ONLINE LECTURE SERIES: Mark GOLDIE, John Locke and Empire (Oxford: The Carlyle Lectures in Hilary Term 2021)

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On the speaker:

Mark Goldie, Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History, University of Cambridge; Honorary Professor, University of Sussex

Watch the full series here.

 

VIDEO: Mikael RASK MADSEN on the spread of international courts

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Mikael Rask Madsen (iCourts) presents the evolution of international courts in an instructive video on the Carlsberg Foundations website. 

See here.

(source: Florenz Volkaert)

VIDEO: The life and work of Jean Barbeyrac (Groningen, 2014)

The University of Groningen celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2014. Prof. em. Arno Vanderjagt (History of Ideas) comments in this video on Professor of Public and Private Law Jean Barbeyrac's life and work. Barbeyrac translated numerous authors from Latin into French, including Grotius, Pufendorf and Bynkershoek. His elaborate introductions and glossae achived the highest recognition by later scholars. Moreover, he published the volume on Greek and Roman treaties in the Supplément au Corps Universel Diplomatique du Droit des Gens in 1739.

(source: ESCLH Blog)

VIDEO: Eminent Scholars. Audio and Video Archives of Eminent Legal Scholars (Melbourne: Institute for International Law and the Humanities)

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The Eminent Scholars-audio and video archive (Prof. Sundhaya Pahuja & Adil Hasan Khan, Institute for International Law and the Humanities, Melbourne Law School) has uploaded material on the following scholars:
- Ratna Kapur
- Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah
- Mohammed Bedjaoui
- Peter Fitzpatrick
- Upendra Baxi

Read, watch and listen here.

VIDEO: Robert FRANCK on French diplomatic sources and the Treaty of Versailles (Nantes, 22 MAR 2019)

The Centre d'histoire internationale et atlantique of the Universities of Nantes and La Rochelle published a lecture by prof. Robert Franck (Paris I), treating the French diplomatic archives and the Peace of Versailles.

(source: CRHIA)

VIDEO LECTURE: 1815. Année zéro. L'Europe à l'heure des restitutions d'œuvres d'art (Collège de France Podcasts)

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Art historian Bénédicte Savoy (TU Berlin/Collège de France) adresses the question of art restitutions ("looting") and the historical origins of the concept in her lectures at the Collège de France, available for all through the institution's website or iTunes.

Download the video for free here.

LECTURE VIDEO: Grotius Lecture 2019 (American Society of International Law) by Prof. Martti KOSKENNIEMI: Enchanted by the Tools? International Law and Enlightenment

The Grotius Lecture 2019, delivered by Prof. Martti Koskenniemi at the 113th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law on Enchanted by the Tools ? International Law and Enlightenment, has appeared on Youtube. Click on the embedded video above.

See also the 2017 Grotius Lecture by Prof. David Armitage on Civil War Time:

CONFERENCE VIDEOS: "État, pouvoirs et contestations politiques dans les colonies françaises et britanniques d’Amérique (vers 1640-vers 1780)" (Le Mans: Association des historiens modernistes des universités françaises, 9 NOV 2018)

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Programme (with video links):

Jean-Marie Constant, Université du Mans : « Nouvelles perspectives de recherches et d’interprétations concernant la Fronde ».Gauthier Aubert, Université de Rennes : « Les révoltes du Papier timbré et des Bonnets Rouges (1675) »Stéphane Haffemayer, Université de Rouen : « La révolution anglaise des années 1640 et les mutations de la communication politique ».Stéphane Jettot, Sorbonne Université : « Algernon Sidney et Lord Bolingbroke : deux figures emblématiques du renouveau de l’histoire politique britannique (1640-1780) ».Edmond Dziembowski, Université de Besançon : « Du Country Party au radicalisme (vers 1670-vers 1780): anatomie de la contestation politique en Grande-Bretagne. »Paul Vo-Ha, Université Paris I : « Les soldats protestants dans l’armée royale à l’heure de la Révocation ».Pierre Serna, Université Paris I : « Ni Etats, ni pouvoirs : une Révolution de 140 ans ».

(Source: AHMUF)

CONFERENCE VIDEOS: “Peace Through Law: The Versailles Peace Treaty and dispute settlement after WWI” (Luxemburg, 6-8 Dec 2017)

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The MPI for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law (Luxemburg) has posted the videos of its conference on World War I on its YouTube Channel, e.g. opening address below:

The full conference program can be found here.

(source: International Law Observer)