Edward Loss, a postdoctoral researcher in medieval history at the University of Genoa, has spent the past ten years immersed in some of Italy’s most extensive and least explored library […]
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Edward Loss
Reflections on the Seventeenth Annual Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
The Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, in its nearly two-decade partnership with the Robbins Collection Research Center, hosted its seventeenth Annual Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish […]
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Lorena Atzeri
For Lorena Atzeri, researching Roman law is an act of discovery. “My idea of research is very much the idea of a kind of archeological excavation,” she says. “I like […]
Human Creativity in the AI Age: A Global Conversation on Intellectual Property
In November 2025, the Robbins Collection Research Center cosponsored the conference “IP and Human Creativity in the AI Age: A Global Conversation” in partnership with Berkeley Law’s Asia IP and […]
The Robbins Collection Research Center’s New Communications and Publications Specialist
We are delighted to welcome Jessica Sevey as our new Communications and Publications Specialist. Bringing extensive editorial project management, book production, and print and digital communications experience to this position, […]
Robbins Collection Annual Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity: “What’s God Playing At? Law as Performance”
In celebration of sixteen years of fruitful collaboration between the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies and the Robbins Collection Research Center, the 2025 Robbins Collection Lecture […]
Beatrice Pasciuta explores legal multiculturalism as a Senior Robbins Fellow
Beatrice Pasciuta returned to the Robbins Collection Research Center this past summer to continue her insightful legal research as a Senior Robbins Fellow. A legal historian and professor of legal […]
Emanuele Conte returns to continue his research on textual communities
In July 2024, the Robbins Collection Research Center was delighted to welcome back prominent legal historian Emanuele Conte, former Robbins Fellow. Having also participated in various conferences, Conte is no […]
Upcoming: 2025 Robbins Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
Join the Robbins Collection Research Center and the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies on Tuesday, February 25th, from 6-7:30pm in room 105 in the Berkeley Law […]
Upcoming Workshop in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity: Sympotic Rabbis, Truth, and the Glorious Uncertainty of Law
As part of the Robbins Collection Research Center’s annual collaboration with the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, Christine Hayes will facilitate a workshop on Wednesday, February […]