Please join us via Zoom on Monday for this interesting program!
Monday, 13 February: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Guest Talk: Dr Jennifer Erickson, Department of Political Science, Boston College: New Technologies and Norms of War: Submarines and Poison Gas in World War I
Summary of Talk: Why are some new weapons normalized and legitimated, whereas others are banned? With the introduction of submarines and gas to battle in World War I, both weapons were condemned as barbaric and inhumane, even as belligerents sought to manipulate existing rules of war to justify or condemn their use. Yet, after the war, only attempts to ban poison gas succeeded, while the submarine has become an accepted defense technology. This talk seeks to explain this variation in post-war weapons regulations.
Brief Biography: Dr Jennifer Erickson’s research interests include international security and arms control, conventional and nuclear weapons, and the laws and norms of war. Her current book project explores the historical and contemporary cases of new weapons technologies and the creation of new laws and norms of war. Her book, Dangerous Trade: Conventional Arms Exports, Human Rights and International Regulation (Columbia, 2015) received the Best Book Award (for books published in 2015 and 2016) from the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
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Time: Feb 13, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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