via ETAN<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: IPJET-International Platform of Jurists for East Timor &lt;ipjet2@gmail.com&gt;<br>Date: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:59 am<br>Subject: Conference on self-determination (London, June 2008)<br>To: east-timor@lists.riseup.net<br><br>&gt; Dear all,<br>&gt; <br>&gt; I received from Catriona Drew, the lecturer in<br>&gt; International Law at SOAS (University of London) and IPJET <br>&gt; member who<br>&gt; took part of our latest conference and book on Western Sahara, <br>&gt; the annexed<br>&gt; CALL FOR PAPERS for a conference on <i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">NEW APPROACHES TO SELF-DETERMINATION<span></span></span></i>.<br>&gt; Two founding members of IPJET will have an important role on this<br>&gt; conference: Prof. Nathaniel Berman, as keynote speaker, and Prof.<br>&gt; Christine Chinkin, as chair. <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; In solidarity,<br>&gt; Pedro<br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">CALL FOR PAPERS </span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">NEW APPROACHES TO SELF-DETERMINATION<span>&nbsp; </span></span></i></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">CONFERENCE<span>&nbsp;<br>&gt; </span></span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">JUNE 12-13, 2008 </span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES </span></p><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br>&gt; </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The Centre for the<br>&gt; study of Colonialism, Empire and international law (CCEIL) is pleased to<br>&gt; announce that a two-day conference on <i>New Approaches to Self-Determination</i><br>&gt; will be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies on 12-13 June, 2008.<br>&gt; The keynote speakers are Professor Christine Bell and Professor Nathaniel<br>&gt; Berman.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The Purpose </span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The Conference has two main objectives: 1. To <span style="color: black;">explore</span><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"> </span><span style="color: black;">alternative histories, theories, and practices of<br>&gt; self-determination by including panels on themes outside the standard<br>&gt; international law account(s); 2. To invite international lawyers to reflect on<br>&gt; these 'new approaches to self-determination' with a view to reappraising the<br>&gt; standard international law historiography on self-determination. To this end,<br>&gt; the Conference will include scholars from 'mainstream' as well as more 'critical'<br>&gt; traditions, who will share a platform and enter into dialogue. It is<br>&gt; anticipated that the Conference panels will address the international law of<br>&gt; self-determination in relation to the following themes and topics:<br>&gt; international legal historiography; critical theory; post-colonialism; the<br>&gt; Soviet Empire; Islam; gender; sexuality; minorities; indigenous peoples;<br>&gt; sovereignty; trans-nationalism; economic rights; partition; population<br>&gt; transfer; international administration of territory; earned sovereignty; and<br>&gt; peace processes.</span></span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black;">Call for Papers<span>&nbsp; </span></span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; <p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black;">CCEIL invites the submission of<br>&gt; abstracts of papers for oral presentation on any topic relevant to the overall<br>&gt; purpose of the Conference or the panel themes. Abstracts should be no more than<br>&gt; 500 words and must be submitted together with a <i>curriculum vitae</i> to <u>cceil@soas.ac.uk</u><br>&gt; by 18^th April 2008.<span>&nbsp; </span>We<br>&gt; particularly encourage submissions from post-graduate students and early-career<br>&gt; scholars.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><br>&gt; <br>&gt; ____________________________________________<br>&gt; IPJET- International Platform of Jurists for East Timor<br>&gt; Secretariat: Gruttohoek 13<br>&gt; 2317 WK Leiden<br>&gt; Netherlands<br>&gt; Tel: +31-71-5221065<br>&gt; Email: ipjet2@gmail.com<br>&gt; <br>&gt; ____________________________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