Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lohsse
Current affiliations
- Lehrstuhl für Römisches Recht und Vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte, Bürgerliches Recht und europäisches Privatrecht (Prof. Lohsse) (RG2)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- The law of obligations and property law (in comparative and historic perspective)
- Antique Roman Law (especially Roman inheritance law)
- Roman Law in the Middle Ages (Glossators)
- Harmonization of European Private Law
- Reception of continental European civil law in East Asia
Academic Education | |
| 2011 | Habilitation, Law Faculty, University of Bonn |
| 2006 | Doctor of laws (Dr. iur.), Law Faculty, University of Bonn |
| 2005 | Second State Examination, LJPA Düsseldorf |
| 2003 - 2005 | Legal traineeship, LG Köln |
| 2000 | First State Examination |
| 1995 - 2000 | Studies of Laws in Bonn and Edinburgh |
Work Experience | |
| since 2014 | Teilprojektleiter im Exzellenzcluster „Religion und Politik in den Kulturen der Vormoderne und der Moderne“ |
| since 2012 | University Professor, WWU Münster |
| since 2012 | Geschäftsführender Direktor des Centrums für Europäisches Privatrecht |
| 2007 - 2012 | Research Assistant / Lecturer at the Institut für Römisches Recht und Vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte, University of Bonn |
| 2010 | Guest Professor at the University of Nanjing |
| 2006 - 2007 | Deputy Director at the Deutsch-Chinesisches Institut für Rechtswissenschaft, University of Nanjing (PR China) |
| 2000 - 2006 | Research Assistant at the Institut für Römisches Recht und Vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte, University of Bonn |
| 1998 - 2000 | Student Assistant at the "Institut für Römisches Recht und Vergleichende Rechtsgeschichte", University of Bonn |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 07/2013 | European Law Institute, Fellow |
| since 2012 | Executive Director of the Centre of European Private Law (CEP) of the University of Münster |
| since 2012 | German Consultant in the „Netzwerk deutschsprachiger Zivilrechtswissenschaftler in Ostasien“ |
| since 2006 | Consultant in the Translation Committee of the Project „Repräsentative Deutsche Rechtsliteratur der Gegenwart“ |
| since 2006 | Consultant as foreign expert in the Translation Committee of the Project „Repräsentative Deutsche Rechtsliteratur der Gegenwart“, Peking |
| since 2006 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the „Archiv für chinesisch-deutsches Privatrecht“, Peking |
| 2010 - 2012 | Collegium Junger Romanisten |
| 2009 - 2012 | North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. Admission to the Young colleague of the academy |
Appointments | |
| 2012 | Offer to a Professorship for Bürgerliches Recht und Römisches Recht (W3) , University of Passau (rejected) |
| 2012 | Offer to a Professorship for Deutsches und Europäisches Privatrecht und ein Grundlagenfach (W3) , University of Münster (accepted) |
| 2012 | Offer to a Professorship for Römisches Recht, Bürgerliches Recht und Neuere Privatrechtsgeschichte (W3) , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (rejected) |
Publications
Lohsse, Sebastian; Schulze, Reiner; Staudenmayer, Dirk (eds.) (2024) Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Conference proceedings | |
Lohsse, Sebastian; Schulze, Reiner; Staudenmayer, Dirk (2024) In: Lohsse, Sebastian; Schulze, Reiner; Staudenmayer, Dirk (eds.), Private law and the Data Act. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | |
Lohsse, Sebastian; Schulze, Reiner, Staudenmayer, Dirk (eds.) (2023) Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Conference proceedings | |
Lohsse, Sebastian; Schulze, Reiner; Staudenmayer, Dirk (eds.) (2022) Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Conference proceedings | |
Lohsse, Sebastian (2022) In: Isola, Lisa (eds.), Klauselgestaltungen in Römischen Testamenten : Akten einer Internationalen Tagung zum Römischen Testamentsrecht. Berlin: Peter Lang. Type of Publication: Conference report (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017 Funded by: German Academic Exchange Service Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/12/2014 - 31/12/2019 Funded by: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/11/2014 - 31/12/2018 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Prizes
| Auszeichnung der Dissertation mit dem Preis der Jur. Fakultät der Universität Neapel „Federico II“ im Rahmen des VIII. Premio Romanistico Internazionale „Gérard Boulvert“ Awarded by: Universität Neapel „Federico II“ Award given to: Lohsse Sebastian Date of awarding: 01/01/2010 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Preis des Präsidenten der Italienischen Republik für die beste wissenschaftliche Arbeit an der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät im akad. Jahr 2006/07 Awarded by: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn im Einvernehmen mit dem Botschafter der Republik Italien Award given to: Lohsse Sebastian Date of awarding: 01/01/2008 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| 1. Platz European Law Moot Court Awarded by: Universität Bonn Award given to: Lohsse Sebastian Date of awarding: 01/01/1999 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Best Speaker Award für die besten Plädoyers unter allen Teilnehmern des European Law Moot Court Awarded by: Universität Bonn Award given to: Lohsse Sebastian Date of awarding: 01/01/1999 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction | |
| Muirhead Prize in Civil Law Awarded by: University of Edinburgh Award given to: Lohsse Sebastian Date of awarding: 01/01/1998 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction |
Doctorates
| Versari in re illicita Candidate: Schmitz, Hannah | Supervisors: Lohsse, Sebastian Period of time: 01/08/2013 - 01/08/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Die regula catoniana in der antiken Jurisprudenz Candidate: van Berkum, Tobias | Supervisors: Lohsse, Sebastian Period of time: 01/05/2014 - 01/05/2017 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |