Catharine Titi

Catharine Titi ( Greek: ''Κατερίνα Τιτή'', Katerina Titi) is an international lawyer and research associate professor at the Paris-based French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

Biography

She decided to study law at a young age, when she discovered the legal speeches of Lysias, an ancient Greek orator. Before joining the CNRS, she studied in Greece and London, and then went on to obtain a PhD (''summa cum laude'', Rolf H. Brunswig Prize) in Germany. In addition to her legal background, she has a history of art degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Her work focuses on public international law, and in particular on equity in international law, international investment law, and cultural heritage law. She co-chairs the Academic Forum on ISDS, a scientific society with a particular interest in the negotiations on reform of investor-state dispute settlement in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). She is an expert in the repatriation of cultural property and a member of the Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage. In 2016, she became the first woman to be awarded the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize by the International Arbitration Club of New York (IACNY).

In her 2023 book, ''The Parthenon Marbles and International Law'', she argued that the Parthenon Marbles currently exposed in the British Museum should be repatriated to Greece on legal grounds. Commentators have described the work as "a tour de force on the law", "truly groundbreaking", "compelling", and "marvellously written and with a keen eye for both detail and nuance". For her engagement in the matter, French media has often seen her as a successor to Melina Mercouri.

Selected works

''Monographs''
* ' (Springer 2023)
* ' (Oxford University Press 2021)
* ' (Nomos & Hart 2014)
''Edited books''

* ' (with Katia Fach Gómez) (Oxford University Press 2024)
* ' (with Katia Fach Gómez) (Oxford University Press 2021)
* ' (with Anastasios Gourgourinis and Katia Fach Gómez) (Springer 2020)
* ' (with Anastasios Gourgourinis and Katia Fach Gómez) (Springer 2019)

References

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21st-century Greek women writers
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French National Centre for Scientific Research scientists
Greek jurists
International lawyers
21st-century Greek lawyers
21st-century women lawyers
21st-century jurists
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