From Heidelberg’s seminar rooms to shaping Europe’s legal response to a war of aggression: In our #MPIL100 conversation series, Jörg Polakiewicz talks about the “Heidelberg Method,” Western blind spots, and why legal rigor still matters in times of crisis. Watch now: youtu.be/fVhBAHAwHcE?...
From "epistemic nationalism" to the "time of monsters" -@annepetersmpil.bsky.social on why scholars cannot stay silent in a turbulent decade for international law.
Watch the full MPIL100 conversation with Anne Peters and Heike Krieger: youtu.be/NOeNg3GX6Gk
#MPIL100 #InternationalLaw
How do you turn enemies into constitutional partners?
Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum shows how academia can host the hardest political talks. His #Sudan mediation in 2002 proved scholarship should settle real disputes, not just publish papers.
📺 youtu.be/S3iSzJOc-Bg
#MPIL100 #MPIL #RüdigerWolfrum
The scholar's impossible choice: engage with problematic powers, or preserve moral principle?
Armin von Bogdandy traces this timeless dilemma from Nazi-era Germany to today's crises.
📺 Watch his full #MPIL100 conversation:
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#LegalHistory #InternationalLaw #EuropeanSociety
As machine translation advances and English becomes academia’s common language, Karin Oellers-Frahm reflects on what may be lost — and why future international lawyers must master the legal cultures behind the words.
📺 Watch her full #MPIL100 conversation:
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A Curator’s Voice in the Age of Search and Access
Joachim Schwietzke unfolds a century‑spanning portrait of MPIL’s collection: From Berlin’s Royal Palace and a card‑catalog “central room,” through wartime loss and postwar rescues
📺 Watch his full #MPIL100 conversation:
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"You don’t always have to be right immediately."
Juliane Kokott’s path – from 1980s Heidelberg debates to 500+ EU court opinions – shows that resilience in academia isn’t about armor – it's about staying curious when others quit.
📺 Watch her full #MPIL100 conversation : youtu.be/ucBilyDUaHY?...
Beyond all our preliminary exspectations, #MPIL100 has opened new spaces for conversations with incredible interlocutors. Konrad Buschbeck, international lawyer, diplomat, bureaucrat and insightful institution builder, has been (and is) one of them. Watch and listen! (w/ subtitles in English)
Eine der wunderbaren Lernerfahrungen aus dem Projekt #MPIL100 @mpil.de: Zettelkataloge sind Teil der unserer epistemischen DNA. Unsere sind noch da. Was für ein Glück. mpil100.de/2025/02/erin...
#Buschbeck lobt an Rande seines Interviews immer wieder die Veranstaltungsreihe #MPIL100, die die Linien des Humanismus auch unter nationalsozialistischen Verhältnissen freizulegen versteht, ohne die Verwerfungen auszublenden. Seine Begegnung mit NS-"Kronjuristen" Carl Schmitt höchst aufschlussreich
From #CarlSchmitt's table to post-Cold War diplomacy.
Konrad Buschbeck reflects on an insulated 1960s law institute, the 1968 protests from afar, and his path from scholar to science attaché in Poland.
Watch his #MPIL100 conversation
📺 youtu.be/uZXlEMMmVxU?...
#MPIL #Buschbeck
From #Terrorism to #AI: Legal Scholarship in Changing Times
Prof. Silja Vöneky reflects on two decades at the intersection of law, ethics, and AI—always prioritizing principled debate.
Watch her #MPIL100 conversation with @silviasteininger.bsky.social:
📺 youtu.be/5nC-M_Vx1po?...
#MPIL #Voeneky
A life at international law's crossroads: In this #MPIL100 Conversation, Jochen Frowein reflects on his MPIL journey—from shaping Ostpolitik to leading the European Commission of Human Rights. Dive into his stories bridging scholarship & diplomacy.
📺 youtu.be/clEjCjzq3s4?...
#InternationalLaw
Graphic featuring a quote from Silja Vöneky's text on a green background with a bold orange arrow symbol in the top left. To the right, large white serif text reads: ‘If we don't speak uo, it will remain unchallenged and no one else will speak up.’. Beneath the quote, in smaller white text aligned to the right, is the attribution: ‘Rüdiger Wolfrum’.
1/ Where were you on 11 Sept 2001? For Silja Vöneky (@uni-freiburg.de) —then a young MPIL fellow—it was a day that shook the world and the law. 🌍⚖️
#MPIL100 #InternationalLaw #LegalHistory #MemoryCulture #RuleOfLaw #Dissent #Guantanamo #WarOnTerror
Graphic featuring a quote from Matthias Hartwig's text on a teal background with a bold orange arrow symbol in the top left. To the right, large white serif text reads: ‘Crude reality is resilient against the spirit’. Beneath the quote, in smaller white text aligned to the right, is the attribution: ‘Matthias Hartwig’.
1/ 🗑️ Here's an uncomfortable truth: It took the MPIL 25 years to implement basic waste separation.
#MPIL100 #EnvironmentalLaw #Sustainability #InstitutionalChange #TheoryPracticeGap #ClimateAction #MPILHeidelberg
Next time you walk past the bust, ask yourself: What stories are we telling—and which ones are we leaving out?
#MPIL100 #MemoryCulture #LegalHistory #InternationalLaw
Wie sieht eine Vorlesung über Kriegsrecht von 1938 aus?
Diese Woche bei #MPIL100: mpil100.de/2025/01/huma...
On 19 December 2024, MPI-Heidelberg marked 100 years of advancing legal science with a celebration at Heidelberg University’s Alte Aula. Leading figures in law, academia, and policy reflected on its legacy and future: law.mpg.de/news/mpil100... 📸 Niko da Silva Neithardt #MPIL100
Hier ein Blick auf eine andere völkerrechtliche Perspektive aus den 1990ern, die Heidelberger Diss von Andreas Zimmermann, wiedergelesen für #MPIL100 von Laura Kraft: mpil100.de/2024/01/asyl...
100 years! 🎉
Thanks to everyone who joined us for an amazing birthday party.
Now on to the next 100... #MPIL100
Full house at the #MPIL100 event in Alte Aula @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, celebrating and reflecting about 100 years of @mpil.de.
… and we‘re on #MPIL100 - December 19, 1924 - December 19, 2024 @mpil.de - what a birthday! we start with jazz & modern dance before going on with speeches, talks, and presentations 🥳
40 Jahre lang hat Matthias Hartwig an den wöchentlichen Referentenbesprechungen am Institut teilgenommen. Bei #MPIL100 berichtet er, was sich in dieser Zeit verändert hat – und was bleibt
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This week on #MPIL100: Iris Canor on why she never really left the Institute: mpil100.de/2024/11/the-...
Now available in English: Helmut Aust's analysis of the relationship between the MPIL and Germany's foreign policy since the end of the Cold War #MPIL100 mpil100.de/2024/11/prax...
Am Mittwoch, 20. 11., 19:00 geht's an der Juristischen Fakultät der Humboldt Uni um Fragen, Methoden, Erträge & Konzeption des institutsgeschichtlichen Projekts #MPIL100. Mit Philipp Glahé, Dieter Grimm, @kemmereralex.bsky.social, Felix Lange, moderiert von Patrick Bahners. mpil.de/de/pub/aktue...
Am Mittwoch, 20. November, sprechen wir über die Geschichte des Instituts und #MPIL100. Über Bilfinger & Schmitt, Bernhardt & biographische Prägungen, über lange Kontinuitäten und überraschende Wendungen.
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Am Mittwoch, 20. 11., 19:00 geht's an der Juristischen Fakultät der Humboldt Uni um Fragen, Methoden, Erträge & Konzeption des institutsgeschichtlichen Projekts #MPIL100. Mit Philipp Glahé, Dieter Grimm, @kemmereralex.bsky.social , Felix Lange, moderiert von Patrick Bahners. mpil.de/de/pub/aktue...
Zur Begehung des 100-jährigen Jubiläums gehört auch die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Institut und Politik.
Diese Woche untersucht Helmut Aust bei #MPIL100 die Entwicklung dieses Verhältnisses seit Ende des Kalten Krieges: mpil100.de/2024/11/prax...
Fusionierbare Souveränität: Im Blog #MPIL100 schildert Institutsdirektor Armin von Bogdandy, wie Hermann Mosler in den 1950er Jahren transnationale Organisationen neu dachte und so den Weg zur Europäischen Integration ebnete: mpil100.de/2024/11/herm...
