Provisional PhD Thesis Title: War Poetry and International Criminal Law as Ideology
PhD Supervisor(s): Andrea Bianchi (internal), Gerry Simpson (external, LSE)
My PhD project inquires about the possibility to think about International Criminal Law (‘ICL’) through war poetry and seeks to illustrate what such an exercise would entail for the former discipline. Could we understand it differently than currently showcased? Could war poetry be a launchpad to antagonise the current analysis in the field, focused on notions such as: ‘universal (justice, values and so forth)’, ‘humanity’, ‘mankind’ and ‘accumulated evil of the whole’? Can soldier-poets’ experiences on the ground reveal a mini framework instead of the global, maximised picture, or an ICL micro-lens? Could war poetry envisage the discipline of ICL as an ideology following the Great War?
Teodora Schrotter is a PhD Researcher in International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute focused on an interdisciplinary project (international criminal law and war poetry). She holds an Advanced Diploma in Research from Cambridge University (on international criminal law and literature), a Master of Laws (LL.M) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Laws from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University în Romania. Teodora previously worked as a research assistant in European Human Rights Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and as a legal research assistant for Justice Abroad, a London-based law firm. She also interned and worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest within two Government Agent departments and as a legal advisor.
Judicial Courier - Analysing through law and the political: Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, the insufficiency of strictly legal enquiries (2023)
ESIL Paper Series, Cadmus series of the European University Institute – Tracing Inclusions and Exclusions in International Criminal Law’s Historical Linearity via Law and Literature (2023)
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies – Safe Haven Laws (2015)