Luigi Nuzzo

Luigi Nuzzo is a Full Professor in the Department of Cultural Heritage at the University of Salento, Italy. He specializes in the history of medieval and modern law, international law, and public law. He teaches core courses in these areas and is actively involved in academic leadership, currently serving as the Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Rights and Sustainability and as a member of the Doctoral School Board at UniSalento.

His research interests lie at the intersection of legal history, colonialism, and international law. He explores the historical development of legal concepts, particularly how colonial practices shaped modern international legal frameworks. His work critically examines the role of law in empire, migration, and the construction of legal subjectivity.

The recent publications of Luigi Nuzzo reveal a strong thematic focus on the historical entanglements between law and colonial power, the evolution of international legal discourse, and the legal responses to mass migration. His scholarship demonstrates a deep engagement with critical legal historiography, often uncovering the ideological underpinnings of seemingly neutral legal doctrines.

• Permanent Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2008-)
• Senior Robbins Research Fellow at the University of California at Berkeley (2007, 2012, 2018)
• Hauser Global Research Fellow at New York University (2014-2015)
• Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (2016)

Nuzzo has held visiting positions at leading universities worldwide, including Madrid, Vienna, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. He has been a President of the Master's Program in Governance of Migration Policies and is a member of the scientific committees for the Journal of History of International Law and Storica. He is affiliated with several academic societies, including the Italian Society of History of Law and the Instituto Internacional de Derecho Indiano.

He conducts his research from his office in the former INAPLI building in Lecce and maintains an active presence through his Academia.edu profile and university page.