Marie Petersmann
@mariepetersmann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at LSE Law School (@lselaw.bsky.social)
International law, ecology, and climate justice.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/marie-petersmann
International law, ecology, and climate justice.
https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/marie-petersmann
📣 LSE Staff & Student Rally to demand Divestment ‼️
Join us tomorrow 25 Nov at 12.30 to protest against LSE's continued and *increasing* investments in the arms trade, crimes against the Palestinian people and the climate breakdown.
The staff petition is still open:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Join us tomorrow 25 Nov at 12.30 to protest against LSE's continued and *increasing* investments in the arms trade, crimes against the Palestinian people and the climate breakdown.
The staff petition is still open:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📣 LSE Staff & Student Rally to demand Divestment ‼️
Join us tomorrow 25 Nov at 12.30 to protest against LSE's continued and *increasing* investments in the arms trade, crimes against the Palestinian people and the climate breakdown.
The staff petition is still open:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Join us tomorrow 25 Nov at 12.30 to protest against LSE's continued and *increasing* investments in the arms trade, crimes against the Palestinian people and the climate breakdown.
The staff petition is still open:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Join us tomorrow 13 November 6-7.30pm at @lselaw.bsky.social for a discussion on the 'Recognition of the State of Palestine – Contested Interpretations'.
Register here and come along!
lselaw.events/event/recogn...
Register here and come along!
lselaw.events/event/recogn...
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us tomorrow 13 November 6-7.30pm at @lselaw.bsky.social for a discussion on the 'Recognition of the State of Palestine – Contested Interpretations'.
Register here and come along!
lselaw.events/event/recogn...
Register here and come along!
lselaw.events/event/recogn...
Very excited to welcome you all at @lselaw.bsky.social on Tuesday 11 November 6-7.30pm for a discussion with the always inspiring *Wendy Brown* on
'The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives':
lselaw.events/event/the-ex...
Come along! No registration needed. MAR 2.04.
'The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives':
lselaw.events/event/the-ex...
Come along! No registration needed. MAR 2.04.
The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives - LSE Law School Events
This talk examines the limits of liberalism for handling urgent contemporary problems, among them the climate emergency and the conquest of states by concentrated capital. Acknowledging that the Right...
lselaw.events
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Very excited to welcome you all at @lselaw.bsky.social on Tuesday 11 November 6-7.30pm for a discussion with the always inspiring *Wendy Brown* on
'The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives':
lselaw.events/event/the-ex...
Come along! No registration needed. MAR 2.04.
'The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives':
lselaw.events/event/the-ex...
Come along! No registration needed. MAR 2.04.
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Public Lecture co-organised by me and @parvathimenon.bsky.social @cceilsoas.bsky.social ( & by Luke McDonagh Gerry Simpson & @mariepetersmann.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social ): "Recognition of the State of Palestine: Contested Interpretations" 6pm on Thurs November 13 at LSE. Registration 👇🏾
Recognition of the State of Palestine - Contested Interpretations - LSE Law School Events
What is the meaning and significance of the legal recognition of the state of Palestine in international law? Speakers: Prof Vasuki Nesiah, Dr. Shahd Hammouri, Dr Mazen Masri & Dr Nora Jaber
lselaw.events
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Public Lecture co-organised by me and @parvathimenon.bsky.social @cceilsoas.bsky.social ( & by Luke McDonagh Gerry Simpson & @mariepetersmann.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social ): "Recognition of the State of Palestine: Contested Interpretations" 6pm on Thurs November 13 at LSE. Registration 👇🏾
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Israel's cheerleaders have opportunistically seized on a heinous antisemitic attack to silence opponents of genocide.
Our freedoms are being stolen - and we are headed to a very dark place.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our freedoms are being stolen - and we are headed to a very dark place.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones
In making dissent a privilege, not a right, Labour is crafting a repressive toolkit. Imagine it in the hands of a Farage government, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Israel's cheerleaders have opportunistically seized on a heinous antisemitic attack to silence opponents of genocide.
Our freedoms are being stolen - and we are headed to a very dark place.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our freedoms are being stolen - and we are headed to a very dark place.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At ELU-S Plenary on 'Sustainability, Social Justice and Democracy' last week in Prague, I talked about the repression against social movements for climate justice and the end of the genocide in Gaza, and the use of terrorism-labels to proscribe their actions, inspired by the activism of Conor Gearty
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
At ELU-S Plenary on 'Sustainability, Social Justice and Democracy' last week in Prague, I talked about the repression against social movements for climate justice and the end of the genocide in Gaza, and the use of terrorism-labels to proscribe their actions, inspired by the activism of Conor Gearty
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This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.
🎧: The Prospect Podcast is back from summer break! On today’s episode, Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban.
Are we losing our civil liberties?
Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.
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⏳ Starting at 16:00!
Join us live for the 2nd episode of #EUIConversations, titled 'Moral abdication: how the world failed to stop the destruction of Gaza', with Didier Fassin, Revital Madar, and Nicolas Guilhot.
🎥 Follow the livestream here: buff.ly/CRE5EaD
Join us live for the 2nd episode of #EUIConversations, titled 'Moral abdication: how the world failed to stop the destruction of Gaza', with Didier Fassin, Revital Madar, and Nicolas Guilhot.
🎥 Follow the livestream here: buff.ly/CRE5EaD
May 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⏳ Starting at 16:00!
Join us live for the 2nd episode of #EUIConversations, titled 'Moral abdication: how the world failed to stop the destruction of Gaza', with Didier Fassin, Revital Madar, and Nicolas Guilhot.
🎥 Follow the livestream here: buff.ly/CRE5EaD
Join us live for the 2nd episode of #EUIConversations, titled 'Moral abdication: how the world failed to stop the destruction of Gaza', with Didier Fassin, Revital Madar, and Nicolas Guilhot.
🎥 Follow the livestream here: buff.ly/CRE5EaD
'Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich recently boasted that Israelis are finally going to conquer the Gaza Strip: "we are no longer afraid of the word occupation". Smotrich's audacity is our failure'.
#NouraErakat on the necessity to refuse what she calls a #NakbaPeace
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46686
#NouraErakat on the necessity to refuse what she calls a #NakbaPeace
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46686
Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat Addresses the UN in Commemoration of the 77th Anniversary of the Nakba
Comemmorating the 77th anniversary of the start of the Nakba, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat adressed the UN. During the address, Erakat highlighted the shortcomings of international law in stoppin...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
'Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich recently boasted that Israelis are finally going to conquer the Gaza Strip: "we are no longer afraid of the word occupation". Smotrich's audacity is our failure'.
#NouraErakat on the necessity to refuse what she calls a #NakbaPeace
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46686
#NouraErakat on the necessity to refuse what she calls a #NakbaPeace
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46686
With more than half a million people in London to march for Gaza and call on the British government to end its complicity in genocide.
May 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
With more than half a million people in London to march for Gaza and call on the British government to end its complicity in genocide.
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Wrapping up today's panel sessions are Bossissi Nkuba, @mariepetersmann.bsky.social and Julia Suárez-Krabbe, chaired by Olivia Rutazibwa.
#LSEHumanRights
#LSEHumanRights
May 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wrapping up today's panel sessions are Bossissi Nkuba, @mariepetersmann.bsky.social and Julia Suárez-Krabbe, chaired by Olivia Rutazibwa.
#LSEHumanRights
#LSEHumanRights
The #BritishPavilion — curated by Kathryn Yusoff, Stella Mutegi, Kabage Karanja, and Owen Hopkins — was awarded a Special Mention #LaBiennale for #GeologyofBritannicRepair ✨
I'm here for a 2-day workshop on #InhumanReparations Kathryn co-organised w/ Elsa Noterman and Archie Davies at the Pavilion👇
I'm here for a 2-day workshop on #InhumanReparations Kathryn co-organised w/ Elsa Noterman and Archie Davies at the Pavilion👇
May 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The #BritishPavilion — curated by Kathryn Yusoff, Stella Mutegi, Kabage Karanja, and Owen Hopkins — was awarded a Special Mention #LaBiennale for #GeologyofBritannicRepair ✨
I'm here for a 2-day workshop on #InhumanReparations Kathryn co-organised w/ Elsa Noterman and Archie Davies at the Pavilion👇
I'm here for a 2-day workshop on #InhumanReparations Kathryn co-organised w/ Elsa Noterman and Archie Davies at the Pavilion👇
Looking forward to this 2-day workshop on 'Amazon of Rights: Global Jurisprudence in Times of Urgency'.
Thanks to Luis Eslava, Cecilia Oliveira, Igor Karim and Michael Riegner (@rifs-potsdam.bsky.social) for bringing us all together.
Thanks to Luis Eslava, Cecilia Oliveira, Igor Karim and Michael Riegner (@rifs-potsdam.bsky.social) for bringing us all together.
May 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Looking forward to this 2-day workshop on 'Amazon of Rights: Global Jurisprudence in Times of Urgency'.
Thanks to Luis Eslava, Cecilia Oliveira, Igor Karim and Michael Riegner (@rifs-potsdam.bsky.social) for bringing us all together.
Thanks to Luis Eslava, Cecilia Oliveira, Igor Karim and Michael Riegner (@rifs-potsdam.bsky.social) for bringing us all together.
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This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New #podcast 🌴 Conversation with architect and curator Paulo Tavares rwm.macba.cat/en/podcasts/...
Reflecting on what he calls “a moment of shift” in today’s political climate, Paulo develops his notion of “critical proximity” as well as his understanding of architecture as a political field.
Reflecting on what he calls “a moment of shift” in today’s political climate, Paulo develops his notion of “critical proximity” as well as his understanding of architecture as a political field.
April 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New #podcast 🌴 Conversation with architect and curator Paulo Tavares rwm.macba.cat/en/podcasts/...
Reflecting on what he calls “a moment of shift” in today’s political climate, Paulo develops his notion of “critical proximity” as well as his understanding of architecture as a political field.
Reflecting on what he calls “a moment of shift” in today’s political climate, Paulo develops his notion of “critical proximity” as well as his understanding of architecture as a political field.
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Read more on our website and join us on Saturday 17th May for the 8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Prof. Françoise Vergès:
www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/in-...
www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/in-...
In Search of Common Ground - Stuart Hall Foundation
“How can we organise these huge, randomly varied, and diverse things we call human subjects into positions where they can recognise one another for long enough to act together, and thus to take up a p...
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March 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Read more on our website and join us on Saturday 17th May for the 8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Prof. Françoise Vergès:
www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/in-...
www.stuarthallfoundation.org/projects/in-...
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london today ❤️🔥
April 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
london today ❤️🔥
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‘American college administrators and lawyers are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity to carry out “reforms” – and as if they were secretly relieved that their hand has been forced by the Leader.’
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s surrender: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s surrender: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz | Submission
There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
‘American college administrators and lawyers are responding to Trump’s bullying as if it were an opportunity to carry out “reforms” – and as if they were secretly relieved that their hand has been forced by the Leader.’
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s surrender: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s surrender: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Join us tomorrow 6.30-8pm @granthamicl.bsky.social for
'Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE'
Featuring Saul Luciano Lliuya himself in conversation w/ @frediotto.bsky.social, Nigel Brook, Noah Walker-Crawford & me.
Hong Kong Theatre & online:
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
'Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE'
Featuring Saul Luciano Lliuya himself in conversation w/ @frediotto.bsky.social, Nigel Brook, Noah Walker-Crawford & me.
Hong Kong Theatre & online:
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This panel discussion will consider the implications of the landmark climate litigation case, Luciano Lliuya v RWE in which a Peruvian farmer is seeking to hold a major German energy company to accoun...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Join us tomorrow 6.30-8pm @granthamicl.bsky.social for
'Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE'
Featuring Saul Luciano Lliuya himself in conversation w/ @frediotto.bsky.social, Nigel Brook, Noah Walker-Crawford & me.
Hong Kong Theatre & online:
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
'Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE'
Featuring Saul Luciano Lliuya himself in conversation w/ @frediotto.bsky.social, Nigel Brook, Noah Walker-Crawford & me.
Hong Kong Theatre & online:
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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During a workshop on 30-31 January, we critically examined #digitalsovereignty through a #feminist lens.
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
To Reclaim or Resist: Can Digital Sovereignty Ever Be Feminist?
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK; Bloem van Smarten (1990-1991) On 30 and 31 January 2025, a group of researchers participated in a workshop examining
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March 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
During a workshop on 30-31 January, we critically examined #digitalsovereignty through a #feminist lens.
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
Our collective writing exercise resulted in a blog post just published on Critical Legal Thinking. It is available via the link below!
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/03/18/t...
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Check out our wonderful collection of essays plotting, dreaming, reimagining, abolishing, redistributing and reconstructing ICL's Critical Aftermaths w. Christine Schwoebel-Patel & @riclements.bsky.social @oxfordcrim.bsky.social
AJIL Unbound's latest symposium "International Criminal Law's Critical Aftermaths: Abolitionism, Redistribution, and Transformational Pedagogies" is now available to read and features and incredible line-up of scholars. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Check out our wonderful collection of essays plotting, dreaming, reimagining, abolishing, redistributing and reconstructing ICL's Critical Aftermaths w. Christine Schwoebel-Patel & @riclements.bsky.social @oxfordcrim.bsky.social