Previous Years
Professors Odette Lienau of Cornell Law School and Sarah Kreps of the Cornell Government Department hosted the International Law-International Relations Colloquium for 2011-2012. This interdisciplinary colloquium, held at the law school and jointly offered with the Government Department, invited scholars to present research related to international law and international relations. The presented work spanned a broad substantive and methodological spectrum, and include empirical and theoretical material. Below is the schedule of speakers for the academic year, including titles/topics for speakers who presented in the Fall of 2011 and the Spring of 2012.
FALL 2011
| Meeting Date | Speaker | Title/Topic |
| Monday, 8/29 | Introductory meeting (with Sandy Liebenberg, Stellenbosch University) | Please read the introduction to Brunnée & Toope, Legitimacy & Legality in International Law(Blackboard) |
| Wednesday, 9/14 | Galit Sarfaty (U. Penn. Wharton School of Business) | Regulating Through Numbers: A Case Study of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Paper |
| Monday, 9/26 | Darryl Li (Harvard Anthropology) | Jihad Under Two Flags: A Case Study in Transnational Armed Groups and the Laws of War |
| Monday, 10/3 | Tonya Putnam (Columbia Government) | Locating 'Principled Behavior' in International Legal Process: An Empirical Reassessment of Why Some States Resisted Signing ICC Non-Surrender Agreements with the United States |
| Monday, 10/17 | Suzanne Katzenstein (Duke Law) | Innovating to Protect the Status Quo: The Creation of New Enforcement Mechanisms in International Law |
| Monday, 10/31 | Sarah Kreps (Cornell Government) John Kaag (U. Mass Lowell, Philosophy) |
The Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Combat: Legal and Ethical Implications |
SPRING 2012
| Meeting Date | Speaker | Title/Topic |
| Monday, 1/30 | Rachel Brewster (Harvard Law) | Remedies and Beliefs: The Influence of Dispute Resolution on Reputation |
| Monday, 2/13 | Peter Katzenstein (Cornell Government) | Lost in Translation: The Americanization of Procedural Law |
| Monday, 3/5 | Laura Donohue (Georgetown Law) | The Limits of National Security |
| Monday, 3/12 | Jon Pevehouse (Wisconsin, Political Science) | An Opportunity Cost Theory of U.S. Treaty Behavior |
| Monday, 4/9 | John Ciorciari (U. Michigan, Public Policy) | Hybrid Justice in Cambodia: Strengths and Pitfalls of the Mixed Tribunal Model |
| Monday, 4/23 | Katerina Linos (Berkeley Law) | Legislative Borrowing |