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| Source: Brill |
The European Society of International Law Interest Group on the History of International Law is organising a new book talk on Dr Stefano Cattelan latest work ‘Mare Clausum: The Formation of the Law of the Sea in Pre-modern State Practice and Legal Doctrine (c. 1350–1650)’, published in De Gruyter Brill’s series on the Studies in the History of International Law.
Time: 22 January 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CEST.Format: Zoom (https://nus-sg.zoom.us/j/85122455242?pwd=V42R0kSfWUatzXCLN8vnBYhZs7tEAo.1)
Meeting ID: 851 2245 5242
Passcode: 792702
Discussants:
Dr. Stefano Cattelan. Stefano joined the Brussels School of Governance in 2023 as an Adjunct Professor for the course Introduction to International Legal History and Theory (BA in International and European Law). He is also a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), affiliated with the CORE (Contextual Research in Law) research group.
Dr. Guillaume Calafat. Guillaume is Associate Professor (maître de conférences) at the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research focuses on shipwrecks, slavery and the relationships between Southern Europe and Ottoman North Africa during the early modern period.
Dr. Mónica García-Salmones. Monica is Assistant Professor in Foundations of Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Co-Director of the Maastricht Center for Law & Jurisprudence. Her work emphasises the history of science and economics in its relation to international legal theory, international law and philosophy of law, e.g. the bias of positivist legal theory in international law towards an economic conception of law during the 20th century and the substantive principles that structure contemporary global legal order.
Dr. Sze Hong Lam (Ocean). Ocean is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the NUS Centre for International Law. He recently completed his PhD at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He published on China’s encounter with International Law in the 19th century and the questions of ‘unequal treaties’.
We look forward to your participation.
ESIL Interest Group on History of International Law
