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On the occasion of the ESIL 13th
Annual Conference (Naples, 7-9 September 2017) the ESIL Interest Group on the History of International Law hereby
invites submissions, in English or in French, for its annual Workshop.
Call for Papers
During the past two decades the
history of international law has evolved from a relatively marginal enterprise
into a core professional concern and, in certain fields, a controlling
vocabulary. The phenomenon, which is often captioned as a “turn to history”, is
marked both by an exponential growth in publications and activities (journals,
conferences, interest groups, blogs) and a re-invention of historical work as
mode of critical analysis. One could begin to list several characteristics of the
turn to history: the move away from trans-historical evolutionary accounts
towards global, micro-, and subaltern histories; critiques of Eurocentrism; the
emergence of histories of sub-fields of international law; socio-historical
accounts of the international law profession; a renewed interest in archival
work; an unprecedented interest in methodological questions; the role of
historical accounts in judicial decisions; and so on. The purpose of the
Workshop of the ESIL Interest Group on the History of International Law is to trace
these disciplinary developments and evaluate their impact on contemporary
international law scholarship and practice.
In this context, the IGHIL
invites submissions by scholars working within the fields of international law,
history, and politics on the following inter-related themes:
·
The impact of the historical turn on the methods
of international legal history
·
The impact of the historical turn in sub-fields
of international law (e.g. human rights, international criminal law, diplomatic
history etc)
·
The impact of the historical turn on evaluating
the historical function of international courts and tribunals
·
The impact of the historical turn on
Eurocentrism
·
The impact of global, micro, subaltern, and
other histories on international law historiography
Each submission
should include
a) An abstract of no
more than 400 words;
b) The intended
language of presentation;
c) A short curriculum
vitae containing the author’s name, institutional affiliation, contact
information and e-mail address.
Abstracts must be
submitted no later than 15 March 2017
to esilighil@gmail.com on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Interest Group, which
shall collectively supervise the blind peer-review process of the abstracts. Applicants
will be notified on the outcome of the selection process by 30 March 2017.
Selection will be
based on scholarly merit and with regard to producing an engaging workshop,
without prejudice to gender, seniority, language or geographical location. Please
note that the ESIL Interest Group on the History of International Law is unable
to provide funds to cover the conference registration fee or related transport
and accommodation costs.
See also ESIL website.
