Call for Papers Due Date: 2013-08-25

Seeking essays for an edited collection on global lynching and collective violence (e.g., communal rioting, vigilantism), either historical in focus or contemporary in focus with some historical context. Especially interested in essays on Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Near or Middle East. Please submit a 500 word essay abstract and short bio or cv by August 25, 2013. Essays will be due by September 1, 2014 with prospective publication of the volume in 2015.

Prof. Michael J. Pfeifer
Dept. of History
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
City University of New York
524 W. 59th St.
New York, NY 10019
Email: mpfeifer@jjay.cuny.edu

The Utrecht School of Law will be appointing three PhD researchers to engage in research on the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction to protect global values in the environmental and socio-economic field. The project examines whether the traditional international legal framework of jurisdiction (which emphasizes territorial or personal links to the regulating entity) can accommodate recent regulatory developments in the field of extraterritorial jurisdiction, or whether, instead, a novel ‘global values’-based principle of jurisdiction is crystallizing. The project will study regulation in respect of three topics:

1. climate change,
2. protection of marine resources, and
3. foreign corrupt practices.

For more info, click on the links above. The project is funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and is headed by my excellent colleague, Dr. Cedric Ryngaert.

The Socio-Legal Review welcomes contributions for its tenth volume to be released in 2014. Please click on the link for more information.

The Socio-Legal Review (SLR) is a student-edited, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal published by the Law and Society Committee of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

International Human Rights Law in Refugee Status Determination:
Comparative Practice and Theory

International Conference
London, 13-14 November 2013

International human rights law (IHRL) has assumed an increasingly important
role in refugee status determination (RSD) over the past twenty years. At
the same time, the legal consequences of this interaction remain a source
of considerable contention. Whilst much of the debate has taken place in
abstract and general terms, the conference seeks to shift the focus to a
detailed comparative analysis of how this relationship is configured by
different jurisdictions in practice. Continue reading →

In 2013, the city of Utrecht commemorates the tercentenary of the “Peace of Utrecht” of 1713. One of the commemorative events of this festive year is a conference, organized by Utrecht University’s School of Law, entitled The 1713 Peace of Utrecht and its enduring effects. This multi-disciplinary conference, with contributions from renowned scholars in the fields of international law, history and international relations, will examine what the enduring effects have been of the Peace Treaties concluded at Utrecht in 1713.

The conference will take place on Thursday 19 September 2013, at Utrecht University’s Senate Hall. Speakers are Jaap de Wilde (Groningen University), Isaac Nakhimovsky (University of Cambridge), Randall Lesaffer (Tilburg University), Koen Stapelbroek (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Benno Teschke (University of Sussex), Sundhya Pahuja (University of Melbourne), Martti Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki), Stella Ghervas (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme d’Aquitaine (MSHA), Bordeaux), and Nicholas Rengger (Univ. of St Andrews).

More detailed information, including the full programme of the conference, can be found on the conference’s website: http://www.uu.nl/utrechtpeace2013. You will also find the most recent programme attached to this announcement. On the website you will further find a registration form, as well as more information on hotel accommodation in Utrecht, et cetera.

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers (Prof. Fred Soons and Dr. Otto Spijkers, Utrecht University) at utrechtpeace2013@uu.nl.

2014 GRANT APPLICATION

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

I’m happy to announce that submissions for the 2014 grant cycle are now
open. We will be giving one $20,000 grant for 2014, as well as naming four
finalists. The work of our grant winner and finalists will be published in
“War is Only Half the Story, Vol Seven.” The deadline for applications is
November 5, 2013. (Please see the very specific instructions below about
how to file).

Kind regards,

Sara Terry
Founder/Artistic Director, The Aftermath Project

APPLICATION GUIDELINES

The Aftermath Project’s mission is to support photographic projects that
tell the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes
for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and
homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war
while struggling to create new avenues for peace. Grant proposals should
reflect an understanding of this mission. Proposals may relate to the
aftermath of numerous kinds of conflict, not just international wars. The
conflict may have been at the community level — for example, violence
between rural ethnic groups or an urban riot in an industrialized country.
It may have been a regional one, such as a rebel insurgency, or it may have
been a full-scale war. There is no specific time frame that defines
“aftermath,” although in general The Aftermath Project seeks to support
stories which are no longer being covered by the mainstream media, or which
have been ignored by the media. In general, conflict should be over for a
situation to be deemed an “aftermath.” There are specific cases, however,
where conflict may have continued for so long, or be the result of an
aftermath situation, that they will be considered to be within the scope of
The Aftermath Project. If you have doubts about whether your proposal meets
these guidelines, please contact us via info@theaftermathproject.org

Proposals should include an explanation of the specific aftermath issues
related to the project being proposed, as well as an overview of the
applicant’s plans for covering the story during the course of the grant
year — i.e, the proposed timing of trips, etc. You MUST inform The
Aftermath Project if you have any commercial commitments or contracts
related to the project you are proposing, including book deals and
exhibitions. Failure to do so on the part of a grant winner will
automatically terminate the grant, and the winner will forfeit any funds
he/she has not yet received from The Aftermath Project.

QUESTIONS: Email application questions to info@theaftermathproject.org

Website: http://theaftermathproject.org/2014-Application