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Prof. Dr. Ulrike Babusiaux is a full Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, where she holds the Chair for Roman Law, Private Law, and Comparative Law. She is actively engaged in research and teaching, with a focus on Roman legal history, testamentary law, and epigraphy. Her office is located at Rämistrasse 74/41, Zurich, and she can be reached via email at lst.babusiaux@ius.uzh.ch.
Her research centers on Roman testamentary law, particularly through the lens of Latin grave inscriptions. She leads a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project (2021–2024) titled Duty to Remember? Latin Grave Inscriptions as a Source of Roman Testamentary Law, which investigates how funerary monuments reflect legal obligations and testamentary wishes. She collaborates with scholars such as Prof. Dr. Anne Kolb, Dr. Lorena Atzeri, and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kaiser. She is also on the advisory board of Prof. Dr. Maren Niehoff’s ERC Advanced Grant project Romana, exploring the Roman legal turn among Jews, Greeks, and Christians.
Her recent publications analyze Roman inheritance practices, burial law, testamentary legacies, and the legal status of associations. Her work appears in leading journals like ZRG (Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte). Her publications show a strong trend in using epigraphic sources to reconstruct private legal practices in the Roman Empire, especially concerning wills, heirs, and commemorative obligations.
She teaches seminars at the University of Zurich and co-organized a seminar for HS 2025 on Trials in Flavius Josephus: Jewish and Roman Legal Practice in the 1st Century AD with Prof. Dr. Maren Niehoff. She also supervises assistants and contributes to academic discourse through lectures and participation in conferences.
Prof. Babusiaux is involved with the Nörr Library, the former library of Prof. Dieter Nörr, now housed at the Faculty of Law, which specializes in Roman law and ancient legal history. Her team includes scientific associates and assistants who support research and teaching activities.
