‘On my way out … for real!’ A Conversation with Joseph H.H. Weiler on the Occasion of His Stepping Down as EJIL Editor in Chief
SARAH M. H. NOUWEN, Joseph H. H. Weiler · European Journal of International Law · 2024
Sarah Nouwen: EJIL Editor in Chief Joseph H.H. Weiler has written numerous editorials in which he gives advice on academic practices. He titled them: ‘On My Way Out’. After 17 years of serving as EJIL Editor in Chief, he is now stepping down. In his words: ‘for real’. It is an occasion for an in-person conversation: many people know ‘Weiler’ by name or by initials ‘JHHW’; fewer people know him in person. Who is Joseph Halevi Horowitz Weiler? We meet in Cambridge, UK, on a cold December day. Joseph has just come off an overnight flight – as per usual, it seems. Shabbat will start that afternoon. But before it gets dark again, we spend over four hours in the café of Pembroke College, discussing his life as a son, student, scholar, teacher, practitioner, institution builder, father, grandfather and multiple other ‘differentities’. His work as EJIL Editor in Chief is the subject of an accompanying EJIL: Live!, the video series of EJIL.