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Personal profile
Biography
Rotem Giladi studied law at the University of Essex, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the University of Michigan where he obtain a doctoral degree (S.J.D.). He taught international law at the Hebrew University Law Faculty, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Helsinki and Leipzig University. Before joining Roehampton Law School, he worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross, in diplomatic service, and in policy thinktanks.
Research interests
Rotem Giladi’s research explores the intersection of theory, ideas, power, culture, and race in the history of international law, the laws of law in particular; as well as the meeting points between the history of international law and modern Jewish history
Research projects
Present projects:
- Senior researcher, Nathan Feinberg and His Contemporaries: Jewish International Lawyers and the Sovereign Condition (Israel Science Foundation Grant, 2019—2022, PI: Prof. Yfaat Weiss), under the auspices of the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture—Simon Dubnow, Leipzig, Germany
- Senior researcher, Hebrew University History Project (led by Professors Yfaat Weiss and Uzi Rebhun)
Past projects:
- Apartheid—The Global Itinerary: South African Cultural Formations in Transnational Circulation, 1948—1990 (European Research Council Project; PI: Prof. Louise Bethlehem)
- The Promise and Limits of International Courts and Tribunals—Exploring the Conditions for Effective International Adjudication (European Research Council Project; PI: Prof. Yuval Shany)
Professional affiliations
Teaching
Rotem Giladi taught a wide scope of international law courses at the Hebrew University Law Faculty, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Helsinki and Leipzig University. At Roehampton Law (2021-22), he teaches Public Law and Human Rights; Law & Legal Research; and Human Rights Law
Consultancy work
Including governmental services, humanitarian organisations, and thinktanks—in particular in the context of the Mideast peace process and conflict and humanitarian law and action
Qualifications
S.J.D. University of Michigan Law School, 2011
LL.M. University of Michigan Law School, 2009
LL.M. magna cum laude, Hebrew University, 2001
LL.B. University of Essex, 1993
External positions
Associate Researcher , Leibnitz Institute for Jewish History and Culture—Simon Dubnow, Leipzig
1 Jul 2017 → …
Keywords
- KZ Law of Nations
- International law
- history
- theory
- culture
- organisations
- D204 Modern History
- global history
- war
- empire
- colonialism
- legal history
- diplomatic history
- Jewish history
- JX International law
- history
- theory
- culture
- laws of war
- institutions
- courts and tribunals
- genocide
- human rights
- refugee law
- race
- JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
- empire
- race
- colonialism
- law
- history
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Corpus Politicum: Political Authority and the Human Body
Giladi, R., Gehrig, S. & Garapich, M. P.
31/03/23 → 21/07/23
Project: Research
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Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law: Ideology and Ambivalence in Early Israeli Legal Diplomacy
Giladi, R., 15 Jul 2021, Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). 368 p. (The History and Theory of International Law)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Nathan Feinberg (1895—1988)
Giladi, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) International Law and History: Eastern Europe in A Global Perspective. Troebst, S., Löhr, I., Müller, D. & Richardson-Little, N. (eds.). RoutldegeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Assessing the Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice
Giladi, R. & Shany, Y., 1 May 2023, The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice. Espósito, C., Parlett, K. & Harris, C. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 101-120 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Rites of Affirmation: The Past, Present, and Future of International Humanitarian Law
Giladi, R., 1 Jan 2023, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law. Vol. 24. p. 33–70 38 p. (Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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במפנה הריבונות: משפט בינלאומי בשנותיה הראשונות של הפקולטה למשפטים
Giladi, R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) תולדות האוניברסיטה העברית: History of the Hebrew University. Weiss, Y. & Rebhun, U. (eds.). Jerusalem: Magnes Press, p. 137-170 34 p. (History of the Hebrew University ; vol. 5).Translated title of the contribution :At the Sovereign Turn: : International Law at the Hebrew University Law Faculty Early Years Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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History of Prison Reform in Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts: Hope and Disappointment: International Workshop
Rotem Giladi (Keynote/plenary speaker)
18 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic workshop, seminar, course
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Kolloquium: Internationales Flüchtlingsrecht nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: Konzepte, Akteure, Entwicklungslinien / International Refugee Law after the Second World War: Concepts, Actors, Trajectories
Rotem Giladi (Invited speaker), Annette Weinke (Organiser) & Thomas Kleinlein (Organiser)
28 Jun 2023 → 30 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic conference
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Decolonising International Humanitarian Law: The Other History of the Laws of War
Rotem Giladi (Speaker)
18 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation for an academic audience › Invited talk for an academic audience
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Corpus Politicum: Body Politics Through History: International Workshop
Rotem Giladi (Keynote/plenary speaker)
4 Dec 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic workshop, seminar, course
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Corpus Politicum: Body Politics Through History: International Workshop
Rotem Giladi (Organiser)
4 Dec 2023 → 6 Dec 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic event › Participation in academic workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Private, National? Professor Feinberg's Inheritance בין הפרטי ללאומי: עזבונו של פרופסור פיינברג
26/01/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media