Events
The Nottingham International Law and Security Centre (NILSC) is proud to host a variety of events which are of interest to academics, students, legal practitioners, industry experts, civil society and government personnel.
Lecture Series
Our events include our Lecture Series, which features high profile speakers presenting on topics of world-wide significance. This includes the Annual Lecture Series which is run by our International Humanitarian Law Programme.
Previous Lecture Series events include a lecture by Professor Anita Ramasatry (University of Washington School of Law and UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights), ‘Corporate and State Complicity for Human Rights Violations in Conflict-Affected and Fragile States’.
Seminar Series
We are also proud to host our Seminar Series, which is a programme of guest speakers, colleagues and doctoral researchers from law and related disciplines. Speakers present on topical or controversial issues in order to engage with the academic and wider community.
Previous Seminar Series events include:
- Therese O’Donnell, University of Strathclyde, “Dispute Settlement and the ILC Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters: Is there a role for mediation?”, March 2020, rescheduled TBC.
- Aniruddha Rajput, ILC, “Evidence before international courts and tribunals, March 2020
- Dr Catherine Brolmann, University of Amsterdam, “Periodisation of the History of International Organisations”, 19 February 2020
- Surhabi Ranganathan, University of Cambridge, “Worldmaking on the Sea”, 12 February 2020
- Lisa Vanhala, UCL, “Governing Climate Change-related Loss and Damage”, 29 January 2020
- Marie-Anne Birken, General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, “Accountability of Multilateral Development Banks in the Wake of the Jam Case”, 6 November 2019
International Legal Theory Reading Group
NILSC’s International Legal Theory Reading Group is co-convened by Dr Matthew Windsor and Dr Victor Kattan. It provides an engaging forum in which to explore innovative recent international law scholarship. The reading group is open to members of staff at the University of Nottingham, as well as PhD and LLM students. View the 2022/23 schedule. For inquiries about the group, please contact matthew.windsor@nottingham.ac.uk
Conferences, workshops and rountables
NILSC also sponsors and runs a variety of different events which enable researchers in the area of international law and security to exchange ideas, develop agendas and increase the impact of their activities.
Previous events include workshops such as ‘Human Rights and the Privileges and Immunities of International Organisations Workshop’, which was co-hosted with the Human Rights Law Centre. Roundtables such as ‘2019 Annual LLM Roundtable: Fact, Truth, and Fact-Finding in Warfare’. Conferences including ‘70th Anniversary of Genocide Convention’, and symposiums such as ‘The Law and Politics of the Syrian Conflict’.
All events
- Date
- 14 December 2022 (13:00-14:00)
- Date
- 23 November 2022 (15:30-16:30)
- Location:
- B55 Law & Social Sciences Building
- Date
- 09 November 2022 (13:00-14:00)
- Location:
- A4, Law and Social Sciences, University Park
- Description
- Crimes Against Migrants as Crimes Against Humanity: Rewriting and Reimagining International Criminal Law.
- Date
- 17 March 2022 (16:00-17:00)
- Location:
- MS Teams live event
- Description
- NILSC Seminar with guest speaker.
- Date
- 04 March 2022 (17:00-18:00)
- Location:
- MS Teams
- Description
- School of Law, University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University - Talk on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Date
- 26 November 2020 (13:00-14:30)
- Location:
- Via Teams
- Date
- 28 October 2020 (13:00-14:15)
- Location:
- Via Teams
- Description
- ILA Seminar Wednesday 28 October.
- Date
- 28 November 2019 (17:15) - 29 January 2021 (18:45)
- Location:
- A21 (Council Room)
- Description
- Eighth Annual Lecture in International Humanitarian Law
- Date
- 27 March 2019 (16:00-17:00)
- Location:
- C102, Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park
- Description
- Nottingham International Law and Security Centre Seminar with Ben Hudson, Lecturer, University of Lincoln.
- Date
- 20 March 2019 (13:00-14:00)
- Location:
- A100, Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park
- Description
- International Law Regional Seminar with William Schabas (Middlesex University).
- Date
- 14 March 2019 (16:00-17:00)
- Location:
- Room D11, Teaching and Learning Building, University Park
- Description
- Nottingham International Law and Security Centre Seminar with Brad Roth, Wayne State University, Detroit.
- Date
- 13 March 2019 (13:00-14:00)
- Location:
- B1, Law and Social Sciences, University Park
- Description
- Book signing and seminar with Harold Koh (Yale University).
- Date
- 11 March 2019 (17:00-18:30)
- Location:
- B1, Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park
- Description
- Nottingham International Law and Security Centre and The Bar Society present 'Court martial and military justice' seminar with Judge Blackett, Judge Advocate General.
- Date
- 27 February 2019 (13:00-15:00)
- Location:
- E02, Teaching and Learning Building, University Park
- Description
- Nottingham International Law and Security Centre Seminar with Sylvia Wittmer, NILSC Visiting Researcher and Humboldt University.
- Date
- 20 February 2019 (16:00-17:00)
- Location:
- A42, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park
- Description
- International Law Regional Seminar with Marie Aronsson-Storrier (University of Reading).
- Date
- 09 November 2018 (00:00)
- Location:
- University of Nottingham
- Description
- The Nottingham International Law and Security Centre Interdisciplinary Conference will bring together scholars from across a range of disciplines to discuss topics broadly related to the topic of genocide.
- Date
- 04 May 2018 (09:30-18:30)
- Location:
- City Campus, Newton LT7, Nottingham Trent University
- Description
- This symposium on Syria aims to provide an inter-disciplinary forum for informed discussion and to increase the level of knowledge and debate on this important, pressing and relevant subject.
- Date
- 10 November 2017 (08:30-17:30)
- Location:
- Law and Social Sciences, NILSC, University Park
- Description
- European Society of International Law Prague-Nottingham Symposium.
- Date
- 25 October 2017 (16:30-18:00)
- Location:
- B55, Law and Social Sciences, University Park
- Description
- Nottingham International Law and Security Centre seminar by David Letts, Associate Professor, College of Law, Australian National University.
- Date
- 18 October 2017 (15:00-17:00)
- Location:
- B55, Law and Social Sciences, University Park
- Description
- Nottingham International Law and Security Centre seminar by Judge Jeff Blackett, Judge Advocate General.
- Date
- 26 (11:00) - 27 January 2017 (13:00)
- Location:
- The University of Nottingham, University Park Campus
- Description
- HRLC's Business, Trade and Human Rights Unit and the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre (NILSC) conference on Business, Human Rights and Security.
- Date
- 15 November 2016 (13:00-14:00)
- Location:
- B55, Law and Social Sciences Building
- Description
- NILSC is pleased to announce a special lunchtime seminar by Dr Rob McLaughlin, Associate Professor at the ANU College of Law.
- Date
- 08 June 2016 (18:00-19:00)
- Location:
- A42 Sir Clive Granger Building
- Description
- Professor Lorraine Elliott in conversation with three scholar-practitioners whose work is about translating key ideas on human security into practice.
- Date
- 08 June 2016 (18:00-19:00)
- Location:
- A42 Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus
- Description
- In this public event, Professor Lorraine Elliott will be in conversation with scholar-practitioners.
- Date
- 08 June 2016 (12:30-17:15)
- Location:
- A42 Sir Clive Granger Building
- Description
- A one-day workshop sponsored by the Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies and the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre at The University of Nottingham.
- Date
- 12 June 2015 (09:00-18:00)
- Description
- The School of Politics and International Relations is hosting an international interdisciplinary postgraduate conference on 'Identity, Crisis and Change'.
- Date
- 11 (09:00) - 12 May 2015 (18:00)
- Description
- IAPS and NILSC are organising a two-day workshop on Governing for Human Security in the Asia-Pacific.
- Date
- 11 (00:00) - 12 May 2015 (00:00)
- Description
- The Nottingham International Law and Security Centre(NILSC), based in the School of Law, and the Institute for Asia and PacificStudies (IAPS), based in the School of Politics and International Relations,are co-hosting a workshop on 'Governing for Human Security: Scale, Voice andPolicy Practice'.
- Date
- 19 March 2015 (16:00-17:30)
- Description
- Professor Lorraine Elliott will present to IAPS and NILSC on 'Human security in the Asia Pacific: protection, empowerment and questions of scale'.
- Date
- 20 February 2014 (14:00-16:00)
- Description
- Join the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre for a talk on the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN, and peace building by Christy Shucksmith.
- Date
- 17 February 2014 (18:00-19:00)
- Description
- Kimberly Prost will deliver the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre annual lecture
- Date
- 23 January 2014 (18:00-21:00)
- Location:
- A48 Sir Clive Granger Building
- Date
- 23 January 2014 (14:00-16:00)
- Description
- Join Masoud Zamami for a talk on the detention of civilians in international armed conflict.
- Date
- 16 January 2014 (14:00-16:00)
- Description
- Join NILSC for a talk from Marie Aronsson on the US drone programme.
- Date
- 20 November 2013 (16:00-18:00)
- Description
- Join PhD candidate Stuart Wallace for a talk on the human rights obligation to protect soldiers during active military operations abroad
- Date
- 05 November 2013 (12:30-13:30)
- Description
- David Letts will be speaking at the School of Law on the role of the military lawyer in conflict and post-conflict operations.