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📚✨ New from Trivent Publishing! THE TRANSYLVANIAN WALLACHIANS AND THEIR KINGS: A MEDIEVAL AND MODERN CASE STUDY by Alexandru Simon offers a fresh perspective on the religious, political, and cultural history of late medieval Transylvania.

Exploring Greek rite ecclesiastical structures, royal power, and the often-overlooked Wallachian communities of the Kingdom of Hungary, this study also reveals how modern national and confessional agendas have shaped our understanding of the medieval past. This is a fascinating read for scholars and enthusiasts of medieval history, church history, and East-Central Europe.

🔗 Available now from our website: https://shorturl.at/K10uW

🔓 Open Access Chapter Spotlight: The Impact of Human Rights on Private International Law: The Danish and Swedish Responses to International and Domestic Surrogacy, by Erik Sinander.

Published in the volume "Surrogacy Today: A European Legal Overview," edited by Takis Vidalis and Ismini Kriari, this article examines how developments in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights have influenced the legal treatment of surrogacy in Sweden and Denmark, particularly in relation to cross-border surrogacy arrangements and the recognition of parent–child relationships.

🔗 The article is available to read and download free of charge, while the complete volume "Surrogacy Today: A European Legal Overview" is also available in paperback from our website: https://shorturl.at/MDPTj

📢 Call for Book Chapters: TIMES OF CHANGE: NORWAY IN THE 13TH CENTURY, edited by Mary Catherine O’Connor (University of Oxford) and Jonas Zeit-Altpeter (Universität Bonn)

This forthcoming volume explores the political, legal, cultural, and literary transformations that shaped Norway during the long thirteenth century, from the reign of Sverrir Sigurðarson to that of Håkon Håkonarson and Magnús Håkonarson.

📅 Abstract submission deadline: 31 July 2026

We welcome proposals from scholars working on any aspect of medieval Norway, including interdisciplinary approaches that bring together history, literature, law, religion, and culture.

🔗 More information on submissions and the full Call for Chapters can be found here: https://trivent-publishing.eu/blog/post/36-norway-13

📢 Fresh Release | Download the Open Access Introduction

🧠 NEUROTECHNOLOGY IN THE AGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. ETHICAL CHALLENGES AND LEGAL APPROACHES, edited by Silvia Salardi, is now available in eBook format, with printed copies arriving later this May.

As neurotechnology rapidly expands beyond medicine into areas such as wellness, neuroenhancement, forensic applications, and neurogaming, urgent ethical and legal questions emerge. This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars examining the impact of these technologies on human rights, autonomy, privacy, and the future of regulation.

📖 Curious about the topic? You can now freely download the Introduction in via our website: https://trivent-publishing.eu/home/225-424-neurotechnology.html #/30-cover-ebook

📢 New Release (in Spanish)

⏳ RUEDAS, CAMPANAS Y TARDONES: RELOJES MECÁNICOS EN LA CASTILLA BAJOMEDIEVAL by Víctor Pérez Álvarez is now freely available to read online.

Time didn’t always tick the way it does today. This book explores how the first mechanical clocks, installed in Castilian cities from the late fourteenth century onward, reshaped daily life. More than technical devices, these clocks became symbols of civic pride and good governance, while also carrying rich meanings in religious, philosophical, and cultural thought—from reflections on vanitas to models of the universe itself. The author also discusses the craftsmanship behind them, revealing the technical challenges faced by early clockmakers and the profound shift in how societies began to measure and experience time.

📖 Available in Spanish via Trivent Publishing: https://shorturl.at/FxaXE

📢 Some ideas refuse to stay in the realm of metaphor. 🩸 We’re opening the for the online conference “AN EXTRAORDINARY SUBSTANCE: A HISTORY OF BLOOD AND DEMONS ACROSS TIME” (3 October 2026)

From ancient worlds to the nineteenth century, this event explores how blood and demons were understood as real, embodied forces across cultures—appearing in texts, rituals, medicine, and material life. If your work crosses boundaries or challenges assumptions, we’d love to hear from you.

✍️ The papers will be published by Trivent Publishing.

More information and registration here: https://sites.google.com/view/bloodanddemons2026

🔓 Open Access Chapter Spotlight: How far can law go in regulating the creation of life (and should it)?

📘 We’ve just released the introduction to the edited collection SURROGACY TODAY: A EUROPEAN LEGAL OVERVIEW, edited by Takis Vidalis and Ismini Kriari - an entry point into one of the most debated issues in contemporary bioethics. In this opening chapter, Silvia Salardi traces how the reproductive revolution that began with Louise Brown reshaped our understanding of family, human dignity, and legal responsibility, showing why surrogacy continues to generate radically different legal responses across Europe, including in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, and why no single philosophical framework has yet managed to settle the tension between individual desires, technological possibilities, and the rights of all those involved.

👉 Read it now on our website and explore the full volume for a deeper understading of the legal and ethical complexities of surrogacy today: https://shorturl.at/k1OPa.

Printed copies of the book will be available in May!

📚 New Book | SURROGACY TODAY: A EUROPEAN LEGAL OVERVIEW | BioLaw in the 21st Century

How is surrogacy regulated in Europe today? What role has the European Court of Human Rights played in shaping national legislation? And where is the balance between respect for human dignity and the right to create a family?

These questions are at the heart of our latest publication:
SURROGACY TODAY: A EUROPEAN LEGAL OVERVIEW, edited by Takis Vidalis and Ismini Kriari — the second volume in our "BioLaw in the 21st Century" book series.

This collective volume offers a representative picture of surrogacy regulation across Europe, examining diverse national approaches and the growing impact of cross-border reproductive practices. At a time when “fertility tourism” is increasingly common, comparative legal analysis becomes essential for understanding differences, identifying common ground, and informing future policy design.

See more here: https://shorturl.at/CXG8Z

📢 New Book Series Announcement | Trivent Transhumanism

The latest addition to our Trivent Transhumanism imprint is the interdisciplinary book series ISLAM, SCIENCE AND ETHICS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, edited by Dr. Hureyre Kam (University of Innsbruck)

This series explores how Islamic intellectual traditions engage with today’s most pressing technological transformations: from artificial intelligence and biotechnology to neuroscience, environmental crisis, and transhumanism. Bringing together theology, philosophy, ethics, and law, the series highlights Islam not as a static tradition, but as a dynamic framework capable of addressing questions of personhood, agency, responsibility, and the future of humanity in a rapidly changing world.

📚 We warmly invite book proposals (monographs and edited volumes) from scholars working at the intersection of Islamic studies, technology, and ethics.

See more here: https://trivent-publishing.eu/120-islam-science

🔓 Open Access Chapter Spotlight: From Queen to Nun

In the chapter “Nuns on the Throne: Queen Jelena and Princess Milica”, Aleksandra Fostikov explores two extraordinary women of medieval Serbia who exercised political power as rulers and then embraced monastic life, becoming the nuns Jelisaveta and Jevgenija. Their lives reveal how authority, faith, and identity could intertwine in complex and unexpected ways.

This study is part of the volume
POWER AND WOMEN IN SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE IN LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN PERIOD (1300-1600), edited by Melina Rokai.

📚 eBooks and print edition available now: https://trivent-publishing.eu/home/223-420-power-and-women-1300-1600.html