The Work of History in International Law and Empire

Professor Anne Orford and Professor Gerry Simpson, together with Dr Louise Arimatsu (LSE), will co-host a workshop on 'The Work of History in International Law and Empire' at the LSE in October. The workshop will bring together scholars from Australia, Finland, France and the UK, to explore the work that history does, or should do, in internationalist scholarship.

While in the UK, Professor Orford will present a public lecture at the LSE on 'Jurisdiction without Territory: From the Holy Roman Empire to the Responsibility to Protect', give a seminar to the Westminster International Relations Forum and deliver a keynote address entitled 'The Passions of Humanitarian War' at Lancaster University. That address will launch the interdisciplinary 'Touching War' project, being directed by Professor Christine Sylvester with the Department of Politics and International Relations www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/touchingwar

During his month-long return to the UK, Professor Simpson will host Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, at a public event in London, speak on 'Lawing War' at the University of Leicester and teach The Law of War Crimes and Public International Law at the LSE.