1. Call for Papers: Disarmament from the Margins. As part of an AHRC-funded project ‘Disarming International Law: forgotten pasts and future possibilities on a global front line’, the organisers (Charlie Peevers, University of Glasgow and Anna Hood, Auckland Law School) are inviting submissions for a conference exploring how disarmament is envisioned, contested, and enacted beyond traditional state-centered frameworks. The conference will take place from 7 – 8 October 2025, at the Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow (in-person and online). They seek to highlight the contributions of marginalized actors, places, and ideas in shaping disarmament discourse and practice. To apply, send a description of your proposed contribution (around 300 words or so) and a two line bio to scottishdisarmamentproject {at} gmail(.)com by the extended deadline of 30 May 2025. They welcome diverse contributions, including academic papers, panel discussions, visual and performance art, and other non-traditional formats. Early career researchers, activists, and practitioners—particularly from the Global South—are strongly encouraged to apply. For full details of the Call for Papers see here.
2. Call for Submissions – CILJ Volume 14(2). The Cambridge International Law Journal is inviting submissions for Volume 14(2), to be published in December 2025. This issue, themed ‘Navigating a Multipolar World: Challenges to the Post-WWII Status Quo of International Law’, builds on the 14th Annual CILJ Conference but is open to all contributors. Marking the 80th anniversary of the UN Charter, the issue will explore how international law is responding to global shifts—from armed conflict and non-conventional warfare to the climate crisis and the regulation of cyberspace, outer space, the deep sea, and polar regions. They ask whether the post-1945 legal framework remains fit for purpose—and how international law can adapt to today’s complex, rapidly evolving challenges. Submit here. More info on the website, here.
3. Call for Contributions: Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Union – Mechanisms and National Responsibility. Contributions are invited to an online symposium on “Protecting the Rule of Law in the European Union – Mechanisms and National Responsibility”. This is a joint initiative of Jean Monnet Saar and the JuWissBlog and provides a platform for young researchers to explore the effectiveness of rule of law safeguards in the EU and the role of German mechanisms and institutions. Submissions (max. 1,500 words) are welcome until 30 June 2025 and may cover both European and German legal perspectives. All information can be found here.
4. Call for Engaged Listeners: MELAW20 & MELP50 Anniversary Conference on Marine and Environmental Law: Retrospect and Prospects, 20-21 May, 2025 (Online). The Marine & Environmental Law Program (MELP) of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW) of the Schulich School of Law. To celebrate and commemorate this milestone, MELAW is hosting a hybrid conference on Marine and Environmental Law: Retrospect and Prospects on 20 – 21 May 2025. The Conference will facilitate discussion on some of the most pressing legal issues on environmental law and law of the sea, while providing an opportunity to reflect on the origin story and journey of the MELP teaching specializations and MELAW as a research centre. A call for engaged listeners has been issued, and the deadline for registration is 16 May 2025. For the conference program and further information, see the MELAW website.
5. Call for Papers: Workshop on Genocide and the Ocean – Sea by Sea. Building on a previous workshop that explored the broad conceptual relationship between genocide and the ocean, this second workshop will continue the meta-discussion with a focus on the theme of unity through diversity. Whether addressing the legacies of enslavement in the Atlantic, the plight of refugees in the Mediterranean, or the destruction of maritime cultural heritage in the Pacific, the issues that connect the maritime realm to the harms of genocide—and the limitations of the genocide concept in addressing such harms — are both pervasive and unique. Although the primary focus is the Caribbean — an area subjected to both historical and ongoing violence that exposes the constraints of traditional genocide discourse — they seek contributions from all relevant regional focuses and disciplines that engage with these complexities. The workshop will be held at the University of Reading (and online) on Friday 19 September 2025. Interested participants should send an abstract of 500 words max and a bio of 150 words max to Eric Loefflad () by 30 May 2025. Please specify which ocean(s) and/or sea(s) are the primary focus of your paper. Communications of acceptance will occur by 15 June 2025. Accepted participants are to submit a preliminary draft (3000 words max) for circulation by 15 August 2025.
7. Call for Contributions: Pluriloguing with Ourselves: – Exploring Non-Dominant Feminist Grammars in Global Governance. Despite decades of rhetoric about “intersectionality” and “diversity,” global governance spaces remain dominated by Western, Anglophone, and White feminist perspectives — marginalising alternative feminist frameworks and actors. This interdisciplinary book project, convened by scholars from the University of Cambridge, SOAS, Geneva Graduate Institute, and Bahçeşehir University, challenges this exclusion by amplifying non-dominant (non-white, non-Anglophone, non-Western) feminist engagements with global governance frameworks. They invite abstracts (250 words) on themes including: Coloniality of language and racialised gatekeeping in global governance; Subaltern feminist critiques of liberalism, capitalism, and imperialism in global governance; and, Alternative epistemologies for global governance, and resistance strategies from the Global South. The project prioritises submissions from marginalised scholars, artists, and collectives. It includes a workshop (2–3 October 2025, University of Cambridge) and seeks to produce an open-access edited volume. Limited bursaries are available for Global South participants. For more information, see here. They welcome submissions in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. For other languages, contact pluriloguing.femlaw {at} gmail(.)com to discuss. For submissions, fill out this form. Deadline for submissions: 15 June 2025. Contact: pluriloguing.femlaw {at} gmail(.)com.
8. A “Province of All Mankind”? Property in Outer Space under Public and Private International Law & Philosophy. This conference is taking place on 25 – 26 September 2025, at the Collège de France, in Paris. It is organised by Pr. Samantha Besson, within the research program (PEPR) Origins. This conference will bring public and private international lawyers together with political and legal philosophers to discuss the complex issues raised by property in outer space, including its relations to the notions of territory, jurisdiction and sovereignty, but also the international legal status of in situ scientific research, data and celestial bodies samples. Registration is not required. Further details are available here. Contact: alban.guyomarch@college-de-
9. Call for Applications: Executive Master in European Migration and Asylum Law. This is a one-year online program organised by the Odysseus Network, to provide an in-depth knowledge of EU migration and asylum law, including the latest and most controversial developments like the new Pact on Migration and Asylum and return policy. The program is delivered online, including three gatherings in Brussels with professors and experts. Accessible to students but also professionals with courses given on Friday evenings & Saturday mornings. Apply here by 11 July 2025. See the program here.