CfP: International Network of Genocide Scholars Fourth Global Conference on Genocide

Cape Town, 4-7 December 2014

Genocide and Mass Trauma: Rising to the Challenges of Comprehension, Intervention, Prevention and Restitution

The International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS) was founded in
January 2005 in Berlin to provide genocide studies with a non-partisan
forum through which to present research and analysis on any aspect of
genocide as well as other forms of collective violence. Because genocide is
a highly contested legal, historical, sociological and political concept,
INoGS has since its founding maintained support of research-led analysis
rather than politically defined agendas. Continue reading

Symposium: Transmitting the Experiences of Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Future Generations

Start: December 7, 2013 1:00 pmEnd: December 7, 2013 5:00 pm

Cost: FreeOrganizer: Hiroshima Peace
Institute
Updated: November 17, 2013 Venue: Hiroshima International Conference
Center

Phone: 082-242-7777Address:
1-5 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku,Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, 730-0811, Japan

International Symposium on December 7, 2013: 13:00-17:00

The Hiroshima Peace Institute will hold an international symposium under
the theme “Transmitting the Experiences of Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Future
Generations” co-hosted by the Chugoku Shimbun and the Research Center for
Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University.

Presentations in English and Japanese: Simultaneous interpretation
equipment is available at the venue. Continue reading

Reminder: CFP: Human Rights and Change, Istanbul 16 – 18 June 2014

Human Rights and Change

Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Istanbul
16 – 18 June 2014

A joint conference organized by:

Human Rights Section, International Studies Association
Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association
Human Rights Research Committee, International Political Science Association
Standing Group on Human Rights and Transition, European Consortium for Political Resaerch

In association with:
Kadir Has Üniversitesi
Academic Council on the United Nations System

The human rights sections of the American Political Science Association, the European Consortium for Political Research, the International Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association, are pleased to announce the third joint international conference on human rights, on the theme “Human Rights and Change” to take place 16-18 June 2014 at Kadir Has Üniversitesi in Istanbul. The conference will take place immediately before the annual meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (19 – 21 June), also in Istanbul (http://acuns.org/am2014/). The theme for that conference is “Global Governance: Engaging New Norms and New Challenges” (a discount on registration will be available for those who register for both conferences). Continue reading

CfP: “The Armenian Genocide on the Eve of the Centenary”

International Conference

Buenos Aires, 9-11 April 2014

The Center of Genocide Studies of the National University Tres de Febrero and the Memory of the Armenian Genocide Foundation invite scholars to apply to participate in the Conference “The Armenian Genocide on the Eve of the Centenary” taking place on 9-11 April in Buenos Aires.

PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
To mark the hundred anniversary of the Armenian genocide, the Organizing Committee accepts submissions for individual papers focusing on the Armenian genocide in world history. Authors may consider all aspects of historical scholarship, including historiography and new sources for the study of the Armenian genocide, “cultural” Genocide, denial, international legislation, gender and violence, education and prevention of other genocides, comparative studies with other cases of genocide.
Please submit a 300-word abstract, including your professional title and institutional affiliation (if applicable), contact information (email), and the equipment needs.

Deadline for submission: December 20, 2013.

The Organizing Committee will notify authors the acceptance of their proposal by January 20, 2014.
The complete work in Word format, Times New Roman 12, with a length of 4000 words should be sent until March 15, 2014. All submissions received in term will be published on-line, unless there is a specific request on the contrary.
Papers will be accepted in English and Spanish and they should be sent as an attachment to
Dr. Nélida Boulgourdjian: e-mail genocidioarmenio2014@hotmail.com

CfP: The Holocaust in Hungary, 70 Years On: New Perspectives

On March 19, 1944, the Nazis marched into and occupied Hungary, precipitating one of the most intense periods of genocidal destruction of the Holocaust. By the time the deportations of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz and other locations had been brought to an end four months later, no fewer than 500,000 Jews had been murdered.

This conference, taking place to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion, seeks to bring together individuals from a wide variety of disciplines to explore key issues and recent research relating to the Holocaust in Hungary, as well as to contribute to ongoing discussions on this event. Continue reading

CfP: Canadian Yearbook of International Law

The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Canada’s leading scholarly publication, invites both Canadian and non-Canadian authors to submit articles involving topics of public and private international law and the diffusion of cutting-edge research. All submissions are requested to be between 12,000 and 20,000 words and should be submitted by no later than January 31, 2014. For details, click here.

Call for applications: John Peters Humphrey Fellowship in International Human Rights or International Organization

Open to students at Canadian institutions studying law or studying at an advanced level in political science, the John Peters Humphrey Fellowship is awarded to outstanding students to support them in the pursuit of full-time graduate studies in the fields of international human rights or international organization at leading institutions in Canada or worldwide. Eligibility criteria and the 2014 application are available here. The deadline to apply is November 22, 2013.

Human Rights Review books available for review

You are invited to review a book for Human Rights Review. The list of “Books Available for Review” includes over one hundred titles and can be found on the Human Rights Review webpage under FOR AUTHORS AND EDITORS at:

http://www.springer.com/law/journal/12142

If you are interested in doing a “Review Essay,” you can select three (3) books that touch on common themes. There are web links to the publishers of the books for general information regarding the focus of each book on the list.

Please contact Dr. Lilian A. Barria at labarria@eiu.edu OR hrrbooks@eiu.edu with any questions and/or to request a book from the current list for review.

Interested reviewers should provide:

(1) A mailing address
(2) An estimated deadline for completion of the review (four possible deadlines from which to choose: February 1, 2014; April 1, 2014; June 1, 2014; or August 1, 2014).

Reviews are generally published in the journal 6-12 months after the review is received.

CfP Student Conference: The Human, Human Rights, and the Humanities.

I wanted to call your attention to an upcoming conference at the University
of Kansas for undergraduate and graduate student researchers on “The Human,
Human Rights, and the Humanities.” The conference will be held April 3-4,
2014, and paper abstracts are due Dec. 6.

This conference offers a venue to critically examine the interrelationship
of “the human,” human rights, and the purview of the
humanities–interpreting human expression. We welcome papers from
undergraduate and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences
that explore topics including, but not limited to, the following:

* What are the benefits and limits to a notion of universal human rights?
* Are there notions of being human that are not encapsulated by a human
rights framework?
* How do artists and writers engage or critique notions of human rights?
* What can we learn about the human experience, and, potentially human
rights, from a speculative vantage point, such as that of science fiction?
* How do disciplines that challenge normative parameters of human
experience such as Queer Studies, Disability Studies, or Animal Studies
enrich and/ or complicate notions of human rights?

Please submit 250 word paper abstracts to Dr. Marike Janzen, mjanzen@ku.edu,
by December 6, 2013

Call for Research Proposals: Effectiveness of Torture Prevention

The APT has released a call for proposals (http://www.apt.ch/en/working-with-us/) for researchers to contribute to its ongoing project on the effectiveness of torture prevention (http://www.apt.ch/en/research-project/).

The APT is seeking country researchers to work in 12 countries out of a shortlist of 26 countries: Albania, Armenia, Benin, Colombia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, India, Israel, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Zimbabwe. The work includes researching and drafting a chapter on the country’s experience with incidence of torture and prevention measures since 1985, as well as gathering data to contribute to a comparative quantitative analysis of torture incidence and prevention.

Researchers with the relevant experience are invited to submit proposals, including a budget. The working language of the project is English, so a basic understanding of that language will be required. However, applicants may include a budget line for translation of documents. The deadline for applications is 1st November 2013 and work on the project will begin in January 2014.

The full call is available here: http://www.apt.ch/content/files/apt%20institutional/Research%20project_call_for_proposal.pdf.