During the University term, the Centre holds Friday lunchtime lectures at 1 pm on issues in international law given by leading academics and practitioners. These are preceded by a sandwich lunch held in the Centre's Old Library at 12.30 pm for all attendees.
Where the speaker has given permission, recordings of lectures can be accessed at https://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/lecture-recordings
The Centre's Friday Lunchtime Lectures series is kindly sponsored by Cambridge University Press and Assessment.
Lent Term 2026
| 23 January |
'Marxist Insights for International Law' - Prof Antonios Tzanakopoulos, University of Oxford |
| 30 January |
'Russia, the Soviet Union, and Imperial Continuity in International Law' - Prof Lauri Mälksoo, University of Tartu, Estonia
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| 6 February |
'The Systemic Function of General Principles' - Prof Mads Andenas & Prof Johann Ruben Leiss, University of Oslo |
| 13 February |
'Due Diligence at a Crossroads: The Old Road, the New Road, and the Bridge Between' - Dr Penelope Ridings, International Law Commission |
| 20 February |
'Reading International Law as Stories' - Prof Tamsin Paige, Deakin Law School |
| 27 February |
'Submarines and Underwater Maritime Autonomous Vehicles: New Wine in Old Bottles?' - Prof Natalie Klein, UNSW Sydney |
| 6 March |
'Athenia, or the Nuremberg Trial at Midpoint' - Prof Diane Marie Amann, University of Georgia |
| 13 March |
'The Secret Life of the Legal Adviser: Strategies of International Law-Making' - Prof Michael Byers, University of British Columbia |
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