Treaties and Empire Seminar Series III: Autumn Semester 2024

The Seminar Series is organized by the Research Program Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia (https://sea-treaties.org/) and hosts guest speakers on a monthly basis to discuss the role of treaties in imperial expansion across the globe. The seminars are held online via zoom.

For the upcoming autumn semester, we are excited to announce the following lectures:

20 September: Louie Buana (Leiden University / KITLV)
13:15−15:00 (CET, UTC+2)

“As Long As We Use Our Own Customs”: The Orchestration of Adat in South Sulawesi’s Treaty-Making Tradition.

18 October: Prabhakar Singh (BML Munjal University):
13:15−15:00 (CET, UTC+2)

International Law of Semicolonialism: States, estates, and the British empire in South Asia, 1793-1933

22 November: Priyasha Saksena (University of Leeds):
13:15−15:00 (CET, UTC+1)

Sovereignty, International Law, and the Princely States of Colonial South Asia.

To attend, please register via: seminars[at]sea-treaties.org
For other inquiries, contact Maarten Manse at maarten.manse[at]lnu.se