Piracy at Sea – Malmö, Sweden
The World Maritime University holds the International Conference on Piracy at Sea (ICOPAS 2011) in Malmö, Sweden, October 17-19, 2011. The deadline for abstract proposals is July 1, 2011. mw
Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in War-Torn Societies – Denver, CO
The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the Josef Korbel School of International Studies (University of Denver), are pleased to announce the twenty-first ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies July 5-15, 2011, in Denver, CO. This year’s topic is Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in War-Torn Societies.
The workshop is designed for junior professors in international relations, international law or other relevant disciplines, post-doctoral and advanced doctoral level students, young lawyers and practitioners from civil society groups, policy staff from international organizations, and others at similarly early stages of their professional careers.
Applications are now closed. mw
Non-International Armed Conflict – Newport, RI
The U.S. Naval War College‘s International Law Conference, Non-international Armed Conflict in the 21st Century, will take place June 21-23, 2011. Registration is closed. mw
EU in the Global Legal Order – Helsinki, Finland
The University of Helsinki presents the Helsinki Summer Seminar of International Law Aug. 15-26, 2011. The theme is Lisbon, Kadi and After: The EU in the Global Legal Order. mw
Eichmann Trial at 50 – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne Law School presents The Eichmann Trial at 50, a two-day international symposium to discuss one of the most important trials of the 20th Century, Oct. 14-15, 2011. The deadline for abstracts is June 15, 2011. Jump to full post
Sixteenth Annual LatCrit Conference – San Diego, CA
Latina & Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc. and the Univ. of Connecticut Institute for Puerto Rican & Latino Studies will host the 16th Annual LatCrit Conference: Global Justice: Theories, Histories, Futures in San Diego, CA Oct. 6-9, 2011. sr
Update (Sept. 19, 2011): The conference’s new website is here. mw
Secrecy, National Security, and the Vindication of Constitutional Law – Milan, Italy
The International Association of Constitutional Law Research Group on Constitutional Responses to Terrorism will hold an international conference on Secrecy, National Security, and the Vindication of Constitutional Law hosted by Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, on December 1-2, 2011. Abstracts are due by April 24, 2011. Full call for papers is posted on SSRN. mw
Call for Papers: 9/11 Anniversary – Terrorism, War, and Health
The Lancet seeks papers for a special issue on September 11—A Decade On.
We invite submissions (research articles, reviews, health policy papers, and viewpoints) that address the short-term and long-term physical, mental, and public health consequences of the events that took place (and continue to take place) in New York, Iraq, Afghanistan, or any other part of the world touched by September 11. We are also interested in how the war on terrorism has affected the services, outcomes, policies, and regulations made in the fight against chronic and acute diseases, domestically and worldwide.
The submission deadline is March 31, 2011. Jump to full post
Cybersecurity – Cambridge, MA
The Harvard National Security Journal presents Cybersecurity: Law, Privacy, and Warfare in a Digital World, March 4, 2011, 12-6pm. mw
Human Rights Protection and Criminal Justice in the Age of Crisis – Cork, Ireland
The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork is pleased to announce its fifth Annual Postgraduate Conference which will take place on Thursday, 28th April, 2011. The conference is aimed at those who are undertaking postgraduate research in the areas of criminal law, criminal justice and human rights. The Organising Committee is particularly eager to incorporate multi-disciplinary perspectives. Abstracts are welcome from scholars from disciplines outside of law (such as politics, social studies, sociology and philosophy, for example) who are working on related topics.The theme for this year’s event is “Human Rights Protection and Criminal Justice in the Age of Crisis”. The aim is to reflect upon the impact of crises on fundamental rights protection and the criminal law. We hope that this theme will encourage debate on the challenging and complex questions which arise in turbulent times. We are especially interested in papers that relate to human rights, criminal justice, criminal law or the intersection of these fields. However, we also welcome papers dealing with issues outside these areas that fall within the broader theme of the conference. Papers will be streamed thematically. Anticipated sessions include “Contemporary Discourse in Criminal Law“, “Civil Liberties, Technology and State Security Claims” and “International Law, Human Rights and Development Policy“. Session titles will be finalised based on submissions, and the Committee also invites proposals for additional streams.This international one-day event has attracted promising research scholars from Ireland, the UK and Europe in the areas of law, politics, philosophy and the related social sciences. This year’s conference aims to build on this success.
Details of the keynote speaker will follow shortly.
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) to the organising committee by Friday 18th February 2011. Successful conference submissions will be notified by Friday, 4th March 2011. Submissions and further enquiries should be directed to ucclawconf [at] gmail.com.
Note from Legal Scholarship Blog: I apologize for not getting this posted until Feb. 20 — the conference organizers sent the call for papers to us on Feb. 1, but we didn’t keep up with the inbox. If you have a topic in mind, I suggest you write to the organizers immediately. Perhaps they will consider late submissions. — Mary Whisner
Update (Feb. 21, 2011): The deadline has been extended to March 4, 2011.
Building Peace in Post-Conflict Situations – London, England
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the European Commison present Building Peace in Post-Conflict Situations Feb. 17, 2011.
This conference falls within the ATLAS project (Armed Conflicts, Peacekeeping; Transitional Justice – Law as Solution), that involves several research institutions across Europe and is funded by the European Commission under it 7th Framework Programme. The aim of the project is to make recommendations to the European Union as to how the Union could best improve its external policy in conflict and post-conflict situations, with particular consideration of transitional justice institutions.
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Free Speech and Civil Discourse – Charleston, SC
The Charleston Law Review invites submissions for its 3rd annual Symposium Issue. The editors welcome an article or essay of any length addressing topics relating to Free Speech & Civil Discourse, such as:
• The Legal Impact of Social Media
• Wikileaks: Testing the Bounds of National Security
• Speech and the Role of Torts
• Political Speech and the Call for Civility
• Legal Speech: Civility Oaths and Attorney Advertising
The Charleston Law Review and the Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University will host a symposium on Free Speech and Civil Discourse in the 21st Century on February 17-18, 2011. This two-day symposium will be the 3rd annual “Law and Society” series sponsored by the Charleston Law Review and the Riley Institute.
Persons interested in submitting a paper relating to any of the above topics should submit along with a paper, a CV, to Piper Reiff, Charleston Law Review Editor in Chief, via email: epreiff [at] charlestonlaw.edu. Contributions are welcome from scholars and practitioners in all disciplines. All submissions must be received by March 14, 2011.
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Homeland Security & Defense Essay Contest
The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security is pleased to announce its Annual Essay Competition. This competition strives to stimulate original thought on issues in Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. The winner receives a prize of $1500. The submission deadline is Jan. 31, 2011.
This year’s essay question:
Claude Debussy said “Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.” How might this idea be applied to how we approach homeland defense and security?
9/11 and the Law, Ten Years After – Newark, NY
The Rutgers Law Review hosts a conference titled “Unsettled Foundations, Uncertain Results: 9/11 and the Law, Ten Years After” on Feb. 3-4, 2011.
Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in War-Torn Societies – Denver, CO
The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the Josef Korbel School of International Studies (Univ. of Denver), are pleased to announce the twenty-first ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies from July 5, 2011 to July 15, 2011 at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies in Denver, CO. The topic is Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in War-Torn Societies.
The workshop is designed for junior professors in international relations, international law or other relevant disciplines, post-doctoral and advanced doctoral level students, young lawyers and practitioners from civil society groups, policy staff from international organizations, and others at similarly early stages of their professional careers.
The application deadline is March 11, 2011.
Internment, Incarceration and Detention – Amsterdam, Netherlands
The NIOD, Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies will organize a workshop in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on Internment, Incarceration and Detention: Captivation Histories in Europe Around the First and Second World War Nov. 3-4, 2011. The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2011.
Armed Forces Deployed Against Transnational Crime & Terrorism – Melbourne, Australia
The Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand (AFLANZ), in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law (APCML) at the University of Melbourne, is organizing an international conference, Military Law in a New Dimension: Armed Forces Deployed Against Transnational Crime and Terrorism. The conference will be held at Melbourne Law School from Aug. 26-28, 2011. This will be the first time that the AFLANZ Conference has been held in Australia.
The conference will have two main focal areas: The legal basis for deployment of military forces to combat transnational crime and terrorism, and the regulation of forces involved in combating transnational crime and terrorism. The convenors are also interested in contributions from any of the disciplines within the humanities and social sciences.
Abstracts are due March 25, 2011. Jump to full post
Teaching International Humanitarian Law – Atlanta, GA
The International Humanitarian Law Clinic at Emory University Law School and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will convene the semi-annual Teaching International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Workshop on February 25-26, 2011, in Atlanta.
The Workshop is targeted at law professors in the United States and Canada interested in teaching an IHL course for the first time (otherwise known as the Law of Armed Conflict), integrating IHL modules into their current courses and/or rethinking their current teaching of this important subject. Topics covered will include: Defining the scope and content of an IHL class; Exploring the intersection between international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law; Incorporating IHL modules into the teaching of classes such as public international law, national security law, immigration law, constitutional law, administrative law and more; Identifying strategies for developing curricula, responding to current events, and gaining support from school administrations for the teaching of IHL. The Workshop provides an opportunity for law faculty to think creatively about their teaching of IHL and network with others to support and expand their teaching of the topics.
Global Military Appellate Seminar – New Haven, CT
Yale Law School presents the Global Military Appellate Seminar April 1-2, 2011. It is sponsored by the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund at Yale Law School and in cooperation with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Intellectuals and the War on Terror – Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve School of Law‘s Institute for Global Security Law and Policy Symposium, Intellectuals and the War on Terror, will take place March 25, 2011.
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