Public International Law Research Seminars
The Public International Law Research Seminars are at the heart of PIL@Oxford research.
These seminars are open to Oxford research (MPhil and DPhil) students and Faculty members working in international law, as well as to visiting scholars. The seminars offer an opportunity for members of the Oxford PIL research community to present their work - at various stages - to fellow students and academics in a friendly and informal atmosphere. If students have a PIL component in their research, but are not currently on the Research Seminar mailing list, please contact the PIL Research Assistant (details below) .
The PIL Research Seminars are currently held in the Wharton Room, All Souls College, and online via Zoom. Joining instructions are sent by email to all those on the Research Seminar mailing list.
These seminars are held weekly during term time, on Wednesday mornings from 09.30 to 10.30am. Each week a researcher makes a brief presentation on the subject of their research and the topic is then opened for discussion. This is one of the liveliest and most searching forums for discussion of international law at the University, and it is an excellent way of keeping up-to-date in the subject and honing analytical and presentation skills.
Schedule for Michaelmas Term 2023
Week 1: 11 October 2023
New Students Introduction
Week 2: 18 October 2023
New Students Introduction
Week 3: 25 October 2023
Julie Fraser –Accountability for the Crime of Aggression: Potential Pathways for Ukrainian Victims
Week 4: 1 November 2023
Mari Takeuchi –Universality of Universal Jurisdiction in International Law
Week 5: 8 November 2023
Xiao Mao – Impartiality of Judges and Arbitrators in International Courts and Tribunals
Week 6: 15 November 2023
Boyd van Dijk – The Weapon of Starvation, International Humanitarian Law, and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1969
Week 7: 22 November 2023
Pinar Ozcan– Effective Control Over Conduct in the Law of State Responsibility
Week 8: 29 November 2023
Xiaoou Zheng – What we talk about when we talk about compliance: the case of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols
Further information about the PIL Research Seminars
If you would like more information about the PIL Research Seminars, or to join the PIL Research Seminar mailing list, please contact the PIL Research Assistant in the first instance:
PIL Research Assistant: Ayako Hatano.
Senior Faculty Member: Professor Dapo Akande.
