Barbarian International Law
This essay is part of a symposium on Gerry Simpson’s The Sentimental Life of International Law. All contributions to the symposium can be found here. Gerry Simpson has written what he is pleased to...
View ArticleInternational Law: A Novel, by G. (reviewed by a protagonist)
This essay is part of a symposium on Gerry Simpson’s The Sentimental Life of International Law. All contributions to the symposium can be found here. [I]rony [is employed] as a defense, . . ....
View Article2022 EARLY CAREER SCHOLAR PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT
Humanity is pleased to announce a prize for the best essay published in the journal in a calendar year. The prize is open to graduate students or those without tenure track jobs at the time of...
View ArticleCall for Papers, Fall 2024 Issue
Humanity Journal is inviting submissions that address the unfolding catastrophe we are witnessing in Gaza. Submissions can take different forms: 2000-3000 word essays, longer articles, poetry or...
View Article2023 Early Career Scholar Prize Announcement
Humanity is pleased to announce a prize for the best essay published in the journal in a calendar year. The prize is open to graduate students or those without tenure track jobs at the time of...
View ArticleReflections on The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In the remarks that follow I want to focus on a few of the ways language is used to describe the violence unleashed by Israel on the Palestinians. We are all no doubt aware that language is related in...
View ArticleDiscourses of Palestinian Disappearance
Speaking to a group of Israeli high school students in 2022, Deputy Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana commented: “If there was a sort of button you could push that would make all the Arabs...
View ArticleA Part of Us is Dead
“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. O! had I the ability, and could reach the nation’s ear, I would, today, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting...
View ArticleGaza, South Africa and the Return of the Third World: Towards a Postcolonial...
Julie Billaud, Geneva Graduate Institute Antonio De Lauri, Chr. Michelsen Institute Abstract : International law has historically been manipulated to render acceptable the suspension of liberal...
View ArticleMajdal Shams and the Instrumentalization of Despair
Majdal Shams has long been a heartbreaking place. Since June 1967, when Israel launched its blitz on the Golan Heights as part of the shock-and-awe campaign of the Six Days War, the village has been...
View Article