The Harvard Law School SJD Association invites you to a day-long event on international legal history featuring book talks, paper presentations and a discussion on methodology. The event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Global Law and Policy, the Harvard Law School Graduate Program, and the Law and History Program.
10am “Exporting Freedom: Religious Liberty and American Power"
Book talk: Anna Su, University of Toronto
Commentator: Mark Tushnet, Harvard University
Commentator: Mark Tushnet, Harvard University
11am “The Illusion of Territorial Jurisdiction”
Paper presentation: Péter Szigeti, European University Institute
Paper presentation: Péter Szigeti, European University Institute
Commentator: Charles Maier, Harvard University
12pm Lunch
1pm “Writing International Legal History: Approaches, Methods, Prospects”
Chair: David Armitage, Harvard University
Panelists: Arnulf Becker Lorca, Brown University; Anna Su, University of Toronto; Péter Szigeti, European University Institute
Chair: David Armitage, Harvard University
Panelists: Arnulf Becker Lorca, Brown University; Anna Su, University of Toronto; Péter Szigeti, European University Institute
2.30pm “Mestizo International Law: A Global Intellectual History, 1842-1933”
Book talk: Arnulf Becker Lorca, Brown University
Commentators: David Kennedy, Harvard University; Erez Manela, Harvard University
See poster here.