Deadline for Abstract Submission is extended until

15 January 2017

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPARATIVE LAW
YOUNGER COMPARATIVISTS COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law (“the Committee”) is
pleased to invite submissions for the Sixth Annual YCC Global Conference, to be held on April 28-29, 2017,
at Koç University Law School in Istanbul, Türkiye. The purpose of the conference is to highlight, develop, and
promote the scholarship of new and younger comparativists.

Conference Subject-Matter and Eligibility
Submissions on any subject in public or private comparative law are welcome. Eligible scholars may submit
individual papers or propose fully formed panels. The Committee accepts individual paper submissions and
proposals for panels (usually 3 to 4 presenters). The Committee encourages submissions and panel proposals
in all areas of comparative law, and particularly in the areas of constitutional law, gender and law, tort law,
insurance law, antitrust/competition law, corporate law, and finally in emerging areas such as online privacy,
cyberspace regulation, and online human rights protection.
Only individuals who have been engaged as law professors, lecturers, fellows, post-docs, researcher
associates, or in another academic capacity for no more than ten years as of June 30, 2017, are eligible for
individual submissions or as panel presenters. Graduate students enrolled in masters or doctoral programs
are also eligible to submit proposals.

Submission Instructions
To submit an individual paper or propose a fully formed panel, scholars must email an attachment in Microsoft
Word or PDF containing an abstract of no more than 750 words no later than December 31, 2016, to the
following address: ycc2017@ku.edu.tr.
Abstracts and panel proposals should reflect original research and thought. Submitted papers may not be
published, but may have been accepted for publication at the time of the conference. Abstracts and panel
proposals must include the author’s name, title of the paper, institutional affiliation, position at the institution,
contact information, as well as the author’s certification that she/he qualifies as a younger scholar. Graduate
students must identify themselves as such.
Each scholar may submit only one individual paper or panel proposal. Individual and co-authored papers may
also be submitted. When submitting co-authored papers, both authors must qualify as eligible younger
comparativists.
Proposals for fully formed panels must be organized around a common theme and include a confirmed list of
the panel members and the required submission information. When submitting a panel proposal, the
proposal must include the abstract of each participating presenter. For panel proposals, please also include
the words “panel proposal” in the subject line of your submission email.
The Committee will group individual and co-authored papers by subject area and assign them to different
panels by relevance. Concurrent panels will be held on two days, both April 28th and 29th, 2017

Colin B. Picker Graduate Student Prize
The Third Annual Colin B. Picker Prize will be awarded for the best paper submitted by a graduate student.
To be considered for the award, graduate students must first submit an abstract to the Committee by the
above specified conference deadline of December 31, 2016, and have that abstract accepted for the main
conference. Following acceptance of their abstract, graduate students may then submit their final papers by
February 28, 2017, for consideration of the Colin B. Picker Prize. To do so the final papers must be submitted
to the following email address: ycc2017@ku.edu.tr and contain the subject line “Submission for Graduate
Student Prize.” Papers submitted without the proper subject line and papers received after February 28,
2017, will not be considered for the award.

Notification
Authors and panel proposers will be notified of the acceptance of their submissions and proposals by no later
than January 31, 2017.

Cost and Registration
There is no cost to register for the conference but participants are responsible for securing their own funding
for travel, lodging, and other incidental expenses. A limited number of small travel stipends will be awarded
to those who demonstrate financial need. If you would like to be considered for a travel stipend, please make
that request clearly in your submission. In your stipend request, please identify whether you are affiliated with
an institution that is a member of the American Society of Comparative Law.

Paper Deadline
All scholars selected for the conference must submit final papers by email to ycc2017@ku.edu.tr no later than
March, 20 2017.
Please direct all inquiries to Assistant Prof. Dr. Işık Önay
Chair of the Program Committee, by email ionay@ku.edu.tr