Thorsten Keiser

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Keiser is a Max Planck Fellow and Professor of Civil Law and Legal History at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen since 2016. His work focuses on European and comparative legal history, modernization of private law, and judicial conflict resolution. He has held acting professorships at the Universities of Freiburg, Jena, and Cologne, and was a DFG Research Fellow at the University of Frankfurt/Main.

• Education
  • First State Examination in Law (2000)
  • Master in Comparative, European and International Legal Studies, European University Institute Florence (2003)
  • Second State Examination in Law (2007)
  • Dr. iur. (2005)
  • Habilitation, University of Frankfurt/Main (2012)
• Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (Doctoral student 2002-2004, Research Associate 2011-2014)
  • Loewe Center for Judicial and Extrajudicial Conflict Resolution, University of Frankfurt/Main (2014)