The YLS International Programs Newsletter contains information about campus events, grants and fellowships, miscellaneous opportunities, and additional resources. It aims to help students navigate events and opportunities relating to international, transnational, foreign, and comparative law. From reminders of deadlines for abstract submissions to the American Society of International Law to pointing out resources for searching international career opportunities, the newsletter is the product of great devotion and effort. All YLS students receive the weekly newsletter via email each Monday during the semester. In addition, YLS events can be found on the online calendar.
For all its qualities, the newsletter does not and cannot encapsulate all of the international opportunities that bloom in the hallways of YLS. Stay appraised of opportunities by taking classes with an international focus, joining student groups, and attending extracurricular events and conferences. The myriad of centers and programs at YLS are always bringing in outside scholars and professionals interested in recruiting YLS students.
May 1, 2023
Featured in this issue: Campus events including a talk on the ‘Criminalization of Children during Guatemala’s Civil War,’ a film screening of ‘Land of Azaba’ followed by a Q&A with the director, and a GLC book talk with Samuel Ringgold Ward on ‘A Life of Struggle;’ other opportunities including the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize and the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research.
April 24, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a discussion on ‘Health for All: Addressing Barriers to Gender-Affirming Care for Adults in Selected African Countries;’ campus events including a Latin American Studied Working Group talk on ‘Toward a History of the Long Colombian War’ by Steven Cohen, a lecture on ‘Reparations, the Refugee Crisis and European Neocolonialism,’ and a film screening of ‘Paper City;’ other opportunities including the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize, the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize, and the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research.
April 17, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a career event on ‘National Security and Working in the CIA,’ a talk by Professor Nartnirun Junngam on ‘Corruption & International Arbitration,’ and a discussion with Elizabeth Yeampierre on ‘Creating a Sustainable Movement for Climate Justice;’ campus events including a PRFDHR seminar with Professor Elisa Cavatorta on ‘Revealing the Space for a Peace Agreement between Parties in Conflict,’ a national screening of ‘Terror and Hope’ on PBS, and a career conversation with Ignacio Carvajal; other opportunities including the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize, the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize, and the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research.
April 10, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a panel discussion titled ‘Welcome Ukraine? Navigating Ukraine’s Accession to the EU,’ an in-person information session on ‘The Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowships,’ and the opening conversation of the Bernstein Symposium on ‘China’s 21st Century Authoritarianism;’ campus events including a presentation on ‘Jangar: The Heroic Epic of the Kalmyk Nomads,’ a Leitner seminar with Cesi Cruz, and an SASC colloquium with Sanaa Alimia on ‘Refugee Cities;’ other opportunities including other opportunities including the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize for article on international arbitration, the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize, and the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research.
April 3, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a virtual information session on ‘The Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights Fellowships,’ a YJIL symposium on ‘Third-World Perspectives on Sanctions,’ and a human rights workshop with Douglas Kysar on ‘The Duty of Climate Change;’ campus events including a discussion on ‘Humanitarian Assistance and National Security,’ a presentation on ‘Feminist Theory on Fire and Revolt,’ and a film screening of ‘Harmonium (2016, Fukada Koji);’ other opportunities including other opportunities including the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize for article on international arbitration, the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize, and the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research.
March 27, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including the ‘Spring 2023 Gruber Lecture in Global Justice with Lynsey Addario,’ a conversation on ‘(State) Legality and (Sociopolitical) Legitimacy in Peru,’ and a human rights workshop with Michael Gerrard on ‘International Adjudication and Climate Change Loss and Damage;’ campus events including a modern Europe colloquium on ‘Dutch Diseases: Race, Oil, and Intimacy in Offshore Europe,’ a screening of Jennifer Cárcamo’s ‘Los Eternos Indocumentados,’ and a talk titled ‘Paradoxes of Neoliberal Politics in a Post-Communist Society;’ other opportunities including the WIIT Charitable Trust Future Global Leaders Scholarship, the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize, and the 2023-2024 Dean Acheson Legal Stage Program in Luxembourg at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
March 6, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a ‘Conversation on Leadership with Ian Solomon ‘02,’ a book talk on ‘The Ideological Foundations of Qing Taxation,’ and a human rights workshop with Sunil Amrith on ‘Migration and Environmental Justice: A Perspective from South Asia;’ campus events including a discussion led by Aleksandar Uskokov on ‘The Philosophy of the Brahmasutra,’ a talk on ‘Russia, Ukraine, and the Laws of War,’ and an SASC colloquium on ‘Nation and Violence: Reflections on recent vigilante violence in India;’ other opportunities including other opportunities including the 2023 Kirby Simon Summer Fellowships, the 2023 ASIL Annual Meeting from March 29-31, and the 2023 John N. Hazard Fund.
February 27, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a discussion on ‘Protecting Independent Russian Media: The EU’s Role,’ a human rights workshop with John Knox on ‘Climate Change and UN Human Rights Bodies,’ and a YLS conference titled ‘Intersections: Dialogues on Memory, Restitution, and Justice;’ campus events including a symposium on ‘Lessons and Legacies of Iraq 20 Years On,’ an Iran colloquium on ‘The Making of the Modern Carceral State in Iran,’ and a film screening of ‘Mariupolis 2’ followed by a conversation with Marci Shore; other opportunities including the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research, the 2023 Kirby Simon Summer Fellowships, and 2023 John N. Hazard Fund.
February 20, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a talk by incoming Asst. Professor of American Studies Julian Posada on ‘The Coloniality of Data Work,’ a discussion on ‘Democratic Backsliding and Declining Rule of Law in Poland’ led by Michał Wawrykiewicz, and a human rights workshop led by César Rodríguez-Garavito on ‘Climatizing Human Rights;’ campus events including a discussion on ‘The Impact of Aid on Ethiopian Politics and Geopolitical Relations,’ a talk on “The Chinese Government’s Systematic Destruction of Uyghur Cultural Heritage,’ and a GLC book talk on ‘Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast;’ other opportunities including 2023 Kirby Simon Summer Fellowships, the 2023 ASIL Annual Meeting from March 29-31, and the 2023-2024 Dean Acheson Legal Stage Program in Luxembourg at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
February 13, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a book launch of ‘Public Freedoms in the Islamic State’ and a human rights workshop with Vijaya Ramachandran titled ‘Climate Colonialism: A Discussion of Rich Countries’ Energy Policies Towards Poor Countries;’ campus events including a panel discussion on ‘Balkan Communism Revisited,’ a PRFRHR colloquium led by Rizvi Hassan on ‘Living in Impermanence,’ and a conversation on ‘The Ancient Cultural Exchange of Korea and Eurasia;’ other opportunities including the Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research, the WIIT Charitable Trust Global Leaders Scholarship, and the Smit-Lowenfeld Prize.
February 6, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a discussion of the film ‘Argentina, 1985,’ a talk with Stephen Wertheim on ‘The Anti-Imperial Moment: The Ukraine War and the Promise and Perils of Fighting Imperialism,’ and a human rights workshop with Kamal Amakrane on ‘The Sovereignty, Statehood & Rights Amidst the Climate Crisis: The Case of Atoll Island Countries;’ campus events including a discussion on ‘Greece’s China Policy: The Exceptional Case of a Small Western State,’ a CMES colloquium on ‘The Labor Movement in Lebanon: Power on Hold,’ and a virtual panel discussion on ‘Democratic Backsliding in Latin America;’ other opportunities including the 6th Annual John D. Greenwald Writing Competition, 2023 Kirby Simon Summer Fellowships, and the 2023 ASIL Annual Meeting from March 29-31.
January 30, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a panel on ‘The Future of Immigrant Rights,’ a human rights workshop with Alyssa Battistoni titled ‘After Carbon Democracy: Towards Democratic Decarbonization,’ and a PTCC student roundtable presented by Alyssa Resar ‘25; campus events including a lunch talk with Melissa Tores on ‘Latinxs Experiences of Trafficking Throughout the Americas,’ a CMES colloquium titled ‘The Right Kind of Suffering: Gender, Sexuality, and Arab Asylum Seekers in America,’ and a film screening of ‘BURIAL’ and conversation with director and writer Emilija Škarnulytė; other opportunities including the 6th Streicker Scholar Fund for International Research, 2023-24 Bernstein and Robina Post-Graduate Fellowships, and 2023-24 Gruber Post-Graduate Fellowships.
January 23, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a conversation with John Bellinger on ‘National Security Lawyering,’ a film screening of ‘My Imaginary Country,’ and a human rights workshop with Alfred Brownell on ‘The Frontlines of the Climate Crisis;’ campus events including a conversation on ‘Discipline and Care: Institutional Spaces in Late Soviet Estonia,’ a CSEAS Brown Bag Seminar titled ‘The Linguist and the King of Siam: Yale in the History of Thai Linguistics,’ and a Poynter Fellowship Lecture by Valeria Hopkins, an international correspondent for the New York Times; other opportunities including the 6th Annual John D. Greenwald Writing Competition and the 2023-24 Judicial Fellowship Programme at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
January 16, 2023
Featured in this issue: YLS events including a talk led by Sareeta Amrute on ‘Cyber-Fugitivity and Anti-Caste Thought’ and a Paul Tsai China Center open house; campus events including a Leitner Seminar with Alexander Trubowitz and a discussion on ‘Institutional Racism in International Relations;’ other opportunities including the 2023-24 Judicial Fellowship Programme at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the 2023-4 Fellowship at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.