Past Events

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26 February 2026. Bankers and Banking in historical capitalism: some early notes with Hannah Forsyth
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The 2025 TALS Academy (online, live) - 8-12 December
The 2025 TALS Academy (online, live) - 8-12 December
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4 December 2025. ‘International Law, Corporations and the ‘Agricultural Problem’’ with Madelaine Chiam
4 December 2025. ‘International Law, Corporations and the ‘Agricultural Problem’’ with Madelaine Chiam
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1 December 2025: Call for Papers. ‘Colonial Mobility and Legal Encounters: Rethinking the Dutch East Indian Company (VOC)’s Role in Asia’
1 December 2025: Call for Papers. ‘Colonial Mobility and Legal Encounters: Rethinking the Dutch East Indian Company (VOC)’s Role in Asia’
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20 November 2025. Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui’s Turner Lecture: ‘International law and the human question: Between realism and survival’
20 November 2025. Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui’s Turner Lecture: ‘International law and the human question: Between realism and survival’
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20 November 2025. ‘Private Business, Sovereign Power? Nineteenth-Century Corporations and the Public-Private Divide’ with Adriane Sanctis   
20 November 2025. ‘Private Business, Sovereign Power? Nineteenth-Century Corporations and the Public-Private Divide’ with Adriane Sanctis   
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19 November 2025: Being and Doing Law and Humanities Roundtable
19 November 2025: Being and Doing Law and Humanities Roundtable
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30 October 2025. ‘The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the Corporatisation of Genocide’ with Jessica Whyte (online)
30 October 2025. ‘The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the Corporatisation of Genocide’ with Jessica Whyte (online)
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8 October 2025. Remapping Minerals and International Development: In conversation with Lian Sinclair
8 October 2025. Remapping Minerals and International Development: In conversation with Lian Sinclair
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29 August 2025. Remapping China and International Development: In conversation with Kangle Zhang, Luis Eslava and Sundhya Pahuja
29 August 2025. Remapping China and International Development: In conversation with Kangle Zhang, Luis Eslava and Sundhya Pahuja
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27 August 2025. External event: 'Creative Histories: A Conversation' with André Dao and friends
27 August 2025. External event: 'Creative Histories: A Conversation' with André Dao and friends
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7-8 August 2025. Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law: 20 Years on. With Professor Antony Anghie
7-8 August 2025. Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law: 20 Years on. With Professor Antony Anghie
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5 August 2025. Sir George Turner Lecture with Professor Antony Anghie
5 August 2025. Sir George Turner Lecture with Professor Antony Anghie
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7 August 2025. Celebration of the TWAIL Handbook
7 August 2025. Celebration of the TWAIL Handbook
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6 August 2025. Inheriting Critiques of Empire: PhD Roundtable with Professor Antony Anghie and Friends.
6 August 2025. Inheriting Critiques of Empire: PhD Roundtable with Professor Antony Anghie and Friends.
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18 June 2025. External event: Constitutional Poetics with André Dao and friends.
18 June 2025. External event: Constitutional Poetics with André Dao and friends.
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29 May 2025. Towards a Theory on the International Legal Personality of Corporations with Christiane Ahlborn
29 May 2025. Towards a Theory on the International Legal Personality of Corporations with Christiane Ahlborn
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1 May 2025. Racializing Nature and Naturalizing Race: Consumption and Waste in International Law with Usha Natarajan
1 May 2025. Racializing Nature and Naturalizing Race: Consumption and Waste in International Law with Usha Natarajan
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30 April 2025. Research Incubator Workshop
30 April 2025. Research Incubator Workshop
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25 March 2025. The Concept of International Law Reform and the Case of Negotiated Settlements in Foreign Bribery Matters with Dr Radha Ivory, chaired by Professor Alison Duxbury
25 March 2025. The Concept of International Law Reform and the Case of Negotiated Settlements in Foreign Bribery Matters with Dr Radha Ivory, chaired by Professor Alison Duxbury
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13 March 2025. Cryptostatecraft - Recoding Value/s in the Digital Economy. Andrea Leiter (Recording available)
13 March 2025. Cryptostatecraft - Recoding Value/s in the Digital Economy. Andrea Leiter (Recording available)
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27 February 2025. “… and to contribute to the development of international order”: Corporate Philanthropy and the Making of Transnational Law.” Alexandra Kemmerer. (Recording available)
27 February 2025. “… and to contribute to the development of international order”: Corporate Philanthropy and the Making of Transnational Law.” Alexandra Kemmerer. (Recording available)
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17 February 2025. LPGCIL & IILAH Workshop: From Lenin to the New Imperialism - Marxist Accounts of Imperialism in the 20th and 21st centuries.
17 February 2025. LPGCIL & IILAH Workshop: From Lenin to the New Imperialism - Marxist Accounts of Imperialism in the 20th and 21st centuries.
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21 August 2025. ‘Corruption in Cowboy Culture?’ A Beehive Seminar with Kanti Pertiwi
21 August 2025. ‘Corruption in Cowboy Culture?’ A Beehive Seminar with Kanti Pertiwi
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25 August 2025. ‘The Challenges and Opportunities of Business and Human Rights for Public International Law’ with Robert McCorquodale.
25 August 2025. ‘The Challenges and Opportunities of Business and Human Rights for Public International Law’ with Robert McCorquodale.
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28 Nov 2024. ‘Ordering the chaos’: Global consultancy firms and the politics of EU migration control. Eleni Karageorgiou
28 Nov 2024. ‘Ordering the chaos’: Global consultancy firms and the politics of EU migration control. Eleni Karageorgiou
18 -22 November 2024 - The Academy in Advanced Legal Research and Method (online, live)
18 -22 November 2024 - The Academy in Advanced Legal Research and Method (online, live)
14 Nov 2024. Transport, Communications, and Technology in the Twentieth Century and its Cold Wars with Daniel RQ Villamarin (Recording available)
14 Nov 2024. Transport, Communications, and Technology in the Twentieth Century and its Cold Wars with Daniel RQ Villamarin (Recording available)
31 October 2024. Beehive Seminar: Field Notes on Machine Listening and the Global Corporation with James Parker (Recording available)
31 October 2024. Beehive Seminar: Field Notes on Machine Listening and the Global Corporation with James Parker (Recording available)
3 & 4 October 2024. Workshop (Hong Kong). Companies in Asia: Law, History, Empire
3 & 4 October 2024. Workshop (Hong Kong). Companies in Asia: Law, History, Empire
2 October 2024 - Hong Kong - Jerome Chan Memorial Lecture
2 October 2024 - Hong Kong - Jerome Chan Memorial Lecture
29 August 2024. Beehive Seminar: Imperialism, Business and Human Rights with Dalia Palombo
29 August 2024. Beehive Seminar: Imperialism, Business and Human Rights with Dalia Palombo
23 August 2024. Beehive Seminar: Human Rights Arm-Wrestling with Corporations with Paul Hunt
23 August 2024. Beehive Seminar: Human Rights Arm-Wrestling with Corporations with Paul Hunt
15 August 2024. Beehive Seminar: Corporate War Profiteering and International Law: A Study in the Politics of Representations with Shahd Hammouri
15 August 2024. Beehive Seminar: Corporate War Profiteering and International Law: A Study in the Politics of Representations with Shahd Hammouri
8 August 2024. Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Law, and the Colonial State as Corporation: The ‘Thick’ and the ‘Thin’ of Sovereign Power in the Congo Free State. Matilda Arvidsson. (Recording available)
8 August 2024. Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Law, and the Colonial State as Corporation: The ‘Thick’ and the ‘Thin’ of Sovereign Power in the Congo Free State. Matilda Arvidsson. (Recording available)
22 July 2024. Beehive Seminar: "We are proud to apologize for genocide”: The racial investment in humanitarian capital, with Vasuki Nesiah (Recording Available)
22 July 2024. Beehive Seminar: "We are proud to apologize for genocide”: The racial investment in humanitarian capital, with Vasuki Nesiah (Recording Available)
6 June 2024. Beehive Seminar (Online): Rethinking Corporate Thinking in Legal Doctrine: Systems Intentionality with Elise Bant (Recording Available)
6 June 2024. Beehive Seminar (Online): Rethinking Corporate Thinking in Legal Doctrine: Systems Intentionality with Elise Bant (Recording Available)
16 May 2024. Beehive Seminar: Corporations as Agents of Interference in Sovereign Affairs: from United Fruit to Cambridge Analytica. Frédéric Mégret (Recording Available)
16 May 2024. Beehive Seminar: Corporations as Agents of Interference in Sovereign Affairs: from United Fruit to Cambridge Analytica. Frédéric Mégret (Recording Available)
2 May 2024. Beehive Seminar: The Borderlands of the Tax State and the Global Corporation. Miranda Stewart (Recording Available)
2 May 2024. Beehive Seminar: The Borderlands of the Tax State and the Global Corporation. Miranda Stewart (Recording Available)
2 July 2024. Workshop (Durban, South Africa). Companies in Africa: Law, History, Empire
2 July 2024. Workshop (Durban, South Africa). Companies in Africa: Law, History, Empire
13 June 2024. Beehive Seminar. Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire with Kojo Koram
13 June 2024. Beehive Seminar. Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire with Kojo Koram
13 June 2024. Public Event: Populism, Anarchy and Empire: a conversation with Kojo Koram and James Martel
13 June 2024. Public Event: Populism, Anarchy and Empire: a conversation with Kojo Koram and James Martel
9 April 2024. In conversation, Gerry Simpson, Matthew Craven and Sundhya Pahuja
9 April 2024. In conversation, Gerry Simpson, Matthew Craven and Sundhya Pahuja
28 March 2024. Beehive Seminar: Everywhere and Nowhere: The Global Corporation in International Law. Andrew Sanger.
28 March 2024. Beehive Seminar: Everywhere and Nowhere: The Global Corporation in International Law. Andrew Sanger.
21 March 2024. Beehive Seminar: Beyond AI as an environmental pharmakon. Christine Parker & Fiona Haines (Recording Available)
21 March 2024. Beehive Seminar: Beyond AI as an environmental pharmakon. Christine Parker & Fiona Haines (Recording Available)
4 March 2024. The Uses of Disenchantment: Law, History and the Public Intellectual. Samuel Moyn in conversation with Shaun McVeigh and Sundhya Pahuja
4 March 2024. The Uses of Disenchantment: Law, History and the Public Intellectual. Samuel Moyn in conversation with Shaun McVeigh and Sundhya Pahuja
25 July 2024. Beehive Seminar: Platformed Hate Speech Against Women: Self-Regulation and the Corporate Power of Social Media Platforms. Anjalee de Silva & Christine Parker.
25 July 2024. Beehive Seminar: Platformed Hate Speech Against Women: Self-Regulation and the Corporate Power of Social Media Platforms. Anjalee de Silva & Christine Parker.
29 February 2024. Beehive Seminar : - Policing Corporations and their Supply Chains: Retooling Trade Law for Sustainability and Security. Kathleen Claussen (Recording Available)
29 February 2024. Beehive Seminar : - Policing Corporations and their Supply Chains: Retooling Trade Law for Sustainability and Security. Kathleen Claussen (Recording Available)
8 February 2024: Beehive Seminar, Moral Orders of Capitalist Legitimacy. Jason Jackson (Recording Available)
8 February 2024: Beehive Seminar, Moral Orders of Capitalist Legitimacy. Jason Jackson (Recording Available)
12 noon on 19 December 2024 Deadline (Call for Papers) – 7-8 August 2025 Conference: Imperialism, Sovereignty and the making of International Law; 20 years on, with Antony Anghie
12 noon on 19 December 2024 Deadline (Call for Papers) – 7-8 August 2025 Conference: Imperialism, Sovereignty and the making of International Law; 20 years on, with Antony Anghie
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27 November - 1 December 2023 - The Academy in Advanced Legal Research and Method (virtual)
27 November - 1 December 2023 - The Academy in Advanced Legal Research and Method (virtual)
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19 - 20 November 2023 - Corporations and Development: Then and Now
19 - 20 November 2023 - Corporations and Development: Then and Now
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2 November 2023 - AI in the New Corporate Anatomy (Recording Available)
2 November 2023 - AI in the New Corporate Anatomy (Recording Available)
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13 September 2023 - International Law as a Set of Narratives
13 September 2023 - International Law as a Set of Narratives
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4 September 2023 - Sovereignty and the Economy in the Founding of America's Postwar Order (Recording Available)
4 September 2023 - Sovereignty and the Economy in the Founding of America's Postwar Order (Recording Available)
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24 August 2023 - TASC: Applying for grants for law and humanities research.
24 August 2023 - TASC: Applying for grants for law and humanities research.
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17 August 2023 - 'Artificial Intelligence, Instrumental Cause and Corporate Personhood: A Political Theology of Corporate Technology' with Timothy D Peters
17 August 2023 - 'Artificial Intelligence, Instrumental Cause and Corporate Personhood: A Political Theology of Corporate Technology' with Timothy D Peters
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15 August 2023 - Strong Female Lead: Screening & Q&A with director Tosca Looby
15 August 2023 - Strong Female Lead: Screening & Q&A with director Tosca Looby
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15 & 16 August 2023 - Workshop: Visualising Corporate Authority: Archive, Representation, Imagination
15 & 16 August 2023 - Workshop: Visualising Corporate Authority: Archive, Representation, Imagination
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7 August 2023 - Critical Management Studies Seminar, University of Melbourne. André Dao.
7 August 2023 - Critical Management Studies Seminar, University of Melbourne. André Dao.
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13/14 July 2023 - PhD/Early Career Workshop - Heidelberg, Germany
13/14 July 2023 - PhD/Early Career Workshop - Heidelberg, Germany
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29 June 2023 - Law and History Workshop. Douglas Harris
29 June 2023 - Law and History Workshop. Douglas Harris
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29 June 2023 - Condominium, Complexity, and the Corporation. Douglas Harris (Recording Available)
29 June 2023 - Condominium, Complexity, and the Corporation. Douglas Harris (Recording Available)
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14 February, 2023 - Talk by Dr. Adil Hasan Khan - The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
14 February, 2023 - Talk by Dr. Adil Hasan Khan - The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
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8 February, 2023 - Roundtable: 'Conceptions of the Corporate Form: History, Theory & Consequence' - Melbourne Law School
8 February, 2023 - Roundtable: 'Conceptions of the Corporate Form: History, Theory & Consequence' - Melbourne Law School
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15 - 16 December, 2022 - PhD/Early Career Workshop - Cambridge University
15 - 16 December, 2022 - PhD/Early Career Workshop - Cambridge University
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2 November, 2022 - Research Seminar: 'Empire Comes Home: Researching the Global Corporation and International Law - Warwick Law School
2 November, 2022 - Research Seminar: 'Empire Comes Home: Researching the Global Corporation and International Law - Warwick Law School
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1 November, 2022 - PhD Roundtable - Warwick Law School
1 November, 2022 - PhD Roundtable - Warwick Law School
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21 October, 2022 - Seminar: 'Approaching the Global Corporation in International Law' - Cambridge University
21 October, 2022 - Seminar: 'Approaching the Global Corporation in International Law' - Cambridge University
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