Symposium: Obligations for Perpetual Peace and Friendship
Join Professor Nicholas A. Robinson, Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, for a unique symposium on The Treaties of the Lenape Nation. The symposium will include a presentation of the Collected Lenape Treaties as well as three panels focussed on the culmination of extensive research into the broad historical, legal, and cultural understanding of the Lenape Treaties.
Program:
- 12:00 p.m.: Informal Luncheon
- 12:45 p.m.: Welcome and Wampum Belt Recognition and Collected Lenape Treaties presentation
- 1:15 p.m.: Panel 1: What Treaties Reveal about Unceded Lenape Sovereign Rights
- 2:00 p.m.: Coffee and Tea Break
- 2:15 p.m.: Panel 2: How Negotiating the Treaties Contributes to Understanding Their Terms
- 3:15 p.m.: Panel 3: International Law and the Lenape Treaties
- 3:45 p.m.: Discussion
- 4:45 p.m.: Closing Reflections
- 5:00 p.m.: Reception
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Preston Hall, Room 202
Join Professor Nicholas A. Robinson, Gilbert and Sarah Kerlin Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, for a unique symposium on The Treaties of the Lenape Nation. The symposium will include a presentation of the Collected Lenape Treaties as well as three panels focussed on the culmination of extensive research into the broad historical, legal, and cultural understanding of the Lenape Treaties.
Program:
- 12:00 p.m.: Informal Luncheon
- 12:45 p.m.: Welcome and Wampum Belt Recognition and Collected Lenape Treaties presentation
- 1:15 p.m.: Panel 1: What Treaties Reveal about Unceded Lenape Sovereign Rights
- 2:00 p.m.: Coffee and Tea Break
- 2:15 p.m.: Panel 2: How Negotiating the Treaties Contributes to Understanding Their Terms
- 3:15 p.m.: Panel 3: International Law and the Lenape Treaties
- 3:45 p.m.: Discussion
- 4:45 p.m.: Closing Reflections
- 5:00 p.m.: Reception