Sciences Po, 18 and 19 January 2018
IMPORTANT: If you intend to attend the conference, please register at: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/historical-capitalism-and-international-law-tickets-41426110612
Conference venues access:
Amphithéâtre Erignac (13, rue de l’Université) – Building J
Salle Goguel (56, rue des Saints Pères) – Building B, access through building A (27, rue Saint Guillaume)
Metro stations nearby: Saint-Germain-des-Prés, line 4 Sèvres-Babylone, lines 10 and 12 Rue du Bac, line 12
Thursday, 18 January 2018 Amphithéâtre Erignac (13, rue de l’Université –Paris 7ème)
12:30 – 13:00 Conference registration
13:00 – 13:30 Presentation and welcome notes
13:30 – 15:00 Keynote address : Rémi Bachand, Law Professor at Université du Québec à Montréal, “Capitalism, Imperialism and International Law”
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 17:15 Nikolas Karmis, Paris II Panthéon-Assas, “The Ideological Interpretation of the Article 16 of the Covenant of the League of Nations by the German Doctrine” Eric Loefflad, University of Kent, “Occupation, Civilisation, and the Protection of European Property: A World-Historical Perspective on the International Illegality of Territorial Conquest” Commentator: Sören Zimmermann, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/M
17:15 – 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 – 19:30 Kanad Bagchi, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, “To Capital Controls and Back: Re-Embedding Global Capitalism Through International Law” Johanna Gautier, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, “Financial Deregulation in the 1980s-1990s: A New Market for Territorial and Institutional Competition” Commentator: Robin Caballero, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin / Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
20:00 Dinner
Friday, 19 January 2018 Salle Goguel (56, rue des Saints Pères – Paris 7ème)
9:00 – 11:00 Aikaterini Grymaneli, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, “Capitalism Expansion and the Law of the Sea: The Example of the Exploitation and Conservation of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction” Dudi Rulliadi, Melbourne Law School, “From Dutch Colonialism to US Developmentalism: Capitalism and the Dynamics of Indonesian Law and Policy on Economic Development from Independence to the New Order Era” Commentator: Milan Tahraoui, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 13:15 Olaoye Kehinde Folake, Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Empire, Capital and Protection of Foreign Investment: Historical Origins of Transnational Investment Law in Africa” Anam Soomro, Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, “A Critical Inquiry into Freedom of Movement: Race, Colonialism and the Making of International Law” Commentator: Tim Wihl, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:30 Filipe Antunes Madeira da Silva, Sciences Po Law School, “How the Putumayo Was Won: Sovereignty and Property in the Rubber Lands” Claire Debucquois, Columbia Law School, “Braudel in Brazil: The Merchant, the Prince, and the [Law of the] Land” Commentator: Alberto Rinaldi, Sciences Po Law School
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 – 19:00 Interdisciplinary round-table : “Franco-German Looks into Historical Capitalism and International Law : Exploring Geographical and Disciplinary Boundaries” Discussants: Monique Chemillier-Gendrau (To be confirmed – Professeure émérite, Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7), Pierre Gervais (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3), Claire Lemercier (Centre de Sociologie des Organisations – Sciences Po) and Ingo Venske (Universiteit Van Amsterdam)