About Lia Brazil

Lia Brazil is a postdoctoral research fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford where she is completing her first book, Making International Law in the British Empire: Visions of Justice in South Africa and Ireland. This book examines international law from below, by analyzing the deployment of international laws and concepts during the South African War and Irish struggle for independence. It argues that while international law facilitated imperial violence and authority, it also provided a framework for claims to protection during imperial conflicts. Her other research interests include histories of gender, humanitarianism, and civil wars.