Call for Papers for Journal of Private International Law 10th Anniversary Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR JOURNAL OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 10th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

Building on the very successful conferences held in Aberdeen (2005), Birmingham (2007), New York (2009), Milan (2011) and Madrid (2013), we are pleased to announce that the Journal of Private International Law will be holding its 10th Anniversary Conference at the University of Cambridge, UK, on 3–5 September 2015.

The Editors now invite abstracts for the conference. Please submit an abstract if you would like to make a presentation at the conference and you are willing to produce a final paper that you will submit for publication in the Journal. Abstracts should be up to 500 words in length and should clearly state the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s). They can be on any subject matter that falls within the scope of the Journal – see here – and can be offered by people at any stage of their career, including postgraduate students.

Presentation at the conference will depend on whether your abstract is selected by the Editors of the Journal (Professors Jonathan Harris of King’s College, London and Paul Beaumont of the University of Aberdeen) and by the conference organisers at the University of Cambridge (Professor Richard Fentiman, Dr Louise Merrett and Dr Pippa Rogerson). The subsequent article should be submitted to the Journal. Publication in the Journal will be subject to the usual system of refereeing by two experts in the field.

The Conference will comprise a mixture of plenary (Friday) and parallel panel sessions (Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning). Please indicate on the abstract whether you are willing to present in either session, or are only willing to do so in one or the other. A willingness to be flexible maximises our ability to select your paper.

The Conference will be held in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, UK. See here for further information.

Speakers will not be expected to pay a conference fee but will be expected to pay their expenses to get to Cambridge. Conference accommodation is available in Gonville & Caius College at the speaker’s own expense (see here). Details about accommodation and the conference dinner on the Thursday evening will follow, but bed and breakfast in a single room in the College will cost about £70 per night.

Please send your abstract to the following email address by Friday, 20 February 2015:
PILconf15 (at) law.cam.ac.uk