Friday Lunchtime Lectures

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.

Michaelmas Term 2026

9 October - In conversation with Prof Jan Klabbers and Prof Surabhi Ranganathan

16 October  - 'Adjudicating over Anarchy: Judicial Remedies, Compliance and Enforcement in International Law' - Prof Geraldo Vidigal, University of Amsterdam

23 October - All-day event: 'Geopolitical Tension and International Resource Disputes'

30 October - 'Koskenniemi’s Lauterpacht: A ‘Gentle Civilizer’?' - Prof Robert Schütze, University of Durham

6 November - 'From International Law to Financial Engineering: The Future of Russia’s Frozen US$300 billion' - Prof Anton Moiseienko, Australian National University

13 November - 'Temporal arguments and climate reparations' - Dr Eliana Cusato, Tilburg Law School

20 November - The Eli Lauterpacht Lecture 2026: 'Tensions between political and legal dimensions in the settlement of investment disputes' - Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Professor Emerita at Geneva Law School

27 November - 'Beckoning Choices: A Theory of Authority in International Law' - Prof Fuad Zarbiyev, Geneva Graduate Institute

4 December - event to be confirmed