In her research project, Reeju Ray delves into the complex landscape of legal history in India, a field enriched by the contributions of historians, practitioners, jurists and activists. The project aims to map the key contributors to legal history and assess the scope of the discipline, its challenges and opportunities for collaboration. It seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing culture of legal history in India, identifying its various elements and participants.

This year, the mpilhlt is be part of the floating science exhibition MS Wissenschaft. The ship has been travelling on German rivers every summer for over 20 years and is dedicated to imparting knowledge with practical exhibitions where visitors can try things out and take part in activities. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), the theme of this year's exhibition is freedom. A contribution by Marietta Auer provides a theoretical basis for the exhibition.

The typical sources for legal history, such as court records or laws, are often available in large quantities and with a low average degree of originality, thus representing an obvious body of material for applying Digital Humanities methods. This is discussed in Andreas Wagner’s contribution on ‘Legal History’ in Clio Guides, part of the main German Digital Humanities website for historians. His article provides an overview of the developments of the use of Digital Humanities in legal history and indicates the key collections, institutional players and resources.