A call for papers exploring the role of law in meeting contemporary global challenges has been issued for the fifth interdisciplinary Graduate Research Conference to be hosted by Kent Law School on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 of June 2017.
The conference offers Kent LLM students and postgraduate research students from across the humanities and social sciences faculties, an opportunity to meet over two days to critically discuss the legal and theoretical framework underpinning a broad variety of global challenges. These challenges include (but are not limited to): economic and environmental issues, global policymaking, technology, targeted killings, international and transnational crime, the internet and communication technologies, mass migration, and shared security/global policing.
Abstract submissions should be no longer than 300 words and should be sent to lawgradconference@kent.ac.uk by Saturday 15 April 2017. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by Sunday 30 April 2017.
Contributors who would like their paper to be considered for the best internal paper prize, the best external paper prize and/or the best poster prize are asked to submit full paper submissions no later than Thursday 25 May 2017.
As well as offering an important opportunity for postgraduate students to gain feedback on dissertation research, the conference will also include a keynote address by Professor Philippe Cullet of SOAS University of London. The annual Clive Schmitthoff Memorial Lecture will also feature and this year, will be delivered by Professor Fiona Macmillan from Birkbeck University of London at 4pm on Monday 5 June 2017.
All students are welcome to attend the conference which will be held on Kent’s Canterbury campus. Further details are available from the Graduate Conference Committee via their Facebook page, their @KLSPGConference Twitter account or via email: lawgradconference@kent.ac.uk