ESIL IG on Critical Approaches to International Law
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ESIL IG on Critical Approaches to International Law
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@esil-sedi.bsky.social Interest Group on Critical Approaches to International Law

Conveners: @kanadbagchi.bsky.social, @jemtseva.bsky.social, @tim-lindgren.bsky.social, @rohinisen.bsky.social, Valeria Vázquez Guevara

https://esil-sedi.eu/interest-group
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New co-authored chapter alert!
What if we think of institutional ignorance as a practice and achievement rather than a failure? Using the case of the US military's responses to civilian casualty allegations as an example, we develop suggestions for researching organized ignorance. 1/
July 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The ESIL IG on IL & Tech has done an amazing job in putting together such a fascinating program. And more importantly, the conveners succeeded in inviting Francesca Albanese and Eyal Weizman to speak at FU Berlin - a courageous move that makes our participation at ESIL possible. Thank you!
The programme of our @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on International Law and Technology pre-conference workshop is now available!
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
July 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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This cutting edge program will surely be a highlight of the coming international law conversations in Berlin this fall.

Among other perspectives, I will get to present for the first time my evolving project on critical legal metaphorologies of the sea.
The program for our @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop is out now esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...

Please join us in Berlin on September 11 for the important conversations about critical methodologies in IL and the failures and promises of IL in the context of genocide in Gaza.
July 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The program for our @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop is out now esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...

Please join us in Berlin on September 11 for the important conversations about critical methodologies in IL and the failures and promises of IL in the context of genocide in Gaza.
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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My working paper on international law and otherness has just been published, and I would love to hear what you, my only but faithful readers, might think of it. It is written for students, so the aim was to be concise, which means some sacrifices had to be made.

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International law and otherness
This chapter examines how international law produces and sustains practices of negative Othering. It traces the roots of exclusionary legal mechanisms to the colonial foundations of international law,...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We are thrilled (and a bit overwhelmed) to have received 60+ fascinating abstracts for our pre-conference workshop! Sadly, with only 3 hours, we could accept just a few 😔 Thank you all, and please keep engaging with our events. Our IG thrives on your work!
May 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A few more hours to submit your abstracts 🥳
Dear friends, dear colleagues, after receiving multiple inquiries about the venue of our pre-conference workshop, we are sharing the information about our decision to proceed with the organization of our event. We are also extending the deadline to submit your abstracts to April 27 🚨
April 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Dear friends, dear colleagues, after receiving multiple inquiries about the venue of our pre-conference workshop, we are sharing the information about our decision to proceed with the organization of our event. We are also extending the deadline to submit your abstracts to April 27 🚨
April 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
10 more days to submit your abstracts 🚨💃
Friends, we are happy to share our CfP for the ESIL pre-conference workshop, which will take place in September in Berlin. This event will mark the official launch of our IG. We would be delighted to see many of you there 🥳

Critical Methodologies for Reconstructing IL
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April 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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CfP for our ESIL pre-conference workshop is out! The workshop marks the official launch of our IG and will explore Critical Methodologies for Reconstructing IL. We would absolutely love to see you there!

Applications due April 20. Stay tuned for more information about our keynote...
Friends, we are happy to share our CfP for the ESIL pre-conference workshop, which will take place in September in Berlin. This event will mark the official launch of our IG. We would be delighted to see many of you there 🥳

Critical Methodologies for Reconstructing IL
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April 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Check out our CfP for our first ESIL pre-conference workshop! As we are the youngest IG, we would be grateful for your support and interest in our events, so please consider submitting your 🔥 abstracts (and share the call 🤭)
Friends, we are happy to share our CfP for the ESIL pre-conference workshop, which will take place in September in Berlin. This event will mark the official launch of our IG. We would be delighted to see many of you there 🥳

Critical Methodologies for Reconstructing IL
esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...
April 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Friends, we are happy to share our CfP for the ESIL pre-conference workshop, which will take place in September in Berlin. This event will mark the official launch of our IG. We would be delighted to see many of you there 🥳

Critical Methodologies for Reconstructing IL
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April 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Excited about this @esil-sedi.bsky.social @cailesil.bsky.social space for critical approaches to international law! Join ESIL and be part of this interest group esil-sedi.eu/interest-gro...
March 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What is the connection between the Paris Commune and international law?

Give us your best takes 😏
Karl Marx nannte sie den «ruhmvollen Vorboten einer neuen Gesellschaft»: die Pariser Kommune vom 18. März bis 28. Mai 1871. #AnDiesemTag
March 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🆕 A great welcome to our 22nd Interest Group, which focuses on "Critical Approaches to International Law" 🎉

We look forward to working together!👏

If you're an ESIL member, make sure to sign up for the new IG via your personal account online ✔️
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new IG! We hope to bring more critical conversations about law and society within ESIL & welcome old & new members who also think that critique is a tool to construct a better law - a better world!

Reach out with your ideas and ?s & watch the space 👀
March 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Look who’s here!!! 🥳🥳🥳
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new IG! We hope to bring more critical conversations about law and society within ESIL & welcome old & new members who also think that critique is a tool to construct a better law - a better world!

Reach out with your ideas and ?s & watch the space 👀
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If you are an ESIL member, make sure to add our group to your personal account in order to be listed as a member of the group. If you are not an ESIL member yet - we hope that our events can convince you to become one!
March 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
You might wonder about the choice for our logo so we encourage you to check the work of Liubov Popova, a Russian-Soviet avant-garde artist whose work embodied the revolutionary spirit of the early Soviet era.

You can find more about her work here www.arthistoryproject.com/artists/liub...
Liubov Popova
Art in the time of revolution Art has always been a tool for the revolutionary minded. In 1917, the October Socialist Revolution turned Russia...
www.arthistoryproject.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new IG! We hope to bring more critical conversations about law and society within ESIL & welcome old & new members who also think that critique is a tool to construct a better law - a better world!

Reach out with your ideas and ?s & watch the space 👀
March 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM