Announcements: EJIL:Live!; Lecture on Refugee Law, Queen Mary London; Lecture on WTO in London; Call for Papers on International Law Scholarship

1) In case you missed it: EJIL has made available a special audio podcast EJIL:Live! Extra. This audio episode of EJIL:Live! Extra features a discussion between Guy Sinclair, Dapo Akande and Marko Milanovic of the English High Court decision in Serdar Mohammed v. Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 1369 (QB). That decision deals with detention in non-international armed conflicts and was previously discussed on the blog here, here, here and here.

2) Queen Mary Law School, University of London, would like to invite you to the forthcoming Inaugural Lecture by Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill (All Souls College, Oxford): “The Continuing Relevance of International Refugee Law in a Globalised World”, launching the new LLM programme in Immigration Law. The event will take place on Monday 24 November 2014, from 18.00 to 20.00, in Room 210, at the Law Building (Mile End Campus), and will be followed by a drinks reception. Attendance is free, but prior booking is required via the Queen Mary Eventbrite page.

3) The City Law School announces the first ‘Law Meets Practice’ Lecture organized under the aegis of the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law. The topic will be ‘The paradox of multilateralism and the WTO – the role of the EU in the WTO’. The speaker will be Mr Angelos Pangratis, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the EU to the World Trade Organisation, and the lecture will be chaired by Panos Koutrakos (Professor of EU Law and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law). It will take place at the City  University London, College Building, St John Street, Room A130 on Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 18:00. The event will be followed by a wine reception. This is the first in a series of events organized under the aegis of the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law, awarded by the European Commission. Attendance is free. Sign up and find more information here. For queries, please contact Peter Aggar (Peter.Aggar.1 {at} city.ac(.)uk).

4) Call for Papers – Leiden Journal of International Law Symposium on ‘The Changing Role of Scholarship in International Law’. The Leiden Journal of International Law launches a call for papers for its symposium ‘The Changing Role of Scholarship in International Law’ which will take place on 11 May 2015 at The Hague. The Keynote will be delivered by Martti Koskenniemi. The event is organized by Ingo Venzke, Senior Editor of the International Legal Theory Section, and the LJIL Editors-in-Chief Carsten Stahn and Eric De Brabandere. The Leiden Journal of International Law has started to reflect on the changing role and function of scholarship in International Law. The role and concept of scholarship, including its foundations, methods and limits are in transition. This development opens up a wide array of questions and debates that are likely to remain at the forefront of academic thinking and research agendas in the next decade(s). The symposium presents an excellent opportunity to deepen discussion and reflection. It would present an occasion to reflect on the future of legal scholarship from different perspectives from within and beyond the Leiden Journal. The call for papers is available here.