Opportunities: CFPs, Courses & Cancellations/Postponements

CFPs: 

International Journal of Refugee Law [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Submission deadline has been *extended* to 15 May 2020.

Anti-Trafficking Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Trafficking in Minors." Submission deadline is 1 June 2020.

Forced Migration Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Recognising Refugees." Submission deadline is 15 June 2020.

Social Sciences [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "Immigration Politics in the Age of Trump." Submission deadline is 30 June 2020.

American Journal of International Law [info]

- Contributions sought for an Agora symposium, with a topic of "The International Legal Order and the Global Pandemic." One aspect that might be explored is "challenges to the promotion and protection of human rights during pandemics, including emergency and police powers, surveillance technologies, and the impact on migration and refugees." Submission deadline is 1 July 2020.

Refugee Survey Quarterly [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Improving Attention to Internal Displacement Globally." Submission deadline is 5 July 2020.

Courses:

Scholarships: MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, Refugee Law Initiative [info]
- Ten full Commonwealth Scholarships available for accepted participants to October 2020 MA course. Note: The application deadline has been extended to 4 May 2020.

International Summer School in Refugee Law and Rights, Online, 20-29 July 2020 [info]

- The summer school is now being offered as a distance learning course! "The summer school is modelled according to international summer schools initiated by late professor Harrell-Bond in the 1980s as pioneering academic refugee law training for the humanitarians. Its contents online will remain unchanged except for the limitation in face-to-face interaction that this year takes place virtually." Early bird registration deadline is 15 May 2020.

16th Migration Summer School: Migration and Mobility in an Era of Contention, Florence, Italy, 7-18 September 2020 [info]
- Note: This programme was originally scheduled to take place in June/July, but the dates have now changed. It is not clear if applications are still being accepted.

Course postponements:

Researching Country of Origin Information [info]
- A blended learning course with online training from 23 March-17 April 2020 and a face-to-face meeting on 21 April 2020 in Vienna. Note: This course will be re-scheduled, but new dates are TBD.

International Institute of Humanitarian Law Courses [info]
- The Institute is now closed and many courses have been postponed as a result. New dates will be communicated in May, or check the website/social media for more information.

Course cancellations:

2020 Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration, Toronto, 4-8 May 2020 [info]

International Summer School in Forced Migration, Oxford, 5-17 July 2020 [info]

Research Methods and Ethics in Migration Studies, 10th MiReKoc International Summer School in Collaboration with IMISCOE, Istanbul, 6-17 July 2020 [info]

Statelessness Summer Course, Tilburg, Neth., 13-17 July 2020 [info]

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