Please note: PILAC is no longer accepting applications for the I.H.L.athons.

From 10:00 am till 5:00 pm on three Saturdays this fall (Sept. 26, Oct. 17, and Nov. 7), PILAC is hosting I.H.L.athons.

What

I.H.L.ATHON

 \ˈī -ˈāch -ˈel-ə-ˌthän\ 

Noun. (Neologism.)

Definition: An event in which people meet to engage in collaborative research and analysis on international humanitarian law (IHL) and other legal frameworks relating to war. It's like a hackathon—yet one where the focus is not on creating computer programs and applications but rather on international law related to armed conflict. Think Wikipedia edit-a-thon but for the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello. 

This is a new, untested format for developing research tools and analysis. PILAC Senior Researcher Dustin Lewis will convene the I.H.L.athons. He—and the I.H.L.athon teams of students—will be supported at two of the sessions by Jennifer Allison, PILAC Liaison to the HLS Library, and likely by additional experts in the areas under research.

Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Where

Each I.H.L.athon will take place on the HLS campus in WCC 1019.

Who

This first series of I.H.L.athons is open only to current HLS students who submitted an application and who received notification from PILAC that they were selected for participation. 

Photo credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg, “Wikimedia Hackathon 2013, Amsterdam,” Flickr, CC BY 2.0.