Roxana Banu

Roxana Banu serves as an Associate Professor and Fellow in Law at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, and is affiliated with the Faculty of Law. She teaches Conflict of Laws, Land Law, and Torts, having previously held academic positions at Queen Mary University Faculty of Law and Western Law School in Canada.

Her educational achievements include:

• Law degree from Freie Universität Berlin (awarded DAAD Prize for outstanding results of a foreign student)
• LL.M. magna cum laude from Fordham Law School (recipient of Edward J. and Elizabeth V. Hawk award)
• Doctorate from the University of Toronto (awarded Alan Marks Medal for best graduate thesis and Strauss Fellowship in International Law)

Banu's research integrates private and public international law with legal history and feminist theory. She has pioneered studies on nineteenth-century intellectual history of private international law, League of Nations-era developments, and colonial contexts. Her feminist scholarship examines relational approaches to conflict of laws and gender dynamics in legal theory, including uncovering the role of female social workers in historical frameworks. Current projects explore colonial history of private international law and social history of interwar cross-border family maintenance conventions.

Her recent publications (2023-2024) reveal a pronounced shift toward philosophical foundations of conflict of laws, conceptual history (e.g., 'comity'), and critical analyses of race, gender, and colonialism. She co-edits the Philosophical Foundations series with Oxford University Press while producing book chapters on forgotten historical figures and League of Nations jurisprudence. This body of work demonstrates a cohesive trajectory merging historical rigor with theoretical innovation and feminist critique across international law domains.

Her scholarly recognition includes:

• DAAD Prize for outstanding results of a foreign student
• Edward J. and Elizabeth V. Hawk award for outstanding results
• Alan Marks Medal for best graduate thesis
• Strauss Fellowship in International Law
• 2016 ASIL Private International Law Interest Group Award

Banu's academic leadership is evidenced by her Supreme Court of Canada citation in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya (2020) and editorial direction of foundational philosophical works. While specific grant details are unlisted, her sustained output across historical, theoretical, and feminist dimensions indicates robust research infrastructure. Her teaching methodology emphasizes historicizing legal concepts to reveal contemporary frameworks' evolution and limitations.