Call for Papers: International Conference on Law and Social Sciences (ICLSS – 2025), April 17-18, 2025

Call for Papers: International Conference on Law and Social Sciences (ICLSS – 2025), April 17-18, 2025

The Central Asian Research Center (CARC) at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, SDU University (Kazakhstan), in collaboration with the Central Asia Program (CAP) at George Washington University (USA), is organizing a bi-annual International Conference on Law and Social Sciences (ICLSS-2025) titled Central Asia in a Changing World: Agency, Legal Challenges, and Media Landscape. The conference aims to provide a shared platform for scholars, researchers, practitioners, Ph.D. candidates, and graduate students in the fields of law and social sciences from across the world. This event will bring together distinguished speakers and scholars to deliver keynote speeches and conduct panel discussions.

• Conference date: April 17-18, 2025
• Conference venue: SDU University, Kaskelen, Kazakhstan

About the conference

The conference highlights the role and agency of Central Asian countries as they navigate diverse challenges within the complex geopolitical landscape that has emerged in the Eurasian region. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it focuses on political developments, foreign policy, regional cooperation, legal dimensions, gender perspectives, and the media landscape in Central Asia in order to facilitate an in-depth scholarly dialogue. The conference will include parallel sessions on Law, International Law, Media Studies, International Relations, and Gender Studies.

There is no participation fee. 

Submission guidelines

To participate in the conference, please complete the form available on the conference website at https://sdu.edu.kz/iclss/. For panel and roundtable proposals, upload a Word file that includes a brief description of the theme, objectives, and proposed speakers. For individual paper proposals, upload a Word file containing an abstract (250–300 words) that outlines the research objectives, methodology, and key findings.

Important dates-

• Deadline for registration and submission of proposals: March 17, 2025
• Acceptance notification: March 27, 2025
• Preliminary conference program: March 31, 2025
• Final conference program: April 7, 2025

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