Professor Antony Anghie visited the Institute of International Law of Wuhan University from 2nd to 5th June, 2010 and he gave a lecture entitled Imperialism and International Law in the evening of the 3rd June.

The lecture was hosted by Professor Yi Xianhe, the chief expert of the Institute of International Law at Wuhan University. Professor Anghie is a professor at the University of Utah Law School and is a professor at Samuel D. Thurman. He has served as a senior research fellow at Harvard University, a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo and Kennell University, and has taught at universities in Melbourne and Auckland. His published works include "Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law" published by Cambridge. In 2010, the American Society of International Law invited him to do the annual Grotius lecture. Professor Anghie's lecture focused on imperialism and national sovereignty, as well as the relationship between third world countries and international law. He believed that although colonialism had existed for a long time in history, in today's society, many colonial countries have achieved national independence and colonialism has died out. However, until now, the influence of imperialism on the formation of the international community and international law still exists. Professor Anghie supported his views with the Bush administration's concept of human rights and security. Although he also admited that many scholars and his opinions contradicted each other, he still emphasized that "imperialism" was in an important and core position in the development of today's international law. "Imperialism" or colonialism was still a topic worth discussing. Finally, Professor Anghie proposed that in today's international society, the power to lead the development of international law has undergone a major transformation, and the status of many non-European countries, especially Asian countries, has been greatly improved. However, the struggle between a strong country and a weak country or between imperialism and developing countries was still going on. It remained to be seen whether the advancement of these developing countries would have a good impact on the development of international law. Afterwards, the teachers and students and Professor Anghie had a heated discussion. Professor Anghie also patiently answered questions raised by teachers and classmates. Finally, everyone expressed gratitude to Professor Anghie for his wonderful speech.

(Written by : Zhou Tiantian, etc.)