Welcome to the Blogosphere, Invisible College!

Because Tobias is far too modest to do it himself, I want to formally announce — and plug — the launch of his new group blog, Invisible College. Invisible College rises phoenix-like from the ashes of two predecessors, the group blogs 1948 and The Core. Here is a snippet from the introductory post:

By joining forces, we hope to combine the strength of both blogs and offer our readers a variety of insights and commentaries on new developments in the international arena. We also hope, however, that this blog can become more than just a site for comments and analyses:

The blog’s title refers to an 1977 article by Oscar Schachter (“The Invisible College of International Lawyers”, 72 Northwestern University Law Review (1977) 217-226), in which he speaks of the “professional community of international lawyers” forming an “invisible college dedicated to a common intellectual enterprise”. While Schachter mostly concerns himself with international lawyers who are government officials and/or career acedemics, it seems that the “invisible college” he speaks of has grown substantially in the 30 years since then; it now includes undergraduate and graduate students, interns with various international organisations, University researchers, attorneys working in international practice areas, NGO lawyers and many more.

It is our hope that our blog can become not only an interesting read, but an actual community resource for this diverse group. We plan to publish, besides commentaries on international developments, posts on Master and Doctoral programs, summer schools, job opportunities in the field, web ressources for scientific research, etc. etc.

All of us at Opinio Juris wish Invisible College a long, happy existence!