Publications

Selected academic writings and public engagement

Books

2015 Manufactured Obscurity: The Postcolonial Erasure of Suzerainty and the Changing Legal Status of Tibet. London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing.

2024 ‘Aesthetic Verdicts: The Intersection of Art Critique and Law in Whistler v Ruskin’ (5:2) Amicus Curiae.
2023 ‘From Rope to River: Symbolic Executions, Colonial Dynamics and Trade Governance in the Golden Age of Piracy’ (5:1) Amicus Curiae.
2020 ‘Domestic Abuse During the UK's COVID-19 Lockdown: From Normal to New Normal and What Survivors' Experiences Might Teach Us’ (1:3) Amicus Curiae.
2019 ‘The Negotiative Function of Law in International Dispute Resolution’ in MF Moscati, M Palmer, and M Roberts (eds) Comparative Dispute Resolution: A Research Handbook. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
2018 ‘Suzerainty and the 1914 Simla Agreement’ (3:1) Jus Gentium.
2016 ‘How to Reincarnate Lawfully: The Rebirth of a Tibetan Religious Tradition with Socialist Characteristics’ (10:2) The Journal of Comparative Law.
2003 ‘Foreign Devils: Law's Imperial Discourse and the Status of Tibet’ (12:2) Griffith Law Review.

2026 ‘Book Review: Comparative International Law: Foundations and Critique edited by Robert Schütze and Mathias Siems (Hart Publishing, 2025)’ (8:1) Amicus Curiae.
2026 Gavin Keeney & Amy Kellam, ‘Visual Law: The Absolute’ (7:2) Amicus Curiae.
2020 ‘Visual Law: The Judgement of Cambyses’ (2:1) Amicus Curiae.
2026 ‘BLACKBOX and the Blockchain Landscape: Positioning a Non-Proprietary Framework within the Web3 Ecosystem.’ Available at: amykellam.com/blockchain-context.html.

2026– EO1—Edition of One (eo1collective.org). Built the website and the register that runs on it: the EAS schema, the attestation flow, and the register viewer. Available at: eo1collective.org.
2026– Commoning (commoning.amykellam.com). Built the cluster site and its schema, and published the first works to the register with their on-chain records. Steward of the cluster. Available at: commoning.amykellam.com.
2026– Working papers on decentralised attribution. Author. Notes on IPFS, attestation, schema design, and the marketisation of academic citation. Available at: amykellam.com/working-papers.html.

2023– Co-editor of Amicus Curiae—the Journal of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies.
2025– Co-editor, with Gavin Keeney, of Law and Cultural Production—a special section of Amicus Curiae.

2020 ‘Domestic Abuse in Popular Music: From Ma Rainey to Rhianna’, Talking Humanities (School of Advanced Study, University of London), 13 November.
2020 ‘Ending Abuse’ [short film]. Writer & Producer. Shane Rock (Director). Omnifusion Productions for the Being Human Festival. Funded by University of London.
Collaboration & impact: Produced in collaboration with the National Centre for Domestic Violence, who subsequently hosted the film on their website and adopted it for internal training. Also used by The British Transport Police and The Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

2020 Organiser: ‘Gas Light: A Film Screening and Discussion on Coercive Control with Professor Evan Stark’. Being Human Festival. Funded by University of London.
2020 ‘Tackling Domestic Abuse’ [Talk]. Interviewee. Interviewed by Francesca Tabor for Virtual Global Village. 9 October.

2026 Mirrorhouse (novel, unpublished). Long-listed for the McKitterick Prize 2026.
→ Visit the novel’s immersive site: mirrorhouse.network
Short fiction has been published elsewhere, and I was listed in the Bristol Short Story Prize. (Full details available on request.)

This list is based on my CV. For a complete, up-to-date record, please contact me directly.