Mark Somos
@msomos
Heisenberg Professor @mpilheidelberg. PolSci PhD @Harvard, Law PhD @LeidenLaw. @Cambridge_Uni, @SussexLaw & @Yale alumnus.
Our book is out. A lot of newly discovered facts, very few grand theories or wanton opining. I really hope you'll like it and use it. Thanks to everyone, incl. the dog that sabotaged my selfie. #whereisgrotius shorturl.at/Ld393
Someone has to write a history on this. So many books on the East India and the Dutch East India company. None of those ends with a shopping mall going bankrupt
#Breaking: Hudson's Bay is set to shut the doors of all 80 of its stores and lay off some 8,000 employees by June 1 — marking an end to a 355-year legacy closely tied to the origins of Canada. trib.al/Y1jREsX
Our book on Hugo Grotius' magnum opus has a cover and a website! ⚖️⚖️⚖️ A new history of the origins of international law A new material history of the production and reception of De iure belli ac pacis More info coming soon!
The census bibliography of Grotius’ De iure belli ac pacis we’ve been working on for 5 years now has a website: global.oup.com/academic/produ… Pricey but 752pp, 99% newly discovered facts, 1% analysis, none of my boring opinions. @pablo_dufour @EdJonesC @EmanueleSalern5 @MPILheidelberg
Sorry sorry I was just trying to buy a book from Cambridge University Press.
A $52 billion withdrawal by a single client at BlackRock has dealt a blow to the world’s biggest asset manager thetimes.com/business-money…
Delighted to present our book at The Peace Palace Library, and grateful to the organisers and librarians for herding cats and to the audience for asking superb questions that made me reexamine what we've been doing. @EdJonesC @PeacePalaceLib @MPILheidelberg
Grateful for a truly world-class conference and the opportunity to present our Grotius Census at NYU Law on 29-31 May. Congratulations to Benjamin Straumann for the event and his new book! @IurisConsensus wiley.com/en-us/The+Just… global.oup.com/academic/produ…
Book Launch hosted by the Peace Palace Library: 'The Unseen History of International Law', 17 June 2025 peacepalacelibrary.nl/event/2025/boo… Edward Jones Corredera and Mark Somos, two of the co-authors, will introduce the book and answer questions.
BOOK: Mark SOMOS, Matthew CLEARY, Pablo DUFOUR, Edward JONES CORREDERA & Emanuel SALERNO, The Unseen History of International Law. A Census Bibliography of Hugo Grotius' De Iure Belli Ac Pacis (1625-1650 Editions) [The History and Theory of International… ift.tt/iJ5KdSl
Today!
I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and to register for Zoom see below.
Our Just City ERC project is nearing its conclusion after intense years of research and publishing. We’ll say goodbye with a final conference on May 29-31 at NYU Law School, with keynotes by Carlos Lévy (Paris) and Lauren Benton (Yale)
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The crisis in Myanmar today ranks as one of the deadliest ongoing conflicts. More than 3.5 million people have been displaced and 18.6 million people need humanitarian assistance. Can the big powers justify their continuing inaction? Read now! 👉 just-access.de/myanmars-ongoi…
Nakhimovsky @inakhimovsky makes Yale news fas.yale.edu/news-announcem…
Human rights defenders are the torchbearers of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 76 years ago. Their work ensures that these rights are not just words, but lived realities. On #HumanRightsDay, let’s recommit to protecting those who breathe life into the #UDHR.
Chuffed to receive a hard copy, with my ch. on pol. thought & the historiography of international law. Many thanks to editors @AnnePetersMPIL & @RandallLesaffer, co-authors incl. @giofabman @CCasey12345 @HerakleitosMD @LauriMalksoo @DavidRArmitage @IgDeLaRasilla @JohnFabianWitt!
My book is now available for pre-order at CUP—where you can also take a look inside: cambridge.org/gb/universityp… This flyer will get you a 20% discount!
Congratulations!!!
Odious Debt is out now! 🪙 academic.oup.com/book/58846 2024 is all about debt and the looming fear of bankruptcy This book shows how debt and bankruptcy came to structure international relations, with a focus on Latin American history (1550s-1920s) 1/24