1. The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals: 2023 Rosalyn Higgins Prize. The Rosalyn Higgins Prize is an annual prize which awards EUR 1.000 of Brill book vouchers and a one-year LPICT subscription to the author of the best article on the law and practice of the International Court of Justice, either focusing solely on the ICJ or with the ICJ as one of the dispute settlement mechanisms under consideration. The winning article will also be published in LPICT and made freely available online for ninety days to maximize its dissemination. The deadline is 15 May 2023. More information can be found here.
2. Revised schedule of Global Law at Reading Seminars: Global Law at Reading (GLAR) has announced a revised schedule of speakers for the Spring Term Gandhi Research Seminar Series. Some of the previously announced seminars have had to be rescheduled due to ongoing industrial action at British universities. On 20 February GLAR will host Dr Danny Orbach (Hebrew University), whose topic will be: “Let the Commander Respond”: The Paradox of Obedience in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. This amazon database seminar will be held IN PERSON at the Whiteknights Campus, Palmer Building room 108, at 1pm UK time. Professor Aoife Nolan’s (University of Nottingham) talk on Giving Meaning to Social Rights in Europe at a Time of Pressure – the European Social Charter System in Action has been rescheduled for 6 March, 12 noon UK time. Professor Dapo Akande (University of Oxford) will give his talk on Changes in Treaty Interpretation – The ICRC’s Revised Commentaries to the Geneva Conventions on 9 March, 2pm UK time. The seminars by Professors Nolan and Akande will be held ONLINE and the MS Teams links for joining are available here.
3. PhD Workshop on Methodologies for Socio-Technical Approaches to Legal Research. On 23 May 2023, the Asser Institute/University of Amsterdam is hosting a PhD workshop on methodologies for socio-technical approaches to legal research. The workshop aims to cultivate and enhance participants’ understanding of the implications of methodological choices for socio-technical research design and promote dialogue to identify common themes, assumptions and constraints of methodological approaches. This workshop features both seminars providing an advanced introduction to socio-technical research design and panel sessions where participants receive feedback on their work. This workshop is open to PhD researchers conducting studies at the intersection of law and technology. This includes a variety of approaches to studying law, as well as a broad understanding of technologies, including all systems from the most sophisticated to more rudimentary technical tools. The call for abstracts is open until 15 March 2022. To learn more about the workshop see here.
4. Call for Papers: Forests at the Crossroads of International Law. The University of Copenhagen (Centre for International Law and Governance) has issued a call for papers for a workshop on the theme “Forests at the crossroads of international law”, taking place in Copenhagen on the 4 – 5 September 2023. The deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2023, and the call can be found here.