In Conversation with Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín

About this episode

Host Polly speaks with Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín about his award-winning dissertation on the metaphorical use of architectural language in international law.

In this episode, host Polly speaks with Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín (New York University), winner of this year’s EISA Best Dissertation Award for his dissertation Architects of the Better World: Democracy, Law, and the Construction of International Order (1919 - 1998), which he is currently developing into a monograph. Daniel’s research examines how the metaphorical use of architectural language in international law discussions often obscures the real, material spaces where international law is shaped, challenged, and debated. He argues that that the metaphorical language of architecture in international law - epitomised by Truman’s call for “architects of the better world” - conceals the material realities of where international order is produced, and instead traces the emergence of a concrete “international parliamentary complex” that reshaped global governance from 1919 to 1998. Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín is a Hauser/Remarque Global Fellow in International Law and European History at New York University. He earned his PhD in International Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute and is the managing editor of the Journal of the History of International Law. Following his fellowship…

People in this episode

Host: Polly

Guest: Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín

Topics covered

• international law
• architecture metaphor
• global governance
• dissertation award
• academic research

Keywords

• international law
• architecture
• dissertation
• global governance
• EISA Best Dissertation Award

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York University, Journal of the History of International Law, University of Vienna, SNSF

Books & works: Architects of the Better World: Democracy, Law, and the Construction of International Order (1919 - 1998)

Places: Geneva

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