Histories of International Law: Dealing with Eurocentrism

Abstract

For each Treaty of Utrecht visiting professor, the Centre for the Humanities and the Treaty of Utrecht jointly organize an Inaugural Lecture. This semester's Treaty of Utrecht visiting professor, Martti Koskenniemi, will address the issue of Eurocentrism in international law during his Inaugural lecture. Martti Koskenniemi, Professor International Law at the University of Helsinki and advisor of the United Nations, holds in the autumn of 2011 the Treaty of Utrecht Chair at the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University. His visiting professorship will focus on the actual treaty, signed in Utrecht in 1713, and its significance for current international politics and international law.