The 3-year appt will allow me the privilege to think & write. I'll work on new scholarship on patents, property, space law, public-private partnerships, U.S. foreign relations, the histories of law & science -- & my 1st academic book, on law & communications satellites at the dawn of the Space Age.

Exciting life update -- I've been appointed as a Prize Fellow
@harvard.edu !

histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehppf/Haris_...

I thoroughly enjoyed chairing this panel showcasing excellent new work on space history in a global context. Definitely take a look at the fantastic work of these four scholars.

It was a fantastic discussion—thank you for your generous and stimulating comments, Aaron!

Excited to speak @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #shafr2025 this week - I'll present on Cuba & communications satellite regulation in the global Cold War

Honored to join the panel Empire, Security & Militarism in the Final Frontier w Andrew Ross, @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social, @aaronbateman.bsky.social

Excited to present @lawandsociety.bsky.social in the Critical Outer Space Law panel next Sat. Honored to join @crisveijk.bsky.social & Markus Gunneflo.

I'll tell a story from the origins of one of the sexiest topics (ahem) in space law -- space object registration.

It's virtual. All welcome. May 15, 2 PM EST.

To attend: nasa.gov/history/aero...

Thanks to Brian Odom for the invite. He's put on a fantastic series, & it feels very special to join in.

Image credit: Yornel Martinez, Havana, c. 2023.

Excited & honored to lecture at NASA this Thurs May 15, for the "Aerospace Latin America" series.

I'll talk on the legal history of international frequency regulation, sovereignty, communications satellites, & Cuba. Possible cameos from Senghor & Fanon.

Get it here:

upittpress.org/books/978082...

My author's copy of COSMIC FRAGMENTS @upittpress.bsky.social!

Has my essay "Inventing Syncom." The bk is a labor of love from @historyasif.bsky.social, celebrating a new wave of schlrshp on spaceflight, technology, the Cold War, & decolonization. A monumental arrival.

Honored to be part of it.

Honored to share work at NYU Law this Tues 4/22, for Profs Benedict Kingsbury & Katrina Wyman's Space Law & Planetary Governance colloquium in the Institute for International Law & Justice.

We'll discuss my work on histories of law, tech, & space. Also, DUNE.

www.guariniglobal.org/events-overv...

DC friends! I'm speaking on space law, its history, & its future @asilorg.bsky.social's Annual Meeting this Thurs 4/17 at 10:30AM.

Honored to join the stage w/ copanelists Prof Benedict Kingsbury, David Anderman, & Caitlin Poling & moderator Tracy Reynolds. Thx to Paul Mertenskötter for the invite.

Thank you, Mitra! Hope you’re well :)

The defense was back in Nov. 2024, but the delay here is due to my long detox time...

Took my time slowly crawling through Marlon James's epic BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF, a world I loved living in.

I celebrated w Rooh Afza soda.

Some1 gifted me w the DUNE ornithopter LEGO set, which-I can say as a lifelong LEGO nerd-is 1 of the niftiest Ive ever built. Most exhilarating pt of the post-defense detox.

I started defense w a clip from the CHILDREN OF DUNE miniseries. It was relevant, I promise.

During the defense, I used a LEGO satellite model I made as part of a demonstration using a globe.

Many thanks to Tsering Wangyal Shawa & Berta Harvey
at Princeton’s Lewis Library for lending the globe. My aunt Gloria came all the way to the defense... & helped me transport it. :)

The diss - 973 pp, 3 bound vols (!) - is dedicated to my parents.

Thanks to all the friends, family, mentors, & colleagues who supported me along the way, & who showed up in person (it was a packed room!) & virtually (60+ on Zoom!).

Passed the PhD defense at Princeton (back in Nov.)! I’m a dr now.

Grateful to my co-advisors Angela Creager & Dirk Hartog & my other committee members Chris Beauchamp, @historyasif.bsky.social, & Natasha Wheatley.