Colonial Continuities, EU Law and the Future
What do colonial continuities look like in EU law? In what ways has colonialism shaped the practice and theory of EU law? In seeking an answer to these questions, this ISEL event will focus on how acknowledging colonial history could and should inform the present and future practice of EU law, including its research and teaching.
As well as reflecting on her own work, as part of the session, Hanna Eklund will engage those present in an interactive workshop, helping us all to consider how these questions impact our own work and what changes we could – and should – make.
About the speakers
Hanna Eklund specialises in European Union law. She is currently Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Copenhagen, and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Sciences Po Law School. She holds a Ph.D. from the European University Institute, and has been awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Inge Lehmann grants.
Her most recent publications include ‘The Margin of Discretion and the Boundary Question in EU Fundamental Rights Law’ (Common Market Law Review) and ‘Peoples, Inhabitants and Workers: Colonialism in the Treaty of Rome’ (European Journal of International Law). She is the editor of the forthcoming book Colonialism and the EU Legal Order (Cambridge University Press, 2025).
Tomasz Tadeusz Koncewicz is Professor of Law and Director of the Department of European and Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Oxford Encyclopedia of EU law, an Elected Member of the Council of the Jean Monnet Fondation pour l’Europe in Lausanne and an attorney specializing in strategic litigation before supranational, international and highest domestic courts.