Conference: Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future: International Investment Arbitration Law and Policy

On April 20-21, 2023, Università Bocconi will host a conference on "Assessing the Past, Envisioning the Future: International Investment Arbitration Law and Policy." Details are here.

Call for Papers: Grotian law and modernity at the dawn of a new age: 400 years of De jure belli ac pacis 1625-2025

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Grotian law and modernity at the dawn of a new age: 400 years of De jure belli ac pacis 1625-2025," to be held June 19-20, 2025, at Leiden University's Wijnhaven Campus, The Hague. The call is here.

Conference: Rethinking World Trade 2023

On April 13, 2023, the Georgetown University's Center on Inclusive Trade and Development will host a conference, in the hybrid format, on "Rethinking World Trade 2023." The program is here. Registration is here.

Call for Papers: Asian Society of International Law 9th Biennial Conference & Junior Scholar Workshop

The Asian Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 9th Biennial Conference, which will be held August 8-9, 2023, at Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, in Bandung. A call has also been issued for a Junior Scholar Workshop that will take place the day before the conference, August 7, at Universitas Indonesia, in Depok. The calls are here.

Call for Papers: Human Rights and Sustainable Development

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Human Rights and Sustainable Development," to be held in the hybrid format, July 14-15, 2023, at Lancaster University. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Persistent imbalances in international trade and the prospects for sustainable development: Focus on the developing countries

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Persistent imbalances in international trade and the prospects for sustainable development: Focus on the developing countries," to be held June 30-July 1, 2023, at the University of Ljubljana. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Law & Extractivism in the Anthropocene

A call for papers has been issued for a workshop on "Law & Extractivism in the Anthropocene," to be ehld July 24-25, 2023, at La Trobe Law School. The deadline is March 31, 2023. Here's the call:

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Extractivism, as an organising concept of our times, turns on appropriation, non-reciprocity, depletion, and subjugation. Its ideology and practices are entwined with the histories and legacies of colonialism and imperialism, as well as the entrenched operations and politics of capitalism across time and space. Extractivism has produced a racialised global political economy, characterised by the removal of raw materials from the Global South for processing and consumption in the Global North, reproducing relations of dependency, unequal development and uneven accumulation. An understanding of increasingly intense struggles between states, transnational corporations and local communities over land and place demands an understanding of the dynamics that have shaped the global extractivist economy.

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This workshop brings together established and emerging scholars to explore the relationship between law and extractivism in the Anthropocene, a moment of reckoning for human hubris and epistemological hegemony. Taking the dominant definition of extractivism as our point of departure, which affirms a non-reciprocal and hierarchised relation between life and nonlife, human and nonhuman, we invite presentations on the following themes:

• Critical historical accounts of how laws facilitate resource extraction, including how such laws are globalised and enabled by institutional practices.
• Theorisation of how such laws are authorised by specific representational practices, knowledges and assumptions and a presumed distinction between life and nonlife.
• Examinations of the relationship between extractivism and legal regimes in international and comparative perspective, such as property, patents, contract, international economic law.
• Examinations of connections between law and social movements in resistance to extraction and/or repair of its harm.
• Explorations of transformation practices and institutions for a non-extractivist legal order and key legal reforms to reorient current dynamics of appropriation and control toward more sustainable and equitable approaches to sharing the Earth’s resources.

Participants are invited to submit an abstract by Friday 31 March 2023. Please submit an abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short bio here. We aim to notify all applicants by 14 April 2023. We ask that accepted participants share a draft of their paper (4000-5000 words) by 9 July 2023, and we aim to explore publication options in an edited collection or journal special issue. Please contact [email protected] with any questions or queries.

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Limited financial assistance may be available upon request, and priority will be given to casual academic workers and scholars working in the Global South.

Organised by Kathleen Birrell, Martin Clark and Julia Dehm

Call for Papers: 52nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law

The Canadian Council on International Law has issued a call for papers for its 52nd Annual Conference, which will take place November 2-3, 2023, in Ottawa. The theme is "Inside the Venn: International Law at its Intersections." The call is here.

Call for Papers: Indo-Pacific Strategies and International Law

A call for papers has been issued for the 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia-Pacific Research Forum, which will be held December 3-4 in Taipei and hosted by the Research Center for International Legal Studies of National Chengchi University and the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law. The theme is: "Indo-Pacific Strategies and International Law." The call is here.

Call for Papers: Who judges the judges? Oversight mechanisms in international dispute resolution

A call for papers has been issued for a conference on "Who judges the judges? Oversight mechanisms in international dispute resolution," to take place June 21-22, 2023, at the University of Oxford. The call is here.

Call for Papers: Ukraine and the Post-Liberal International Order after the Zeitenwende

A call for papers has been issued for a conference, in the hybrid format, on "Ukraine and the Post-Liberal International Order after the Zeitenwende," to be held June 15-16, 2023, at the University of Zürich. The call is here.

Call for Papers: The EU as a Regional International Organisation

The Asser Institute and the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies have issued a call for papers on "The EU as a Regional International Organisation," to be held December 1, 2023, in The Hague. The call is here.

Conference: Thirty-Ninth Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law will host in the hybrid format the Thirty-Ninth Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference on April 21, 2023. The theme is: "Energy Disputes in ISDS." The program is here.

Call for Panel Proposals: International Law Weekend 2023

The American Branch of the International Law Association has issued a call for panel proposals for International Law Weekend 2023, which will take place in New York City on October 19-21. The theme is "Beyond International Law." The call is here. The deadline is April 17, 2023.

Conference: International Law and the SAARC Region in Times of Crisis

On March 1, 2023, the Faculty of Legal Studies of South Asian University will host a conference on "International Law and the SAARC Region in Times of Crisis," in New Delhi and online (hybrid). Program and details are here.

Conference: Il controllo internazionale/Le contrôle international

On February 20-21, 2023, the Università degli Studi di Messina, the Società italiana di Diritto internazionale, and the Société française pour le droit international will hold a conference on "Il controllo internazionale/Le contrôle international" in Messina. Program and registration are here.

Conference: The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law

On May 5-6, 2023, a conference on "The Law of Treaties as Applied to Private International Law" will take place at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. The conference is jointly organized by the European Association of Private International Law and the Italian Society of International and EU Law. Program and registration are here.

Conference: 2023 ESIL Research Forum

The European Society of International Law's 2023 Research Forum will take place April 27-28, 2023, hosted by the School of Law of the University of Tartu. The theme is: "Regional Developments of International Law in Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Eurasia" The program is here. Registration is open here.

Conference: Law in the Age of Modern Technologies

On February 10, 2023, the conference “Law in the Age of Modern Technologies” will take place at the University of Milan in hybrid form. Details are here.

Conference: 38th Biennial Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht

The 38th Biennial Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht will take place on March 15-17, 2023, at the Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen. The theme is: "Koloniale Kontinuitäten im internationalen Recht." The program is here.