Scholarship Prize Nominations Sought - ASIL Women in International Law

The Women in International Law Interest Group (WILIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) seeks nominations for its third biennial Scholarship Prize which will be awarded in 2024 and formally presented at the 2025 ASIL Annual Meeting. Submissions for the prize are due on May 30, 2024.

The WILIG Scholarship Prize highlights and promotes excellence in international law scholarship involving women and girls, gender, and feminist approaches. It recognizes innovative contributions to international law scholarship that theorize or utilize a feminist lens or lenses, highlight, and seek to address topics disproportionately affecting women and girls, or consider the impact of international law or policy on gender more broadly. The WILIG Scholarship Prize Committee may award up to two prizes: one for book length monographs or edited volumes, and the other for individual articles or book chapters. Nominators may only nominate one book or article per cycle. Self-nominations are welcome. Submitted works will be assessed based on the following criteria:

1. Appropriate Substance. The work utilizes a feminist lens or lenses, addresses a topic that disproportionately affects women and girls, or considers the impact of international law or policy on gender more broadly.
2. Innovative. The work addresses topics not covered by previous scholars, highlights diverse perspectives on law and policy, uses new theoretical or methodological approaches, or applies theoretical or methodological approaches to topics in new ways.
3. Learned. The work demonstrates in-depth knowledge and expertise concerning a topic.
4. Impactful. The work has affected or has the potential to affect the way scholars and policymakers view or address a particular topic or issue going forward.

To submit an article, chapter, or book published in the last three years for consideration, please send the relevant scholarly work, along with a cover letter describing why the work merits the award in light of the criteria above, to [email protected] by May 30, 2024. If you are recommending a book, we suggest you obtain an electronic copy from the publisher. However, if you are unable to send a copy in electronic format, please contact Suhong Yang at Georgetown Law to make other arrangements.

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