Harvard Law School IGLP/Global Scholars Academy of Stellenbosch University 2023

Deadline: October 7, 2022

Applications are invited for the Harvard Law School IGLP/Stellenbosch University Global Scholars Academy 2023. The Global Scholars Academy is an intensive residential experience designed to enable young faculty and postdoctoral scholars to engage in sustained, interdisciplinary, peer-to-peer collaboration under the close mentorship of research professors from the best universities in the world.

Building on the Institute for Global Law & Policy’s (IGLP) decade of successful workshops and Stellenbosch’s dedication to high-level interdisciplinary research, the Global Scholars Academy will engage a growing community of scholars developing a new reflection on the world’s most pressing political challenges. During their residency, participants will participate in workshops on their ongoing research, review current scholarship developments, review canonical texts, and network with colleagues around the world.

The 2023 Academy will offer a unique interdisciplinary program and will include thematic mini-courses, plenary lectures and writing workshops. The writing workshops will provide participants with the opportunity to receive detailed and valuable feedback on their research from their peers and senior colleagues in small groups.

Themes

• Authoritarianism, populism and constitutional authority
• The global society
• Critical Geographies
• Transnational public and private reimagined
• Scientific and technological studies
• Labour, justice and the future of work
• International Economic Law in the Global Political Economy
• Formality and Informality in Property Law
• Clinical training and access to justice
• Gender, poverty and social inclusion
• The race at the fore in the post-colonial
• Critical Theory in Legal Thought

Eligibility

• Preference will be given to researchers who hold junior postdoctoral faculty positions.
• Students completing their doctoral work are also encouraged to apply.

Application

All accepted participants will be required to submit an 8,000-word essay, draft or work-in-progress of academic writing prior to the Academy to be discussed with colleagues during intensive writing workshops.

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For more information, visit World Scholars Academy.