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Call for Papers Deadline: Internet Governance – Nairobi, Kenya

July 15, 2011

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) (“a global network for scholars of Internet governance”) presents the GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium in cooperation with Research ICT Africa. The event will take place Sept. 26, 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya (one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in the same city).

Organizers encourage submissions on the following topics:

  • The first 5 years of the IGF: Taking stock and the way forward
  • Developing countries perspectives on internet governance
  • New approaches to theorizing internet governance
  • Between global and local: the question of territory in internet governance
  • Freedom of Expression / Right to Information
  • New approaches to Human Rights on the Internet
  • Internet governance and political uprising
  • International relations and cyber-security
  • Online privacy and dataveillance
  • Cloud Governance

Other proposals on more general questions of Global Internet Governance will also be considered.

Abstracts are due by July 15, 2011. mw

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Internet Governance – Nairobi, Kenya

September 26, 2011

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) (“a global network for scholars of Internet governance”) presents the GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium in cooperation with Research ICT Africa. The event will take place Sept. 26, 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya (one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in the same city).

Organizers encourage submissions on the following topics:

  • The first 5 years of the IGF: Taking stock and the way forward
  • Developing countries perspectives on internet governance
  • New approaches to theorizing internet governance
  • Between global and local: the question of territory in internet governance
  • Freedom of Expression / Right to Information
  • New approaches to Human Rights on the Internet
  • Internet governance and political uprising
  • International relations and cyber-security
  • Online privacy and dataveillance
  • Cloud Governance

Other proposals on more general questions of Global Internet Governance will also be considered.

Abstracts are due by July 15, 2011. mw

Posted by on June 7th, 2011 | EVENTS | no comments

Internet Governance – Nairobi, Kenya

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) (“a global network for scholars of Internet governance”) presents the GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium in cooperation with Research ICT Africa. The event will take place Sept. 26, 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya (one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in the same city).

Organizers encourage submissions on the following topics:

  • The first 5 years of the IGF: Taking stock and the way forward
  • Developing countries perspectives on internet governance
  • New approaches to theorizing internet governance
  • Between global and local: the question of territory in internet governance
  • Freedom of Expression / Right to Information
  • New approaches to Human Rights on the Internet
  • Internet governance and political uprising
  • International relations and cyber-security
  • Online privacy and dataveillance
  • Cloud Governance

Other proposals on more general questions of Global Internet Governance will also be considered.

Abstracts are due by July 15, 2011.    mw

Posted by on June 7th, 2011 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES, Human Rights Law, International Law, Law and Cyberspace, National Security Law | no comments

Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe – Cambridge, England

July 20, 2011toJuly 22, 2011

St. John’s School of Law presents Worlds of Work: Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe, July 20-22, 2011, at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. A detailed schedule is here.

The conference is hosted by the Center for Labor and Employment Law and the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution (both at St. John’s). mw

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Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe – Cambridge, England

St. John’s School of Law presents Worlds of Work: Employment Dispute Resolution Systems Across the Globe, July 20-22, 2011, at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. A detailed schedule is here.

The conference is hosted by the Center for Labor and Employment Law and the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution (both at St. John’s). mw

Posted by on June 7th, 2011 | Alternative Dispute Resolution, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, International Law, Labor and Employment Law | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean – San Diego, CA

June 15, 2011

The University of California, San Diego will host the Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean Nov. 3-5, 2011. The event is organized and sponsored by ERIP (LASA Section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples), CILAS-UCSD (Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego), CLAS-SDSU (Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State University) and LACES (Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal published by Taylor & Francis and housed at UCSD).

The deadline for submitting papers and panel proposals is June 15, 2011. mw

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Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean – San Diego, CA

November 3, 2011toNovember 5, 2011

The University of California, San Diego will host the Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean Nov. 3-5, 2011. The event is organized and sponsored by ERIP (LASA Section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples), CILAS-UCSD (Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego), CLAS-SDSU (Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State University) and LACES (Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal published by Taylor & Francis and housed at UCSD).

The deadline for submitting papers and panel proposals is June 15, 2011. mw

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Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean – San Diego, CA

The University of California, San Diego will host the Second Conference on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean Nov. 3-5, 2011. The event is organized and sponsored by ERIP (LASA Section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples), CILAS-UCSD (Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego), CLAS-SDSU (Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State University) and LACES (Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, journal published by Taylor & Francis and housed at UCSD).

The deadline for submitting papers and panel proposals is June 15, 2011. mw

Posted by on June 7th, 2011 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES, Indian Law, Law and Race | no comments