Areas of Interest: the relationship of internationalism to nationalism, colonialism, and religion; modernism and the avant-garde; the law of war.
Nathaniel Berman, Rahel Varnhagen Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Modern Culture (Research), formerly taught international law at Brooklyn Law School and Northeastern Law School. Berman's scholarship focuses on the construction of internationalism through its relationship to nationalism, colonialism, and religion. In particular, it looks at early 20th century internationalism as one of the sites of the invention of cultural modernism. Berman's work is broadly interdisciplinary, drawing on literary theory, cultural history, and post-colonial studies. He received his JD from Harvard Law School and his BA from Yale University.
His most recent publications include Passions et Ambivalences: le Nationalism, le Colonialisme, et le Droit International (Paris: Pedone 2008); "Aestheticism, Rationalism, and Esotericism: Medieval Scholarship and Contemporary Polemics," Jewish Quarterly Review (2009); and "Power and Irony, or, International Law after the Après-Guerre," in Emmanuelle Jouannet, Hélène Ruiz Fabri, & Jean-Marc Sorel (eds.), Le droit international vu par une génération de juristes (Paris: Pedone 2008).
His CV, with a full list of publications, is available here.