Lauren Benton

Lauren Benton is Barton M. Biggs Professor of History and Professor of Law at Yale University. In 2019, Benton received the Toynbee Prize for significant contributions to global history.

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Interview
Symposium
International Law and the Political

Between War and Peace – On the Logic and Language of Imperial Violence. An Interview with Lauren Benton

Lauren Benton Hendrik Simon

The differentiation between war and peace is central to the historiography of international relations and international law. In her new book “They Called it Peace”, Lauren Benton shows how violence...