? We’re going to talk about what you should and should not say or type with our guest: attorney, James

"Bud" Sheppard from Sheppard Law Firm. [...]

The judge in the USS Cole bombing case, Col. Matthew Fitzgerald, has postponed the start of jury selection to Oct. 26. The judge made the announcement from the military commission

bench at the base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Thursday morning, days before the Pentagon was scheduled to bring 36 military officers there to serve as an initial jury [...]

The attorneys general of Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and West Virginia filed coordinated lawsuits against OpenAI in their own state courts on

Oct. 14. The suits bring claims under state consumer protection laws, alleging that OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as safe while concealing its risks. [...]

The European Society of International Law (ESIL) in cooperation with the ESIL IG on International Criminal Justice  is hosting   ESIL RAPID RESPONSE ROUNDTABLE “The International

Criminal Court Under Pressure: US Sanctions and the Future of International Criminal Justice“ 22 October 2026, 17:30-18:30 Rome time, Online <registration closes></registration>

Mediterranean Islands in Late Antiquity: A Cultural and Environmental History, c. 300–600 CE Kotva, Alyssa Kotva, Alyssa Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio

State University, 2025, History Although they sit at the very center of the late antique world, Mediterranean islands have tended to [...]

The Best and Most Serious People: Meritocratic Discourse in Late Antiquity Lee, Trevor Lee, Trevor Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 2026,

Greek and Latin This dissertation investigates the role of merit as a public ideology in the late Roman bureaucracy and imperial apparatus. [...]

Communities, Connectivity and Complexity in Roman Britain: New Archaeological Agendas Communities, Connectivity and Complexity in Roman Britain: New Archaeological Agendas

Martin Pitts, Penny Coombe, Eleri Cousins, Andrew Gardner and Lisa Lodwick† [...]