International & EU law • PhD candidate and research fellow at @uni-jena.de • Managing editor at @Voelkerrechtsblog.org • Bluebook trainee at @ec.europa.eu in 2022-2023
Polina Kulish
Excited to launch the 'Women in International Law' symposium on motherhood and international law – huge thanks to my fellow organisers and all our contributors.
Also, glad to have contributed the artwork accompanying the series 🪡
Stay tuned for a week of reflections:
🎙️Thrilled to share a podcast episode on feminist resistance, we created in a conversation with @vitsche.bsky.social
Grateful for the chance to honour my late grandma’s embroidery as the background for this year’s symposium cover ❤️🩹
Read our interview on SWAIL – a new project rethinking international law from the “Second World" ⬇️
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Polina Kulish
Polina Kulish
To conclude: Tania Ixchel Atilano, Michelle Staggs Kelsall, and Joyce De Coninck reflected on the relationship between motherhood, the development of one’s academic career and how international legal academia could become a better place for women in academics.
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Polina Kulish
Polina Kulish
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Second, and particularly important, part of the SWAIL interview is out ⬇️
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Polina Kulish
✨In honor of International Women's Day, we invite you to the 5th annual Women In International Law Symposium✨ The focus is on the impact of international law on the protection of (non)motherhood & the impact of motherhood on the shaping of international law.
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"I’m trying to understand how resilience is evolving – or has already evolved – into a kind of normativity on its own." - Alejandro Rodiles. Read his conversation with @polinakulish.bsky.social here: voelkerrechtsblog.org/in-conversat...
#world-making and #world-unmaking
What is SWAIL's relationship to #TWAIL?
Part II discusses intersections and divergences between the two approaches.
@pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński reflect on the discomforts SWAIL may provoke and on what SWAIL can offer scholars and practitioners.
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Our symposium closes with a #podcast featuring @vitsche.bsky.social, which challenges the victimhood portrayal of women in war. We discuss #FeministActivism, the fight against Russian disinformation, and the intersection of feminism & anti-colonial perspectives🎧
voelkerrechtsblog.org/44-feminist-...
How does the “Second World” invite us to rethink international law?
Read the interview with @pilabuda.bsky.social & Marek Wasiński on how SWAIL emerges from Eastern & Central Europe’s liminal position.
By @polinakulish.bsky.social & @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social
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Whitework embroidery on our cover is no coincidence: like stitches needing a discerning eye, women’s roles in international law are interwoven yet often overlooked. Conceptualized by Daniel & @polinakulish.bsky.social the cover reflects this & the symposium’s aim to highlight them.
