Events

ANZSIL Annual Conference

ANZSIL convenes an annual conference, held in Australia or New Zealand on a rotating basis. The annual conference has established itself as the principal gathering for international law scholars and practitioners in Australia and New Zealand. 

The ANZSIL Annual Conference 2025 will be held at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, from Wednesday 2 July 2025 to Friday 4 July 2025. The Theme is 'International Law: Silence, Forgetting and Remembrance'. Information about the 2025 ANZSIL Conference Theme and Call for Papers is now available at this link.  The closing date for paper and panel proposal is 10 February 2025.

The Alice Edwards Breakthrough Researcher Award supports up to two early career researchers to present at the ANZSIL Annual Conference. Details on eligibility are provided in the link.  The closing date for applications for the participation in the 2025 Conference is 10 February 2025.

ANZSIL Postgraduate Research Students Workshop

The aims of the Workshop are to provide postgraduate degree research students with an opportunity to present their research to their peers, to discuss their experiences of postgraduate research and to make academic and professional connections. Information about the 2025 Workshop, to be held at the Australian National University, Canberra, on Tuesday 1 July 2025 is available here. The closing date for the Call for Papers is 24 February 2025.

Four Societies Conferences

Since 2006, ANZSIL has also participated in the biennial Four Societies Conference, a forum for early career researchers which is held in conjunction with three other national societies (the American, Canadian and Japanese societies). The Eighth Four Societies Conference was organised by ASIL on the theme of Beyond National Jurisdiction and held on 16 and 17 August 2022.  

ANZSIL Interest Group Events

The ANZSIL Interest Groups convene workshops and other events from time to time. ANZSIL’s International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG), which was established in 2010, convenes an annual Symposium on economic law issues. The ANZSIL International Peace and Security Interest Group (IPSIG), which was established in 2014, convened its first event in April 2015. The ANZSIL Oceans and International Environmental Law Interest Group (OIELIG) held its inaugural workshop in February 2017. The Gender, Sexuality and International Law Interest Group (GSILIG) was established in 2019. The History and Theory of International Law Interest Group (HTILG) was established in 2020 and the International Human Rights Law Interest Group was established in 2022.  The most recent Interest Group to be established is the ANZSIL International Law Teaching Interest Group (in 2024).

Requests for ANZSIL financial support for events or activities

Providing that sufficient funds are available, ANZSIL endeavours to provide financial support for additional events and activities consistent with its aims. 

Requests for financial support from ANZSIL to convene events or activities should be made in accordance with the Guidelines for Applying for Financial Support from ANZSIL for Events and Activities.