European Studies Research Institute: Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2009
Every year the University of Salford offers a number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) for suitably qualified candidates wishing to study for a PhD. Applications are now invited for scholarships based in the European Studies Research Institute (ESRI) starting in October 2009. The scholarships are worth £13,290 per annum over three years and are open to UK/EU students.
Subject areas include: * EU/European Politics; Middle East politics; Political Parties and Elections; Gender; Democratisation; Political Communication* Political theory/Radical analysis/International Political Economy* Military/International/Political History* International Relations/IR Theory; Intelligence; Security/Strategic Studies; US Foreign Policy* Translation and Interpreting Studies; Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistics; European Literature and Culture
Graduate Teaching Assistantships offer students the opportunity to study for a PhD while undertaking teaching duties in areas usually related to their PhD research. Successful candidates will work under the direction of an academic staff member on a range of teaching activities, up to 180 hours over the academic year (based on an average of six hour per week).
Please note there are TWO closing dates: 1. The closing date for GTA applications is 6 February 2009.2. ESRI will also put forward outstanding applications for external funding. Please note the earlier deadline for applicants wishing to be considered for ESRC/AHRC funding is 12th January 2009.
For details on how to apply please visit: www.esri.salford.ac.uk
For any additional queries, please contact:
Dr Steve WardT +44 (0)161 295 2803s.j.ward@salford.ac.uk
Dr Christine Agius Lecturer in IR & Politics ESPACH Crescent House Salford University Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT Telephone: 0161 295 5309 Fax: 0161 295 5077 Email: c.agius@salford.ac.uk
IR & Politics: http://www.espach.salford.ac.uk/politics/irp.php ESRI: http://www.esri.salford.ac.uk/
18.12.08
CFP: International Law and Global Justice, Oxford, 20-21 May, 2009
On the 20th and 21st of May 2009, The Global Justice Network, with the
support of the Centre for the Study of Social Justice and the Centre for
International Studies at the University of Oxford, will host a two-day
interdisciplinary workshop on 'International Law and Global Justice'.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Debates on international law and on global justice have for the most part
proceeded separately. Only very few theorists have suggested that the
project of designing principles of international/global justice is closely
related to that of designing principles of international law. Taking the
lead from this often underappreciated suggestion, in this workshop we aim to
explore the connections between international law and global justice. In
particular, we welcome papers - both legal and philosophical - discussing
the following topics:
*The relation between coercion, law and (global) justice*
An increasing number of political theorists have argued that obligations of
justice only apply within political communities by virtue of the existence
of a coercive legal system. What are the implications of this view for the
question of global justice? Can we plausibly claim that international law is
coercive in the same way in which domestic law is? If not, does this mean
that principles of justice should not apply to it?
*The effectiveness of international law as a means to realising global
justice*
If international law is one of the most powerful instruments at our disposal
to bring about a morally better world, what sort of reforms of the current
international legal system would be necessary to move closer to the goal of
global justice? Given the sui generis nature of the international legal
system, how can such reforms be most fruitfully brought about?
*Global justice, international law and state sovereignty*
Is the principle of the sovereign equality of states itself a principle of
international/global justice or a hindrance to the quest for global justice?
Would a world inhabited by states which are genuinely - as opposed to merely
formally - equally sovereign be a just world? Or does the realisation of a
just world require us to transcend the very idea of state sovereignty,
moving from a system of international law to a global legal system?
Confirmed keynote speakers
Prof. Allen Buchanan (Duke University)
Prof. Terry Nardin (University of Singapore)
Submission instructions
If you wish to present a paper, please email a 600 word proposal and a short
biographical note to the workshop convenors at
globaljustice@politics.ox.ac.uk by February 29th 2009.
Updated information will shortly be available on the Conference Website
http://social-justice.politics.ox.ac.uk/events/intlawglobaljustice/index.asp
support of the Centre for the Study of Social Justice and the Centre for
International Studies at the University of Oxford, will host a two-day
interdisciplinary workshop on 'International Law and Global Justice'.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Debates on international law and on global justice have for the most part
proceeded separately. Only very few theorists have suggested that the
project of designing principles of international/global justice is closely
related to that of designing principles of international law. Taking the
lead from this often underappreciated suggestion, in this workshop we aim to
explore the connections between international law and global justice. In
particular, we welcome papers - both legal and philosophical - discussing
the following topics:
*The relation between coercion, law and (global) justice*
An increasing number of political theorists have argued that obligations of
justice only apply within political communities by virtue of the existence
of a coercive legal system. What are the implications of this view for the
question of global justice? Can we plausibly claim that international law is
coercive in the same way in which domestic law is? If not, does this mean
that principles of justice should not apply to it?
*The effectiveness of international law as a means to realising global
justice*
If international law is one of the most powerful instruments at our disposal
to bring about a morally better world, what sort of reforms of the current
international legal system would be necessary to move closer to the goal of
global justice? Given the sui generis nature of the international legal
system, how can such reforms be most fruitfully brought about?
*Global justice, international law and state sovereignty*
Is the principle of the sovereign equality of states itself a principle of
international/global justice or a hindrance to the quest for global justice?
Would a world inhabited by states which are genuinely - as opposed to merely
formally - equally sovereign be a just world? Or does the realisation of a
just world require us to transcend the very idea of state sovereignty,
moving from a system of international law to a global legal system?
Confirmed keynote speakers
Prof. Allen Buchanan (Duke University)
Prof. Terry Nardin (University of Singapore)
Submission instructions
If you wish to present a paper, please email a 600 word proposal and a short
biographical note to the workshop convenors at
globaljustice@politics.ox.ac.uk by February 29th 2009.
Updated information will shortly be available on the Conference Website
http://social-justice.politics.ox.ac.uk/events/intlawglobaljustice/index.asp
5.12.08
2009 International Law Association (British Branch) Spring Conference
2009 International Law Association (British Branch) Spring Conference
University of Hull, Friday 17th and Saturday 18th April 2009
INSTABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY?
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
Call for Papers
Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, international law has sought to configure itself as a universal system. And yet, despite the best efforts of international institutions, scholars and others to exert the universal application of international law, its relevance and applicability has been influenced, if not directed, by political power. The Cold War saw a concentration on co-existence in a bi-polar world, which many have argued brought stability to the international legal system. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 provided the opportunity for a truly universal system - a 'new world order', applicable regardless of power arrangements. Instead, it quickly became apparent that international law would have to address the dilemmas inherent in regulating a system dominated by a single global power.
Over the past decade, discourse has tended to focus on the implications for international law of a unipolar world, characterised by US hegemony. It would seem, however, that the international system may now be experiencing a tendency towards multipolarity, with various sites of power able to exert a telling influence on international relations and international law. Recent events such as Russia's excursion into Georgia, the breakdown of the Doha round of trade negotiations, the USA's questionable actions in the war on terror, the prominence of emerging nuclear powers, China's assertions of its own interests on a global scale, and the rise of regional trading blocs, all pose significant questions for international law and the international legal order. Can 'universal' international law exist in the absence of a global hegemon? To what extent can sovereign equality persist in a world of competing 'great powers' and 'spheres of influence'? What relevance will the United Nations retain? Is there an 'international community' and, if so, does it exist on a multilateral or a regional level?
The 2009 ILA (British Branch) Spring Conference will seek to address these, and other, questions that a multipolar world poses for international law.
Proposals are sought for papers on topics of interest within the conference theme. All international lawyers - practitioners, academics and doctoral students - regardless of seniority, institutional affiliation, gender or nationality, are invited to submit proposals. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted by Monday 15 December 2008. Submissions should include the author's name and contact details (including email address), and be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae.
Applications should be sent, preferably by email to M.Happold@hull.ac.uk, or by post to Dr Matthew Happold, Law School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX. The results of the selection process will be notified to applicants in January 2009.
Dr. Richard Burchill, Director
McCoubrey Centre for International Law
Law School
University of Hull
Hull HU6 7RX
+44 (0)1482 465725
http://www.hull.ac.uk/law/research/mccoubrey/index.html
University of Hull, Friday 17th and Saturday 18th April 2009
INSTABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY?
INTERNATIONAL LAW IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
Call for Papers
Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, international law has sought to configure itself as a universal system. And yet, despite the best efforts of international institutions, scholars and others to exert the universal application of international law, its relevance and applicability has been influenced, if not directed, by political power. The Cold War saw a concentration on co-existence in a bi-polar world, which many have argued brought stability to the international legal system. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 provided the opportunity for a truly universal system - a 'new world order', applicable regardless of power arrangements. Instead, it quickly became apparent that international law would have to address the dilemmas inherent in regulating a system dominated by a single global power.
Over the past decade, discourse has tended to focus on the implications for international law of a unipolar world, characterised by US hegemony. It would seem, however, that the international system may now be experiencing a tendency towards multipolarity, with various sites of power able to exert a telling influence on international relations and international law. Recent events such as Russia's excursion into Georgia, the breakdown of the Doha round of trade negotiations, the USA's questionable actions in the war on terror, the prominence of emerging nuclear powers, China's assertions of its own interests on a global scale, and the rise of regional trading blocs, all pose significant questions for international law and the international legal order. Can 'universal' international law exist in the absence of a global hegemon? To what extent can sovereign equality persist in a world of competing 'great powers' and 'spheres of influence'? What relevance will the United Nations retain? Is there an 'international community' and, if so, does it exist on a multilateral or a regional level?
The 2009 ILA (British Branch) Spring Conference will seek to address these, and other, questions that a multipolar world poses for international law.
Proposals are sought for papers on topics of interest within the conference theme. All international lawyers - practitioners, academics and doctoral students - regardless of seniority, institutional affiliation, gender or nationality, are invited to submit proposals. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted by Monday 15 December 2008. Submissions should include the author's name and contact details (including email address), and be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae.
Applications should be sent, preferably by email to M.Happold@hull.ac.uk, or by post to Dr Matthew Happold, Law School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX. The results of the selection process will be notified to applicants in January 2009.
Dr. Richard Burchill, Director
McCoubrey Centre for International Law
Law School
University of Hull
Hull HU6 7RX
+44 (0)1482 465725
http://www.hull.ac.uk/law/research/mccoubrey/index.html
4.12.08
American Studies Seminar
Organized by
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law Faculty
& the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki
With the support of the Thessaloniki Municipality
Transatlantic Relations:
A community of values and interests
December 8 & 9, 2008
Thessaloniki Municipal Library
29 Ethnikis Amynis Str.
Monday, December 8, 2008
16:30 - 17:00 Arrival of Students
17:00- 17:15 Welcoming Remarks
Costas Hadjiconstantinou, Chair of the Law Faculty
Hoyt B. Yee, Consul General of the United States of America
17:15 - 18:00 Lecture: “AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEYS OF ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS AND THEIR IMPACT ON EARLY AMERICAN THOUGHT”
Dimitrios Akrivoulis, Lecturer, Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia
18:00 – 18:30 Break
18:30 – 20:00 Panel: Mapping Law and Politics across the Atlantic
Moderator: Costas Hadjiconstantinou, Chair of the Law Faculty
Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“IMAGING SOME AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LAW: MARS, VENUS AND SPATIO-LEGAL FRAGMENTATION?”
Ioannis D. Stefanidis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“ANTI-AMERICANISM IN EUROPE SINCE 1945”
Konstantinos Hazakis, Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and Development, Democritus University of Thrace
“EU - U.S. CO-OPERATION IN G-8”
Discussion
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
13:30 – 14:00 Arrival of Students
14:00 – 15:00 Lecture: “GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: LESSONS LEARNT FROM TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS”
Benton Gup, Professor of Finance and Holder, Robert Hunt Cochrane/Alabama Bankers Chair, Economics, Finance & Legal Studies
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 – 17:00 Panel: Building a Euro-American Homo Economicus
Moderator: Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Glavinis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“AN ALLEGEDLY UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO IS TO BLAME?”
Fotini Bellou, Lecturer, Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia
“EU-U.S. STRATEGIC COOPERATION IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE”
Iossif Ktenidis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“EU AND U.S. CONSTITUTIONALISM”
Sotiris Serbos, Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, Democritus University of Thrace
“EU ENLARGEMENT POLICY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: COMPETITION OR CONVERGENCE?”
Discussion – Questions/Answers
Concluding Remarks
Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Organized by
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law Faculty
& the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki
With the support of the Thessaloniki Municipality
Transatlantic Relations:
A community of values and interests
December 8 & 9, 2008
Thessaloniki Municipal Library
29 Ethnikis Amynis Str.
Monday, December 8, 2008
16:30 - 17:00 Arrival of Students
17:00- 17:15 Welcoming Remarks
Costas Hadjiconstantinou, Chair of the Law Faculty
Hoyt B. Yee, Consul General of the United States of America
17:15 - 18:00 Lecture: “AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AS A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEYS OF ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS AND THEIR IMPACT ON EARLY AMERICAN THOUGHT”
Dimitrios Akrivoulis, Lecturer, Department of Balkan Studies, University of Western Macedonia
18:00 – 18:30 Break
18:30 – 20:00 Panel: Mapping Law and Politics across the Atlantic
Moderator: Costas Hadjiconstantinou, Chair of the Law Faculty
Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“IMAGING SOME AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LAW: MARS, VENUS AND SPATIO-LEGAL FRAGMENTATION?”
Ioannis D. Stefanidis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“ANTI-AMERICANISM IN EUROPE SINCE 1945”
Konstantinos Hazakis, Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and Development, Democritus University of Thrace
“EU - U.S. CO-OPERATION IN G-8”
Discussion
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
13:30 – 14:00 Arrival of Students
14:00 – 15:00 Lecture: “GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: LESSONS LEARNT FROM TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS”
Benton Gup, Professor of Finance and Holder, Robert Hunt Cochrane/Alabama Bankers Chair, Economics, Finance & Legal Studies
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 – 17:00 Panel: Building a Euro-American Homo Economicus
Moderator: Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Panagiotis Glavinis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“AN ALLEGEDLY UNPRECEDENTED FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHO IS TO BLAME?”
Fotini Bellou, Lecturer, Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia
“EU-U.S. STRATEGIC COOPERATION IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE”
Iossif Ktenidis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
“EU AND U.S. CONSTITUTIONALISM”
Sotiris Serbos, Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, Democritus University of Thrace
“EU ENLARGEMENT POLICY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: COMPETITION OR CONVERGENCE?”
Discussion – Questions/Answers
Concluding Remarks
Miltiadis Sarigiannidis, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1.12.08
Northedge Essay Competition
The 24th Northedge Essay Competition is now open. Established in 1986 to commemorate the invaluable contribution of the late Professor F.S. Northedge to the creation of Millennium, the annual Northedge Essay Competition furthers a Millennium tradition of publishing well-argued student work in a journal open to new issues and innovative approaches to International Relations. The winning essay is generally published in the first issue of each volume. The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2009. Submissions and other enquiries should be sent via email to millennium@lse.ac.uk
The Northedge Essay Competition is open to any student who is currently pursuing or has recently completed a degree in International Relations or a related field. The essay may be part of a doctoral research project, an essay or dissertation submitted as part of an undergraduate or Masters' degree course, a seminar paper or similar work.
The essay may be on any topic within International Relations or related areas of study. The essay must be typed, doubled-spaced and of approximately 7,000 to 10,000 words in length. References should be typed as footnotes and should give the name of the author, the name of the source, the place, the publisher, date of publication, and relevant page numbers. In a reference, the title of an article should appear in single inverted commas, followed by the name of the journal in which it appears, with volume and issue number, date of publication, and relevant page numbers. Essays must not have been previously published, or simultaneously submitted for consideration elsewhere. For undergraduate or Masters' degree candidates whose essays form part of the requirements for a degree awarded by examination, essays must be submitted to the competition after the examination process has been concluded. Essays will be judged by the Editors on the basis of the essay's contribution to the advancement of the field, originality of the argument, and scholarly presentation.
Rebekka Friedman, Kevork Oskanian, Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Millennium 38 Editors
Millennium: Journal of International Studies
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)2071 955 6188
Fax: +44 (0)2071 955 7438
E-mail: millennium@lse.ac.uk
Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm
The Northedge Essay Competition is open to any student who is currently pursuing or has recently completed a degree in International Relations or a related field. The essay may be part of a doctoral research project, an essay or dissertation submitted as part of an undergraduate or Masters' degree course, a seminar paper or similar work.
The essay may be on any topic within International Relations or related areas of study. The essay must be typed, doubled-spaced and of approximately 7,000 to 10,000 words in length. References should be typed as footnotes and should give the name of the author, the name of the source, the place, the publisher, date of publication, and relevant page numbers. In a reference, the title of an article should appear in single inverted commas, followed by the name of the journal in which it appears, with volume and issue number, date of publication, and relevant page numbers. Essays must not have been previously published, or simultaneously submitted for consideration elsewhere. For undergraduate or Masters' degree candidates whose essays form part of the requirements for a degree awarded by examination, essays must be submitted to the competition after the examination process has been concluded. Essays will be judged by the Editors on the basis of the essay's contribution to the advancement of the field, originality of the argument, and scholarly presentation.
Rebekka Friedman, Kevork Oskanian, Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Millennium 38 Editors
Millennium: Journal of International Studies
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)2071 955 6188
Fax: +44 (0)2071 955 7438
E-mail: millennium@lse.ac.uk
Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm
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