Aden Knaap
@adenknaap
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Historian. Chauncey Fellow @Yale. PhD @Harvard. Writing a history of international courts for @PrincetonUPress. 🏳️🌈
New Haven, CT
Joined July 2013
Congratulations, @adenknaap on winning the 2023 Max Planck-ASLH Dissertation Prize for your outstanding work on international courts and global governance! We’re thrilled to welcome you to our institute and look forward to your stay with us.
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In this latest episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Umut Özsu, Professor in the Department of Law and Legalities at Carleton University, about his book Completing Humanity: The International Law of Decolonization, 1960-82 (@CambridgeUP). https://t.co/04e6ATvl1m
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by Disha Karnad Jani
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Alongside @elisabeth_leake and @mjbayly I'm pleased to share this year's line-up for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History! We meet Wednesdays in London, Boston & on Zoom. All welcome: email me for registration and to join our mailing list Looking forward!
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Super excited to have @lizingleson back in New Haven tomorrow (9/25) to chat with @GSYale about her new book Made in China @Harvard_Press
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.@EduardHabsburg, the great-great-great grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph, has some tips for your love life. For @thedialmag, I wrote about self-help, postliberalism, princely populism, vacuous history, and making lots and lots of babies https://t.co/onoKdGm8vG
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Eduard Habsburg, with the help of his royal ancestors, wants to fix your marriage, your soul, and your politics.
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I spoke with Disha Jani @DishaKJani about my book THE SOLIDARITY ECONOMY on the @JHIdeas podcast. You can listen to it here! @PrincetonUPress
https://t.co/4AwYNmShRO
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This article has been seven years in the making and I am so happy to see it out in the world! It explores the link between tax havens and empire by way of an unusual suspect: the French colonial empire
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The London Review of International Law invited critical scholars to contribute short reflections on international law and Gaza. The collection of 47 pieces is published here: https://t.co/F5npHFkoPR
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As Israel’s assault on Gaza continues into its tenth month, the language of legality has become the dominant frame of popular and political discourse. Publ
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I can't overstate the significance of today's ICJ advisory opinion. Major takeaways: — Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory* is illegal & must end as rapidly as possible *this includes Gaza — Israel's conduct amounts to racial segregation & apartheid
The @CIJ_ICJ will be delivering its advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory in just a few minutes. This is a Very Big Deal. My thoughts and reactions 🧵 You can watch live here: https://t.co/knHCVzFPnQ
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Truly delighted that the first major publication ‘A Revisionist History of the United Nations’ from our @invisihist project has been published in @PastPresentSoc Great collaboration with Lydia Walker &thanks to the whole team for their input
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The United Nations (UN) continues to confront global crises that threaten its survival and test the durability of the‘ liberal international order’. Challe
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In the latest installment of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Tehila Sasson about her new book, The Solidarity Economy: Nonprofits and the Making of Neoliberalism after Empire (@PrincetonUPress). https://t.co/2lYmwPDso4
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Today will go down in the history of international law. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants against Netanyahu & Gallant and Sinwar, Deif & Haniyeh. It's a game changer in global politics & the Israel-Palestine conflict.🧵
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Today I am filing applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in the State of Palestine. Image ICC Prosecutor Khan on applica...
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Great new dispatch on the Harvard encampment from Walter Johnson
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When students set up the tents at Harvard on April 24, I was standing with the police on the steps of the building that houses the president’s office. The
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📣We are delighted to host the #MWP Multidisciplinary Workshop ‘Oppression and Resistance in the History of International Law’. 📖Keynote lecture by @SurabhiRanganat @cambridgelaw on the evolution of oppression narratives and the role of oceans in its shaping.
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🚨The inaugural issue of Modern British History is out now and it's a blockbuster! There's a field-defining editorial; forums on the future of the field, Four Nations, and teaching; and reflections on classic articles from the @TCBHJournal archives
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My book is available for pre-order! You can now read the introduction on @princetonupress
https://t.co/MNkaE5DglD
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A short(ish) 🧵 on reports that Netanyahu and his government are in emergency talks over credible "information" they have received that the #ICC plans to issue warrants against senior figures in the Israeli government, including Netanyahu.
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“In 2023, the private sector collected $68 billion more in interest and principal repayments than it lent to the developing world. International financial institutions and assistance agencies extracted another $40 billion”
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Tracking developments in the global financial safety net
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Aden Knaap (@adenknaap) explores the relationship between the League of Nations and white supremacy in Australia, revealing a global history of popular white internationalism.
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White Internationalism and the League of Nations Movement in Interwar Australia - Volume 19 Issue 1
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