This IGLP Advanced Faculty Colloquium convened approximately 50 global scholars at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland for three days of focused discussion under the theme “Law in a Changing World."  The program included small group sessions, writing workshops, and plenary sessions examining: Law’s role in contemporary geopolitical realignments and structural inequalities Evolving understandings of

The Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce the 2026 Global Scholars Intensive organized in collaboration with Sciences Po Law School. The Intensive, to be held in Paris, France from June 11 – 13, 2026, is a focused three-day residential experience designed to enable junior faculty and post-doctoral scholars to engage in sustained, interdisciplinary, peer-to-peer collaboration under the

How are the legacies of colonialism relevant for understanding contemporary legal and political arrangements?  How might we advance -- or move beyond --  insights drawn from TWAIL and fellow travelers?  Is "colonialism" a productive starting point for analyzing North/North or South/South relations?  "Colonialism" was many things in many places.  And there was no colonialism independent