Announcements: International Law Lectures; 2017 ESIL Annual Conference Call for Papers

International Law Lectures. The European Society of International Law are happy to introduce a new project – International Law Lectures. The project takes off in Russia where it will take place in cooperation with leading Russian universities. The Higher School of Economics (Moscow) has sponsored and co-organized the first lecture of the series, with Prof. Martti Koskenniemi. Anne Orford, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Philippe Sands, Anthea Roberts, Marko Milanovic and other top international law scholars and practitioners are among the first to confirm their visit to Russia with lectures and seminars during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years. This is the first ever initiative of this kind and at such a scale in Russia. The organizers are constantly working on the composition of the programme. Please contact Maria Issaeva (maria.issaeva {at} threefold(.)ru) if you would like to contribute to this important project as speaker, sponsor or otherwise.

2017 ESIL Annual Conference Call for Papers. The 13th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law will take place in Naples, Italy, on 7-9 September 2017. The conference will be hosted by the University of Naples Federico II. The theme of the conference is ”Global Public Goods, Global Commons and Fundamental Values: The Responses of International Law”. The Call for Papers can be found here. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 January 2017. Further details of the programme and the registration process will be available in early 2017. The opening session of the conference will be held in the Teatrino di Corte, the King’s private opera theatre inside the Royal Palace, and the main conference will be held in the Castel dell’Ovo, a magnificent medieval building which is the oldest standing fortification in Naples. Pre-conference ESIL Interest Group events will be held at the historical premises of the School of Law of the university.