Shahrzad Sabet, CILRAP Conversation on World Order

Speaker: Dr. Shahrzad Sabet (Co-Director, COMIT; Fellow, New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge).
Topic: A CILRAP Conversation on World Order focusing on the value of ‘unity of humankind’ in international law discourse, including questions such as our understanding of the concept; material and psychological utility of the value of ‘unity of humankind’; how traditional identities (such as national, ethnic and racial) produce both security and insecurity; distinguishing features of ‘universal social identity’; concerns of homogenizing, imperial agendas or undermining of diversity; and the risks of nationalist and incrementalist bias in contemporary cosmopolitan thought.
Date of recording: 25 January 2026
Place of recording: CILRAP Bottega, Florence
Date of release: 9 February 2026
Duration of recording: 53:17
PURL: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/260125-sabet/
PURL of PS 36: https://www.toaep.org/ps-pdf/36-bergsmo-buis-song/
PURL of January 2026 CILRAP roundtable: https://www.cilrap.org/260123-24/
PURL of related Aksenova Conversation: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/260126-aksenova/
PURL of related Buis Conversation: https://www.cilrap.org/cilrap-film/260126-buis/