In February, the University of Nottingham School of Law hosted Professor Andrea Bianchi as its JC Smith Trust Fund Visiting Scholar for 2025. Previous JC Smith Visiting Scholars in the field of public international law have included Professor Hilary Charlesworth (2017), Professor Karen Knop (2004) and Professor Joseph Weiler (2003).

Andrea Bianchi's publications address topics that range from international legal theory and treaty interpretation, human rights and international humanitarian law, terrorism and counter terrorism, to the law of jurisdiction and jurisdictional immunities, state responsibility, non-state actors, and the law of treaties. 

Andrea's recent books include:

• Demystifying Treaty Interpretation (CUP 2024; co-authored with Fuad Zarbiyev); 
• International Law's Invisible Frames: Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Law (OUP 2023; co-edited with Moshe Hirsch); 
• International Law Theories (OUP 2016); Interpretation in International Law (OUP 2015; co-edited with Matthew Windsor and Daniel Peat);
• Transparency in International Law (CUP 2013; co-edited with Anne Peters). 

During his time at the School of Law, Professor Bianchi’s activities included a ‘fireside’ chat with LLM and PhD students about his scholarship and career, and an International Law Association seminar titled ‘When Theatre Meets Law: The Quest for an International Lawyer’s Cathartic Moment’.

Professor Bianchi’s visit culminated in a workshop in his honour titled ‘For a Practice of Theory’. 

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