Fireside chat with Dr. Boyd van Dijk
Time and date
March 24, 2021 from noon to 1 PM Eastern on Zoom. Open to the public.
Advanced registration required
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUocumrrjgoGdfgyCbVaTnzUAN27yJSCXYo.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have questions concerning registration, please direct them to Ellen Shapiro-Smith.
About the speaker
Boyd van Dijk is a McKenzie Fellow at the Melbourne Law School (MLS). He taught previously at the London School of Economics, King's College London, Queen Mary, and the University of Amsterdam. He studied Political Science, History, and International Law in Istanbul, Florence, Amsterdam, and at Columbia University. His research and teaching interests focus on the history and theory of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and international criminal law. His most recent publications have appeared in the American Journal of International Law, Law and History Review, Humanity, and Past & Present. He will present his forthcoming book, Preparing for War, that will be published by Oxford University Press in late 2021. It provides a new revisionist history of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the most important rules ever formulated for armed conflict.
About the series
The HLS PILAC series of fireside chats, scheduled for Spring of 2021, is intended to showcase an array of innovative perspectives in the field of international law and armed conflict. This series is open to the public. Invited speakers will take part in an informal discussion over Zoom with HLS PILAC faculty or staff. Each session will feature an invited speaker asked to give a quick overview of their work, followed by an informal discussion on the work, broader themes in this area of law, and related issues. Current HLS students will also be invited to ask questions pertaining to the speaker’s recent or current work. Each event will be scheduled for 60 minutes and will be conducted via Zoom’s video meeting system. It is anticipated that the event will be recorded, and audio and audio-video recordings of the event may be made publicly available.
Convened by the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict.