PhD candidates from universities around the world are invited to participate in the third annual doctoral seminar of the Siracusa Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. The seminar is planned to take place exclusively in person in Siracusa, Italy (no hybrid format) over two days, 18 and 19 March, 2024. The seminar will provide an opportunity to doctoral researchers for networking with their colleagues and with senior academics, to gain experience in presenting research to a scholarly audience, and the acquisition of practical skills for their studies and future careers. They can expect substantive feedback on both their oral presentations and written work.
The seminar will consist of presentations by doctoral candidates as well as sessions delivered by experts of both a practical and theoretical nature of relevance to post-graduate research and academic careers. This call for proposals is addressed to doctoral researchers working in the areas on which the work and activities of the Siracusa Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights are focussed. It is expected that the seminar will be of interest to PhD candidates whose research work engages with the fields of international criminal law, international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as well as with human rights and criminal justice at the domestic level. The organisers will endeavour to plan the sessions along thematic lines, to the extent possible. It is hoped that there will be a sufficient number of papers so that thematic sessions may be organised on the following subjects: protection of the environment, participation in international crimes, racial discrimination, protection of cultural property, and relationships between the fields of international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international criminal law. There is no intent to exclude presentations on other subjects.
PhD candidates at all stages in their research are invited to submit proposals for presentations at the seminar. A presentation will consist of a twenty-minute talk followed by ten to fifteen minutes of feedback from participating academics as well as peers.
Attendance and participation from those candidates who do not present papers is also welcomed and expected.
Submission Guideline
Proposals should consist of no more than 200 words setting out the basic idea, argument and/or objective of the presentation. Please identify the institution where you are studying, the topic of your thesis, and the stage you are at. The deadline for submission of proposals is 17h00 European Central Time on 15 December 2023. Successful candidates will be notified in early January. They will be expected to register for the course by 26 January 2024 and to submit their paper by 8 March 2024. Papers should be sent to Assia Buonocore at the Siracusa Institute: [email protected].
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