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By Right of War: Imperial Russia and the Development of the Law of War

May 9, 2014 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Jordan Center’s Colloquium Series serves to introduce the most recent work of scholars within the Slavic field.  Participants come from universities across the country and abroad and work in disciplines ranging from history, political science and anthropology to literature and film. In the fourth session of the Spring 2014 Colloquium Series, Peter Holquist will join us from the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Holquist will share a draft chapter of his manuscript “By Right of War: Imperial Russia and the Discipline and Practice of the ‘Laws of War’ (1868-1917).”  The chapter, “Codifying the ‘Laws of War’: Brussels, 1874,” examines the 1874 Brussels Conference on laws and customs of land warfare, the first attempt to draft an international convention of the laws of war.  Professor Holquist examines the conference as a culmination of certain Russian political and intellectual developments; international diplomacy among the Great Powers; and, against the general emergence of international law as a discipline throughout Europe.

 

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Date:
May 9, 2014
Time:
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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The Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia

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NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia
19 University Place, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003 United States
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212.992.6575