ANZSIL International Law Teaching Workshop 2024

Teaching International Law in Times of Crisis

La Trobe University City Campus, Melbourne, 2 July 2024

Call for Panellists and Participants

ANZSIL and the La Trobe International and Comparative Law Research Cluster will host an ANZSIL International Law Teaching Workshop on Tuesday 2 July 2024 (2.30PM-4.30PM) (the day before the ANZSIL conference begins). The workshop will be an opportunity for participants to discuss our role and work as teachers of international law. The theme for this year’s workshop connects to the conference theme and focusses on ‘Teaching International Law in Times of Crisis’.

Focus of the Workshop

The workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss and share their experiences of teaching international law subjects that touch on or focus on crises. In particular we hope to explore:

• When designing international law courses, how do we determine the extent to which we focus on crises and the extent to which we focus on other matters? What factors come into this decision and what are the benefits and detriments of teaching the discipline through moments of crisis?
• How do we navigate the different political views and personal experiences of crises in the classroom?
• What are our roles and responsibilities as teachers when we engage with crises?
• How do we deal with tension and conflict that may arise when discussing crises?
• Do we approach the teaching of crises differently to how we approach other aspects of international law?
• What pedagogical techniques do we use (or not use) when teaching topics on international legal crises?
• What successes and failures have we experienced when teaching about international legal crises?

Format of the Workshop

The workshop will involve two sessions which will each run for 55 minutes. In each session, a chair will ask four panellists a series of questions around teaching international law in times of crisis before the floor is opened up for other attendees to ask questions or provide comments on the topics raised. The aim is to have a free flowing, vibrant conversation across the course of the two-hour session. There will be a chance to catch up over refreshments at the conclusion of the workshop.

The workshop is designed to be in person. However, if you cannot come to Melbourne, please contact Anna and Madelaine for zoom details. Please note that panellists will need to be at the workshop in person.

Timing and Location of the Workshop

Date: Tuesday 2 July 2024

Time: 2.30P-4.30PM (followed by refreshments)

Location: La Trobe University, City Campus

Cost

$20 (AUD) to cover catering costs.

Call for Panellists and General Participants

If you would be interested in being a panellist at the workshop, please register your interest here. You will be asked to provide a short statement (no more than 300 words) setting out the international law subjects you have taught and any particular issues you would like to discuss regarding the teaching of international law in times of crisis. Please note that you will not be required to prepare a paper/presentation for the workshop. Instead you will have the opportunity to respond to questions posed by the chair and audience.

The Call for Panellists has now closed. We will finalise the panellists by the end of March. We will aim to ensure the panellists come from a diversity of institutions, stages of career and backgrounds, and have a range of different ideas about teaching international law in times of crisis.

International law teachers who would like to attend the teaching workshop as a general participant, will be able to register for the workshop when the conference registration process opens on the ANZSIL website.

Queries

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Hood (a.hood@auckland.ac.nz) and Madelaine Chiam (m.chiam@auckland.ac.nz). We look forward to hearing from you and getting together to discuss international law teaching mid-year!