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Conferences, Seminars, and Programs in the Profession About the events listed on this pageInformation on this page and on the APSA website, including links to other websites, is provided as a courtesy only. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. This page contains information submitted by others and links to other websites, and APSA makes no warranty, guarantee or representation to the accuracy of the information posted here or and assumes no responsibility or liability for the use or misuse of the content, or the accuracy or compliance with applicable laws of sites external to the APSA website. Nor should it be assumed that APSA in any way endorses or approves of any of the services or products promoted by those sponsoring organizations or websites. To submit a conference to be listed here, use this form » To submit information on journals, edited volumes, and other publications, see Call for Submissions » February 201213 Justice for All? The International Criminal Court: Ten Years in ReviewSponsor: The Faculties of Law and Arts and Social Sciences and the Australian Human Rights Centre, University of New South Wales Dates: February 13, 2012-February 15, 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Website: http://www.justiceforall.unsw.edu.au/ Description: The conference will mark the 10th anniversary of the operation of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
It will examine the contribution of the ICC to the achievement of gender justice, and analyse the uneven participation of Asia Pacific states within the ICC framework. Speakers include ICC President, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, ICC Registrar Silvana Arbia, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Christian Wenaweser President, ASP and a number of renowned academic, government and civil society experts on the Court. To coincide with the conference, American playwright and women’s rights activist, Eve Ensler, will deliver the Australian Human Rights Centre Annual Public Lecture at the Sydney Theatre Company on 12 February 2012. 15 Proposal Deadline: GSA 36th Annual ConferenceSponsor: German Studies Association (GSA) Dates: October 04, 2012-October 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 15, 2012 Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States Website: http://www.thegsa.org Description: The German Studies Association (GSA) will hold its Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-7, 2012.
The Program Committee cordially invites proposals on any aspect of German, Austrian, or Swiss studies, including (but not limited to) history, Germanistik, film, art history, political science, anthropology, musicology, religious studies, sociology, and cultural studies. Proposals for entire sessions and for interdisciplinary presentations are strongly encouraged. Individual paper proposals and offers to serve as session moderators or commentators are also welcome. Programs of past GSA conferences may be viewed at the GSA website (www.thegsa.org). Please see the GSA website for information about the submission process, which opens on January 5, 2012. ALL proposals must be submitted online; paper forms are not used. The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2012. Please note that presenters must be members of the German Studies Association. Information on membership is available on the GSA website (www.thegsa.org). For more information, visit the GSA website or contact members of the 2012 Program Committee: Jared Poley, Program Director, Georgia State University (jpoley[a]gsu.edu) Rolf J. Goebel, Interdisciplinary, University of Alabama in Huntsville (goebelr[a]uah.edu) Ray Canoy, Diachronic, University of Oklahoma (jcanoy[a]ou.edu) Jesse Spohnholz, Medieval/Early Modern/Pre-1800 (all fields), Washington State University (spohnhoj[a]wsu.edu) Margaret Eleanor Menninger, 19th Century (all fields), Texas State University--San Marcos (mm48[a]txstate.edu) Randall Halle, 20th/21st-Century Germanistik/Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh (rhalle[a]pitt.edu) Ingeborg Majer-O’Sickey, 20th-/21st Century Germanistik/Culture Studies, State University of New York, Binghamton (majer.osickey[a]gmail.com) Dolores Augustine, 20th/21st-Century History, St. John’s University, New York (augustid[a]stjohns.edu) Jonathan Wiesen, 20th/21st-Century History, Southern Illinois University (jwiesen[a]siu.edu) Jonathan R. Olsen, Political Science, University of Wisconsin—Parkside (olsenj[a]uwp.edu) 16 Australian & New Zealand Studies Association of North America: 2012 Annual ConferenceSponsor: Australian & New Zealand Studies Association of North America Dates: February 16, 2012-February 18, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 01, 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Website: http://www.anzsana.net/ Description: ANZSANA is a multidisciplinary academic association founded in 1993 with the aim to deepen the understanding about Australia and New Zealand in North America. We hold annual meetings in February where members present papers across a range of disciplines from history, politics, society, literature, economics, and law. Our annual meetings bring together an international group of academics, journalists, and diplomats who share research and discuss issues germane to Australian, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
18 Institutions, Narratives and Identities: A graduate student workshop at the University of FloridaSponsor: University of Florida Dates: February 18, 2012-February 19, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: September 30, 2011 Location: Florida, United States Website: http://workshopuf.wordpress.com/ Description: The separate but parallel attempts to grapple with the issue of identity within both comparative politics and political theory offer tantalizing possibilities for collaboration. Comparative politics has been productive in uncovering those empirical markers emblematic of identity that are crucial for the patterning of political phenomena. As an antidote to univocal assertions, political theory offers pluralized narratives of identity formation. This workshop uses identity as a thematic focus to demonstrate the potential of collaboration between these subfields.
Over the past decade, practitioners within comparative politics have urged for deepening and updating theoretical concepts such as democracy, identity, and violence. In turn, political theorists have made strides to reconnect the subfield to its home discipline and the broader political world by reminding its practitioners that political theory has always been an inherently comparative enterprise. That the two subfields should be moving closer to one another - as evidenced by the emergence of comparative political theory - is no surprise. In many respects, both comparative politics and political theory trace their beginnings to ancient Greece. In ancient times, a theorist (theôros) was someone who traveled outside the confines of the polis to attend the religious festivals of other Greek cities and reported back the knowledge gained. In order to facilitate this conversation, we invite abstracts that engage a broad range of thematic areas including, but not limited to, the following: Methodological approaches to the study of identity Psychoanalytic, semiotic, sociological approaches to identity Spatio-temporal bounds to identity Memory (short-long time periods), ’real’/imagined, agent-structure relationships Formal/informal Institutionalization of identity Citizenship, democracy, civic-nationalism/ethno-nationalism, culture, modernization/industrialization This workshop has been sponsored by the Raymond and Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar Chair in Political Science. Please send abstracts no longer than 350 words, with your name and institutional affiliation to workshopuf@gmail.com. 20 Proposal Deadline: Association for Political Theory 2012--Working GroupSponsor: Association for Political Theory Dates: October 11, 2012-October 13, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 20, 2012 Location: Columbia, SC, United States Website: http://apt.coloradocollege.edu Description: APT INITIATIVE FOR 2012
Working Group Panel ’The politics of drama, the drama of politics: staging ancient political thought’ This group is part of APT’s new Working Group initiative. Participants will engage in pre-conference dialogue as they prepare their papers, and the panel will serve as one moment in a longer collaboration. The format will enable scholars working on similar questions to learn from each other, develop their ideas over time, and create professional networks. The group will be chaired by Jill Frank of The University of South Carolina. The intention is to submit the papers from this panel to an appropriate journal. Participants must have a first draft completed by August 15, 2012, and be ready at that time to share their work-in-progress and to comment on the work of the other participants. Just as for any APT paper, a polished version must be completed in time for presentation at the fall conference. Potential participants should submit proposals via the proposal form and must indicate that they want their proposal to be considered for the working group panel. (You can submit the same proposal for both the working group panel and the general APT program, if you wish.) Papers will be selected by the working group panel chair and the APT Program Committee based on fit and strength. Participants in APT working groups must be at a post-dissertation stage of their career and to have begun publishing scholarly work. Once participants are notified of their acceptance and confirm their willingness to participate, members will develop a work-plan and schedule that may include (if appropriate) common readings. Detailed Information on the Working Group Panel: Offering studies of human thought, character, actions, and institutions, the poetry of Homer, Hesiod, Solon, and Theognis, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, the tragedies and comedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, the speeches of Lysias, Demosthenes, and Aeschines, and the works of Xenophon, Isocrates, Plato, and Aristotle are fertile resources for political theory. Composing their works for present and future audiences in diverse literary forms which invite diverse interpretative strategies and produce diverse political effects, these political theorists largely refuse to speak in clear authorial voices or announce declarative truths. Instead they tend to use tropes like irony, myth, and metaphor, which often invite the truth of what they are saying to be called into question. This working group calls for paper proposals exploring the ways in which these authors’ literary practices and/or texts in context illuminate ancient and/or contemporary politics or political theory. 24 Second Annual Graduate Research Conference in International RelationsSponsor: Boston University Graduate International Relations Council Dates: February 24, 2012-February 25, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 30, 2011 Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Website: http://bit.ly/grcir2app Description: The Boston University Graduate International Relations Council, in conjunction with the Boston University Department of International Relations, invites graduate students to submit a manuscript for presentation at the Second Annual Graduate Research Conference in International Relations (GRCIR), “Shifting World
Order: The Reallocation of Power in the International System,” held Friday and Saturday, February 24-25, 2012, on the campus of Boston University. The conference seeks to examine the numerous implications of changes in the relative distribution of political and economic strength away from the traditional centers of power in favor of emerging and developing countries. Central issues to be considered include: § Globalization § Economic interdependence § Development § Security and geopolitics § Regionalization § Democratization and revolution § International law § Demography and culture § International architecture for diplomacy, trade, and finance Though the main thrust of the conference will be rooted in the theory and practice of international relations, graduate students from any academic discipline are welcome to apply, in the hope of stimulating lively and informed debate from a variety of perspectives. Students of Government, History, International Relations, Political Science, Regional Studies, Security Studies, and Economics are especially encouraged to apply. Panels will be organized according to the topics proposed in the applications received. A reception will be provided for conference participants following a keynote address on Friday evening, and lunch will be provided for participants on Saturday afternoon. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Friday, December 30, 2011. Primary criteria for selection are quality of research, relevance, and originality. All manuscripts must have been written as a graduate student. 500-word abstracts, not final drafts, are required for the application. Full-length papers are to be brought to the conference. Please note that a $25 registration fee will be collected upon arrival to the conference. 29 Proposal Deadline: 11th Dutch-Belgian Political Science ConferenceSponsor: Belgian and Dutch Political Science Associations Dates: May 31, 2012-June 01, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 29, 2012 Registration Deadline: May 09, 2012 Location: Netherlands Website: http://www.politicologie.be Description: The annual general political science conference of Belgium and the Netherlands. This two-day conference is organized mainly on distinct workshops, e.g., on electoral behavior, international relations, local politics or political theory. Most of the workshops are conducted in English.
For more information and the call for papers: www.politicologie.be 29 Proposal Deadline: 9th Convention of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) - “Boundaries in/of international relations”Sponsor: Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) Dates: September 20, 2012-September 22, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 29, 2012 Location: Krakow, Poland Website: http://ceeisa.org/ Description: Both International Relations (IR) as a scholarly field and international relations (sometimes “world politics” or “global politics/political economy”) as an object of study have been centrally concerned with a variety of boundaries: the borders of sovereign states, the limits of acceptable governmental action, the barriers to intercultural and intersocietal collaboration, and in general the opportunities and pitfalls of a heterarchic and complex distribution of authority and capacity throughout the globe. But in addition, and not unrelated to these
various boundaries in the world that we study, the global scholarly IR field is increasingly concerned with its own boundaries, both in terms of how international relations may be properly (perhaps “scientifically”) studied and whether and to what extent the local, national, and regional location and organization of scholars and scholarship shapes the knowledge that we produce. Thus the boundaries of IR as a global scholarly field are increasingly becoming an object of investigation in their own right, with important implications for how we make sense of the world we inhabit. As a spur to thinking, conference participants are specially invited to respond to the following four “theme” questions from within their own sub-fields and research specializations: 1.Which boundaries are the most significant in contemporary world politics? Have the significant lines of demarcation and division shifted in recent years, or is the basic structuring of world politics essentially unchanged? What insights does a consideration of polities that begins with an account of their bounding bring, as opposed to a mode of analysis that begins with more or less fully-formed political and social entities? 2. Is IR a “scientific” field of study? Should it be? What does it mean to study world politics “scientifically,” and should all IR scholarship be in some sense “scientific”? 3. Does IR encompass every substantive topic, or are there some issues and questions that should be excluded from consideration? Does the phrase “that’s not IR” have any operational meaning and intellectual content? Do studies of popular culture, social movements, interpersonal computer-mediated networks, and similar subjects have a place in IR? 4. Is IR truly a global scholarly field, or is it more of an assemblage of national and regional research traditions? Is IR scholarship indelibly marked by the social and cultural conditions and circumstances in which it arises, or is “universal” IR theory and knowledge possible and/or desirable? March 201201 The Citadel Symposium on Southern PoliticsSponsor: The Citadel Dates: March 01, 2012-March 02, 2012 Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States Website: http://www.citadel.edu/root/symposium-on-southern-politics Description: The Department of Political Science hosts The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, the largest and most comprehensive conference for the presentation and discussion of scholarly research on the contemporary politics of a specific region in the country.
The Symposium has been held biennially, in even-numbered years, on the campus of The Citadel since 1978. The Director of the Symposium is Scott Buchanan, with DuBose Kapeluck assisting as co-director, both of the Department of Political Science, The Citadel. 02 4th Annual Conference on Governance and DemocracySponsor: University of Connecticut Dates: March 02, 2012-March 03, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 20, 2011 Location: Storrs-Mansfield, CT, United States Website: http://homepages.uconn.edu/~psgsa/democracy2012.html Description: All graduate students are invited to submit papers and proposals for the fourth annual Conference on Democracy and Governance. We welcome papers on any topic related to democracy and governance, including and not limited to subfields and topics such as:
- Human Rights - Comparative and Global policy, politics and institutions - International governance and conflicts o State-centered analyses o International conflict and resolution o Security studies - Theories of democracy o Justice o Governance o Identity - Race, Gender and Ethnicity o Issues of race, gender and ethnicity within governance and democracy - Political Psychology All submissions will be eligible for inclusion in the workshops. These workshops are designed to help graduate students further develop their research. They are an excellent opportunity to dialogue and engage with highly respected scholars as well as gather feedback and critiques in a supportive and positive environment. The Conference will also host panels of selected submissions of complete papers. These selected panels are for fully developed questions and follow a more traditional conference panel structure. If you are interested in participating in this event, please submit a proposal (100-250 words) along with your contact information and your school by December 20, 2011. Please indicate what subfield/subject area of your project and if you would like your paper considered for a workshop, panel, or both. For submissions and questions, please contact the conference coordinator: democracyandgovernance@gmail.com. 02 2nd Annual Meeting of the Iowa Association of Political ScientistsSponsor: Iowa Association of Political Scientists Dates: March 02, 2012-March 03, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 31, 2011 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States Website: None provided Description: The 2nd Annual Meeting of the Iowa Association of Political Scientists will take place March 2-3, 2012 on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. The conference is open to all political scientists and students in Iowa. Conference papers on all topics in the discipline are welcome. The conference will feature special panels on the 2012 Iowa Caucus and Iowa redistricting, with special guests from the media and political parties.
02 Proposal Deadline: People and PowerSponsor: British Columbia Political Studies Association Dates: May 03, 2012-May 04, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 02, 2012 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Website: http://www.bcpsa.ca Description: The world has entered into a period of turbulence and change. In both the Global North and the Global South, political and economic relationships are in a state of upheaval and reconfiguration, creating a crisis of legitimacy. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement to the riots in the UK and Greece, the relationship between citizens and political leaders is undergoing potentially substantial transformations, in ways reminiscent of what happened in the late 1960s.
BCPSA 2012 aims to open an academic debate to answers some questions such as: - Is this going to cause a radical shift in the way we think about our politics? - Is a new and empowering democracy emerging on the streets? A broad interpretation of the conference theme focusing on the nature of governance and challenges to power, domestically, regionally and internationally, in today’s globalized world is encouraged. Participation is open to all political scientists and other scholars who are interested in current political issues. Proposals on other political science topics are also welcome. Recognizing the role of the younger generation in shaping our future, conference organizers particularly welcome proposals from both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as mixed student-faculty panels. 03 National Security Policy and SALT I, 1969-1972Sponsor: Williams College and the Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State Dates: March 03, 2012 Registration Deadline: February 24, 2012 Location: Williamstown, MA, United States Website: http://history.state.gov/conferences/2012-national-security-policy-salt Description: The Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State and Williams College are pleased to announce a conference marking the publication of the SALT I, 1969-1972 and the National Security Policy, 1969-1972 volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States series. This conference will mark the culmination of a broader initiative to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Foreign Relations series and will be held at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts from March 2-3, 2012.
These two Foreign Relations volumes contain extensive documentation of many important national security and foreign policy initiatives that laid the foundation for U.S. foreign policy in the post-hegemonic era that began in the 1970s. The SALT I volume provides detailed records of arms control policy formulation and implementation. The documentation illuminates both the substantive issues involved in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks as well as the negotiations’ relationship to the broader context of linkage and détente that shaped high-level decision-making. The compilation includes transcripts of taped White House meetings between high-level policymakers and documentation of the Kissinger-Dobrynin back-channel in addition to records illustrating the interagency process that defined U.S. policy and SALT delegation instructions. The volume also contains coverage of White House efforts to secure Congressional support for the final agreements. The National Security Policy volume also covers several significant issues, including the evolution of U.S. missile defense initiatives, efforts to adapt national strategy to a new era of strategic parity with the Soviet Union and the growth of a Chinese nuclear deterrent, the October 1969 Joint Chiefs of Staff Readiness Test, the creation of an all-volunteer armed force, and the challenges of balancing resources and commitments in an atmosphere of declining domestic support for defense spending. Like the SALT I volume, the National Security Policy volume incorporates a wide variety of U.S. Government records to thoroughly document policy formulation at the highest levels. To explore the major themes of these two volumes, we are planning a conference agenda with several complementary components. Paul Wolfowitz and Jeremi Suri will deliver opening and closing keynote addresses. One panel, moderated by Edward Brynn of the Office of the Historian, will include the volumes’ compilers and general editor discussing their experience preparing the volumes with General Robert Pursley, who served as Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird’s military advisor between 1969 and 1972. We have also assembled three interdisciplinary panels, compromised of historians and political scientists, to assess the significance of the events documented in the two volumes as well as the scholarly importance of the documents that they contain. The first of these panels will focus on deterrence in an era of parity, covering issues such as nuclear strategy, arms control, missile defense, and intelligence capabilities. A second panel will examine problems of perceptions, including intelligence collection and analytical capacities and the difficulties of signaling intentions to allies and adversaries. The third panel will cover evolving constraints on U.S. policy, especially declining political, intellectual, and budgetary support for maintaining Cold War capabilities and strategies. 05 Proposal Deadline: The National Research Conference on Child and Family Program and PolicySponsor: NRCCFPP Dates: July 24, 2012-July 26, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 05, 2012 Location: Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States Website: http://www.nrccfpp.org/NRCCFPP_Home.html Description: The National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy are held at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. This is a small, but growing national conference that is among the first of research conferences to exclusively focus on policy issues pertaining to child and family well-being. The conference draws in researchers from many disciplines including family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, public policy, political science, economics, criminal justice, child development, and many others; practitioners from social and human services; and policy/decision-makers who are concerned about programming and policy to support child and family well-being. We hope that you will consider attending this growing conference with pre-conference workshops, where attendees have an opportunity to learn from one another, meet people outside of their disciplines, and network with others in an intimate academic setting.
Our 5th conference will take place July 24-26, 2012. For more information about the conferences, please contact us: Conference content: Dr. Emily M. Douglas, Emily.Douglas@bridgew.edu Conference logistics, schedule, on-campus housing: Kimberly Carvalho, k7carvalho@gmail.com Conference registration: Marion Manning, mmanning@bridgew.edu 08 The Southwest Council of Latin American Studies ConferenceSponsor: SCOLAS Dates: March 08, 2012-March 10, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 15, 2011 Location: Miami, FL, United States Website: http://txstate.edu/history/scolas Description: The Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS) is now accepting panel and paper proposals for its conference to be held March 8-10 in Miami. Proposals from all disciplines are encouraged, including but not limited to: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Cultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Ethnomusicology, Film Studies, Gender Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Political Science, and Sociology. Panels should consist of three presenters and a chair/commentator. Individual paper proposals are also welcome. Papers can be in either English or Spanish. Please provide names, professional affiliations, email addresses, and a one paragraph abstract of the paper or panel you propose. The deadline for proposal applications is: December 15, 2011.
Please send panel or paper applications to SCOLAS@txstate.edu. The conference will be at the Marriott Biscayne Bay in Miami. To find out more, visit our website at http://txstate.edu/history/scolas. Please direct questions about papers, panels, or the conference to Dr. Paul Hart at SCOLAS@txstate.edu. 08 Democracy: Contemporary Meanings, Theory, and PracticeSponsor: University of Utah Dates: March 08, 2012-March 09, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 21, 2011 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Website: http://www.poli-sci.utah.edu/gsc Description: 2012 Graduate Student Conference in Political Science
“Democracy: Contemporary Meanings, Theory, and Practice” Salt Lake City Graduate students from all subfields of political science and related disciplines are invited to submit paper proposals Keynote Address by John Gastil, “Four Glimpses of Democracy’s Future: Deliberative Innovations in India, Brazil, Canada, and the United States” 09 6th Independent Arendt Circle ConferenceSponsor: Morgan State University Dates: March 09, 2012-March 11, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 31, 2011 Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States Website: http://www.thearendtcircle.com Description: The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD will be hosting the sixth independent conference of the Hannah Arendt Circle, March 9-11, 2012.
As in past years, we invite individual submissions for papers on any aspect of Arendt’s work, including critiques and applications of her thinking. This year’s conference will also include a panel on Arendt and the Politics of Gender for which we are seeking individual paper submissions. Please send an abstract of the paper (750 word limit) as an email (“.doc”) attachment. Abstracts should be formatted for anonymous review and submitted to the program committee chair, Dianna Taylor (dtaylor@jcu.edu) on or before December 31st, 2011. Please indicate ’Arendt Circle submission’ in the subject heading of your email message. Program decisions will be announced January 10th, 2012. Program Committee: Dianna Taylor, John Carroll University Joshua Miller, Morgan State University Cassie Striblen, West Chester University Our first five independent meetings were outstanding, and we are looking forward to the same camaraderie and intense discussion of Arendt’s work at this year’s conference. Each speaker will have approximately 35 minutes for paper presentation and discussion combined —papers should be a maximum of 3000 words (15-20 minutes). 10 Proposal Deadline: International Conference of Environmental Governance in ChinaSponsor: Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics) and Christopher Newport University Dates: June 02, 2012-June 03, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 10, 2012 Location: Beijing, China Website: None provided Description: China’s environment has drawn great concerns in recent decades as the country rapidly catches up in industrialization and modernization. This booming economy, however, has come alongside with an environmental crisis, which affects not only the livelihood of the Chinese citizens and the survival of the regime, but also the relationship between China and the rest of the world. In the past decades, Chinese government has been striking to address the issue through various channels, but the outcomes have not yet been fully assessed and understood.
This conference aims to draw the best experts in this field in order to stimulate the discussion and improve our understanding of the issue for better research and policy decisions in the future. Scholars and practitioners across disciplines are invited to submit papers and panels following the themes listed below: 1. Environment in China: status, change, and future 2. Environmental Governance: dynamics, obstacles, and strategies 3. Environmental Impact Assessment: decision-making and public participation 4. Firms, Laws and Regulations: enforcement and compliance 5. Environment, Growth, and Social Development 6. Environmental Politics: interests and institutions 7. Environmental Protests, Movements, and Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs): contention and collaboration 8. Globalization and Political Economy of Chinese Environment 9. Environmental Conflict and Cooperation: China and the world We will invite renowned scholars, Chinese officials, and representatives of domestic/ international environmental organizations and firms as keynote speakers in order to facilitate the dialogue between scholars, policymakers, and private sectors. Well-researched conference papers will have the opportunity to be included in edited books. Proposal Submission and Contact Please email your paper abstract or panel proposal up to 300 words in length along with a brief bio of the author no later than March 10, 2012 to Dr. Huisheng Shou at Christopher Newport University (Huisheng_shou@hotmail.com) and Dr. Bingqiang Ren at Beihang University (ren_bingqiang@yahoo.com.cn). Notification of acceptance will be made by April 1, 2012. Final papers are to be submitted by May 18, 2012. Conference Accommodation The conference organizers will provide FREE lodging and meals during the conference session for all participants. 14 43rd Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Black Political ScientistsSponsor: NCOBPS Dates: March 14, 2012-March 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: October 15, 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV, United States Website: http://www.ncobps.org Description: Scholars of the sub-national, national, and international predicaments of Black people in the U.S., Africa, the Caribbean, South/Central America, and elsewhere in the African Diaspora continue to examine questions related to those first raised by ’Black political science” in the late 1960s. We have greatly expanded beyond these assumptions, paradigms, theories, and methods to pursue 21st century questions and answers. To be sure, there are some elements of the global Black condition that have not fundamentally changed from the late 1960s, but most certainly there are elements that have – our task in creating new generations of ’Black political science” is to understand and explain such differences. Even with the emergence of a U.S. President, Barack Obama, who has African ancestry and the prospects for democratization in various regions of the world, most recently the North Africa and the Middle East, Black people (globally defined) still confront persistent North-South and other structures of inequality as driven by state interests, corporate/market forces, and civil societies motivated by internal and external imperatives.
One set of evolving questions are related to the persistent vestiges and new manifestations of ’neo-colonialism” as it has morphed into current forms of globalization and neoliberal economic restructuring; all of which continue to emanate out of a North-South underdevelopment divide. How are these relations further complicated by the lingering ’War on Terrorism” interests and alliances that pervade U.S./Western foreign policy-making and nation-building? Likewise, another evolving set of questions are related to the persistent needs and/or demands Black citizens and their allies have for democratic governance and responsiveness, economic redistribution, and social equity/equality as these needs and demands often collide with Black-led nation-states, sub-national territories, and municipalities driven by incumbency interests and the maintenance of elite regimes. One other set of evolving questions relate to expanding the boundaries of how global Blackness and social identity are defined/delimited along the lines of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, ideology, religion, and region; especially as such identities serve as the basis for group identity, mobilization for democratic participation, civic engagement, social movements, and policy reform. The organizers of the 43rd Annual National Conference of Black Political Scientists invite research presentations – paper presentations, roundtables, and poster presentations – from researchers interested in the persistent and dynamic features of the Black condition and more broadly of the exercise of political power in the 21st century. 15 Evaluation in the MediaSponsor: Not provided Dates: March 15, 2012-March 16, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: June 24, 2011 Location: Paris, France Website: http://www.evalmedia2012.fr/ Description: The aim of international conference “Evaluation in the Media” is to question the role of the media in the process of evaluation; they form an integral part of what may be termed the “culture”, the “fever”, the “mania” and the “explosion” of evaluation procedures observed in developed countries since the 1970s. While recognising that evaluation procedures – and the role of the media therein – were not novel, this conference aims to explore how the evaluation process has became ever more linked to the media (press, radio, television, web) in contemporary society.
The conference will stress mechanisms of evaluation based on quantification or “evaluative measures” such as: “rankings”, “winners”, “tops”, “lists”, “league tables”, “ratings”, “barometers”, “dashboards”, “benchmarks”. The conference will also pay attention to qualitative evaluation mechanisms that likewise flourish in the media: “prizes”, “labels”, “contests”, “rewards”, “trophies”, etc. By focusing on such traits, the conference hope to throw light on the rise of impersonal evaluation mechanisms, that exist alongside the traditional journalistic genres based on the expression of personal opinion (editorial, op-ed piece, criticism…); the media appear to simultaneously fulfill the roles of producers and co-producers, of relays and critics. Four specific questions will be addressed. The first one is concerned with the origins, production processes and conditions – social, economic, journalistic, material, technical and legal – that underpin how the media become producers or co-producers of the evaluation process. Editorial and visual forms, ceremonies and events, and the communication processes in general that characterise evaluation mechanisms will be another theme of the conference. We consider here that these evaluation procedures are held not only to favour the production of “knowledge” but also to promote its dissemination and recognition. Media evaluation mechanisms also circulate more or less in various social spaces (media, political, economic, professional, civic, cultural, consumerist…). By analyzing the circulation of such evaluation mechanisms, the conference will attempt to shed light on both success and failures in the communicative process. Finally, the conference will address the effects of media evaluation. The proliferation of evaluation procedures leads to an increase in the instances, mechanisms and numbers of actors involved in the overall process. In this regard, the conference is open to any field as long as the approach is in line with the general scientific guidelines outlined previously. The following list is indicative, not exclusive: the areas covered will include higher education and research, regions, culture, education, health, web, brands, capital, finance, communication, tourism, wine, sports, media, business, etc. Proposals may come from the humanities and the social sciences: media studies and communication, semiology, sociology, history, political sciences, linguistics, economics, etc. 15 Proposal Deadline: SACS/AQS joint conference on CanadaSponsor: Southern Association for Canadian Studies (SACS) and Association of Quebec Studies (AQS) Dates: April 13, 2012-April 14, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 15, 2012 Registration Deadline: March 15, 2012 Location: Clemson, South Carolina, United States Website: None provided Description: CALL FOR PAPERS JOINT CONFERENCE
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES & ASSOCIATION OF QUEBEC STUDIES SPONSORED BY CLEMSON CANADA CENTER – CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY APRIL 13-14, 2012 LOCATION: KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY Kennesaw, Georgia PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS The Southern Association for Canadian Studies and the Association of Quebec Studies will be holding a joint conference at Kennesaw State University on April 13-14, 2012. This conference will be co-sponsored by The Clemson Canada Center at Clemson University and Kennesaw State University. Authors and contributors are invited to submit proposals for papers, panels and workshops on any topic which includes a Canadian theme or has salience to Canada in any discipline in the arts and social sciences. Featured Speaker: Jean-François Côté (Université du Québec à Montréal) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at Kennesaw State University Authors and contributors are encouraged to submit a 100-200 word abstract of their proposed presentation to the conference no later than March 15, 2012. The Conference Registration Form indicates other information relevant for participation in the conference. Please send proposals, submissions and questions about the conference to Dr. Colin D. Pearce Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism/Dept. of Political Science 325 Sirrine Hall/230C Brackett Hall Clemson University Clemson S.C. 29634-1354 Phone:864-656-0213 Cell: 864-643-9456 Email:cpearce@clemson.edu 16 Georgia State University Graduate Student ConferenceSponsor: Department of Political Science at Georgia State University Dates: March 16, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 01, 2012 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States Website: None provided Description: The Department of Political Science at Georgia State University is seeking proposals for a political science graduate research conference, which will be held on Friday, March 16th, 2012.
There are innumerable challenges to governments across the globe at this moment in history. Transitions from long-standing authoritarian governments in the Arab region, the rise of new political movements in the United States and throughout the world, as well as the potential challenges of a new international order with the rise of China have all led to a vast area of potential research for a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities these transitions offer. This conference seeks to explore the ways institutions, citizens, and policy makers create, manage, and affect these political transitions. The goal of this conference is to bring together graduate students to promote dialogue and scholarly exchange both within and across subfields of political science. We encourage graduate students to submit proposals from their research in the fields of International Relations, Comparative Politics, American Politics, Regional Studies, Public Policy, Public Choice and Political Theory. 17 The "Political Arithmetick" of Empires in the Early Modern Atlantic World, 1500-1807Sponsor: University of Maryland Dates: March 17, 2012-March 18, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: July 31, 2011 Location: College Park, MD, United States Website: http://oieahc.wm.edu/conferences/political/cfp.cfm Description: A Conference Sponsored by the Department of History, University of Maryland, College Park, and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
This conference takes its title from the celebrated pamphlet of Sir William Petty published in 1690. The organizers are particularly eager to receive submissions from scholars working on subjects that Petty and his contemporaries believed formed the basis of the new concept of ’political economy,’ especially as these related to the Americas from the sixteenth century through the eighteenth. Petty’s pamphlet was largely devoted to the question of how best to construct an English empire within which trade, people, and nation would flourish. His calculations involved not only economic factors but also issues of authority, hierarchy, and justice. The purpose of this conference is to examine the many components, economic as well as cultural, that cohered and/or fractured empires in the early modern Atlantic world between 1500 and 1807. The organizers encourage papers that examine the religious, cultural, or economic components that shaped the formation of imperial structures in the early modern era. Topics such as religious conformity or the lack thereof, paper money, credit, agriculture, manufacturing, trade, piracy, and monopoly as they related to the creation and expansion of empires are appropriate. So, too, are demography, slavery, the Native American presence, and the migration of labor, whether free or indentured. Finally, the organizers welcome proposals on the ideological character of domestic and international law and the role of ideas in determining the configuration of early modern empires. These subjects may be addressed by focusing exclusively on a single empire or within a comparative context. Proposals consisting of a maximum of 300 words must be received electronically no later than July 31, 2011. Please include a two-page c.v. that contains your current mailing and e-mail addresses and your telephone number. Materials may be submitted online at the conference Web site, http://oieahc.wm.edu/conferences/political/cfp.cfm. All submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail. If you do not receive an acknowledgement, please resubmit or contact Kim Foley (kawahl@wm.edu). 17 Florida Political Science Association Annual MeetingSponsor: Florida Political Science Association Dates: March 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 02, 2011 Location: Tampa, Florida, United States Website: http://www.fpsanet.org Description: The 2012 FPSA Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. Information on directions, parking, and hotels, will be sent in February. Registration at the meeting is $80 for faculty and $35 for students. Early pre-registration is $70 for faculty and $30 for students. All paper presenters, panel chairs, and discussants are asked to pre-register. Registration inclues lunch, refreshments, and a subscription to The Political Chronicle. For pre-registration, please send check so it arrives by Saturday, March 10th to:
Professor J. Edwin Benton Secretary- Treasurer, Florida Political Science Association C/O Department of Government and International Affairs SOC 107, University of South Florida 4202 Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620-8100 Faculty, talented undergraduates and graduate students are encouraged to submit papers. A $250 award is given to the best Graduate Paper presented at the conference. Please send paper proposals (Abstracts) to the following Section Chairs by December 2, 2011. Accepted papers will be notified by December 14th, 2011. 17 Proposal Deadline: International Conference on Asian SecuritySponsor: 20th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science Dates: April 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 17, 2012 Website: None provided Description: All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit papers for the seventeenth annual Conference for Students of Political Science sponsored by the Illinois State University Department of Politics and Government. We welcome papers on any topic related to government and/or politics. All subfields and political perspectives are welcome. Panelists at the previous conferences included 750 students attending 100 colleges and universities.
If you are interested in participating in this exciting event, please complete the online proposal submission form or submit a cover letter, containing your contact information (including email address), your school, and the name of the faculty member with whom you are working, and a draft copy of your paper (or the actual paper) by March 17, 2012. If you would like to serve as a discussant on a panel, please send a letter stating your interest and main areas of scholarly knowledge. E-mail submissions are welcome. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email: gmklass or call us at (309) 438-8638. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the conference coordinators: Dr. Gary Klass (309) 438-7852 gmklass@Ilstu.edu This conference is sponsored by the Undergraduate Political Science Association, The Graduate Student Association, Pi Sigma Alpha, and The Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University. 18 Proposal Deadline: Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference on Political EconomySponsor: The NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy (AHC) Dates: May 10, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 18, 2012 Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012 Location: New York, NY, United States Website: http://alexanderhamilton.as.nyu.edu/page/home Description: The NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy and
The Wilf Family Department of Politics Will be hosting The Fifth Annual GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY Thursday, May 10th 2012 The Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy is accepting proposals for panels and papers. We particularly welcome proposals that examine various important, theoretical, and policy problems such as the design of governing institutions, the development and distribution of human capital, and the means by which fundamental policy issues can be resolved or advanced through the promotion of efficient and effective solutions that are sensitive to the political, economic, and social realities. We encourage panel and paper submissions that are grounded in political economy approaches that draw out how individual economic and political incentives interact to create constraints and opportunities for citizens, political leaders, and entrepreneurs in the private or public sector to address policy issues. Participants must be graduate students. Papers based on other approaches will be considered. Submission of abstracts may be of two types: 1. Individual paper presentations 2. Proposals to organize a panel of up to four individuals on a particular theme or topic. All the participants will receive a one-time honorarium of 500 dollars. The recipient of the Best Paper Award will receive an additional 1500 dollars. Abstract Submission: March 18th, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: April 2nd, 2012 Submission of Full Papers: April 15th, 2012 Conference: May 10th 2012 23 Left and Right: The Great Dichotomy RevisitedSponsor: Not provided Dates: March 23, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: November 30, 2011 Location: Braga, Portugal Website: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=113662458732102 Description: Ever since the French Revolution, the terms ’left’ and ’right’ have been used to frame and explain the political positioning of parties, voters and public policies. Although many thinkers claim that this dichotomy is exhausted and no longer provides an adequate understanding of contemporary political divisions, ’left’ and ’right’ remain central in political debate. But is the content of these terms really understood by all political actors? What does each individual or group recognize as ’left’ and ’right’?
It is true that other classifications of political cleavages have been suggested, but none seems to have replaced the traditional division between left and right. Many people have thought that an opposition between materialist and post-materialist orientations or between libertarian and authoritarian values could cut across left and right. However, these new oppositions seem to have been absorbed, at least partly, by the old dichotomy. But is this really the case? Are there, in fact, no other sets of terms that might provide a clearer division of the political spectrum? The standard most commonly used to distinguish left from right has been the concern with equality. But is this social-economic criterion actually the best? Particularly at a time when very divisive ’new politics’ issues arise? And even if one accepts the validity of the traditional criterion, how can we describe and explain the approaches from left and right on equality issues? Furthermore, there is more than one ideology within each side of the political spectrum - there is not only one left, there are several lefts, and the same is true about the right. If we accept that there is something that unifies these several lines within each side of the political divide, what, then, separates different views of the left or the right and allows us to distinguish between them? Which are the political values that are shared by the different ideologies on the left and on the right and which are those that keep them apart? The aim of this conference is to encourage a rethinking of this major political dichotomy, through the discussion of this and of other rival political dichotomies and of the ideologies and concepts that define them. We count with the special participation of Professor Ben Jackson, from the University of Oxford. To apply for participation, please send the following information: (1) your name, (2) title, (3) department and institution, (4) an abstract of your paper (no more than 300 words), (5) five ’key words’ in your paper and (6) your email address, by the 30th November 2011, to BOTH Ana Rita Ferreira and João Cardoso Rosas. 24 4th Annual Texas Political Science Student ConferenceSponsor: Rice University, the University of Houston, the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) Dates: March 24, 2012-March 25, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 15, 2012 Location: Houston, TX, United States Website: None provided Description: You are invited to submit papers for the 4th Annual Texas Political Science Student Conference sponsored by the University of Houston - Department of Political Science, Rice University – Department of Political Science, and the
American Journal of Political Science. The conference seeks to highlight the research accomplishments of graduate students in a collegial and professional setting. The conference will be held on March 24, 2012 at Rice University. All subfields and political science perspectives are welcome. Upper level undergraduates considering perusing graduate education are also welcome to submit, and will be held to the same standards as graduate student work. If you are interested in participating in this exciting event, please e-mail your abstract to jjh4@rice.edu by January 15, 2011. If you would like to serve as a discussant on a panel, please send an email to afsteinberg@uh.edu stating your interest and areas of expertise by January 31, 2012. Selected papers will be notified by February 3, 2012. 26 Proposal Deadline: 11th Annual Social Equity Leadership Conference “Research and Practices in Social Equity Urbanization and Sustainability”Sponsor: National Academy of Public Administration Dates: June 06, 2012-June 08, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 26, 2012 Location: Savannah, Georgia, United States Website: http://savannahstate.edu/class/departments-poli-sci-events.shtmi Description: Participate in the Social Equity Conference as a presenter, a discussant or a listener
Equity theory is a theory that attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair and unfair. Social Equity is the orphaned element of Sustainable Development. In 1996, the President’s Council on Sustainable Developed defined Social Equity as ‘equal opportunity, in a safe and healthy environment.’ Social equity is the least defined and least understand element of the triad that is sustainable development. Yet it is integral in creating sustainability – balancing economic, environmental and social equity. (From Wikipedia) The National Academy of Public Administration defines Social Equity as “The fair, just and equitable management of all institutions serving the public directly or by contract; the fair, just and equitable distribution of public services and implementation of public policy; and the commitment to promote fairness, justice and equity in the formation of public policy.” H.G. Frederickson, in his book, Social Equity and Public Administration: Origins, Developments, and Applications, (2010) proclaims that social equity concerns itself with the fairness of the organization, its management and its delivery of public services. N.J. Johnson and J.H. Svara, editors, in their book, Justice for All: Promoting Social Equity in Public Administration, (2011) bring the social equity conversation to the level of this 11th Annual Conference in Savannah by emphasizing applications to practice, combatting inequality and promoting development in urban regions. PRINCIPAL PRESENTERS The Honorable Edna Jackson, Mayor, and Rochelle Small-Toney , City Manager, City of Savannah Mary D. Bruce, Professor, Governors State University Norman Johnson, Associate, The Alisias Group, Atlanta, GA J. Edward Kellough, Professor, University of Georgia Roland Lane, Chief Deputy Clerk, Fulton County Superior Court, former Fulton County Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Rice, Professor, Texas A & M University Blue Wooldridge, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University; Chair, NAPA Social Equity Panel H. George Frederickson, Professor, University of Kansas. Sent his regrets - unable to attend this year. FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER Joe Soss, Professor, University of Minnesota; author of Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalist Persistent Power of Race (2011) and Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality (2010) CALL FOR PROPOSALS “RESEARCH AND PRACTICES IN SOCIAL EQUITY URBANIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY” CONFERENCE TRACKS: 1. Change and Sustainability in Public Services Delivery 2. Change and Sustainability in Health and Human Services 3. Change and Sustainability in Community Development 4. Change and Sustainability in Green Cities and Environmental 5. Change and Sustainability in Criminal Justice Practices 6. Change and Sustainability in Public Education Proposals addressing issues of fairness, justice and equity in the tracks above are welcome. Proposals are welcomed that feature (1) high quality concept and context panels, (2) oral presentations of practice and field activities, and (3) theme related research papers. Submitted proposals should indicate the title, the format – panel, presentation, roundtable paper - and the name, title and affiliation of the organizer. Submit your proposals, in sufficient detail to be content reviewed, no later than 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, March 26, 2012 to Professor Sy Murray at murraysy@savannahstate.edu. 30 Wars Beyond Wars: Mass Violence in an Age of Terror, Catastrophe and the Responsibility to Protect. An Interdisciplinary WorkshopSponsor: Peace and Conflict Studies, Colgate University Dates: March 30, 2012-March 31, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 01, 2011 Location: Hamilton, New York, United States Website: http://www.colgate.edu/academics/departments/peaceandconflictstudies.html Description: The past quarter century witnessed the primary terrain of global security shift from the international to the intra- and trans-national. Post-Cold War, mass violence has become development in reverse — the unmaking of sovereignties, economies and societies. Contemporary mass violence not only poses a direct challenge to the spread of democratic norms, it also calls into question the ability of states and international organizations to use effective military force to uphold humanitarian norms, defeat irregular armies and rehabilitate collapsed governments. Mass violence also challenges social science; scholars have struggled to keep pace with new dynamics and patterns of armed conflict that appear to defy and transgress existing conceptual schema and traditional levels of analysis.
Though understandings of late warfare have been deeply affected by the international milieu of the 1990s, the global scene has undergone immense changes during the past decade. These changes have yet to be fully appreciated when it comes to the study of mass armed violence, particularly: • the events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent “war on terror” • the refinement and attempted codification of the principles and practices of humanitarian intervention under the rubric of the “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine; and • the ensemble of global forces converging into a potentially nonlinear and catastrophic environmental breakdown, bringing with it unknowable social, political and economic ramifications With these changes in mind, this workshop seeks to accomplish three aims. The first goal is to offer a critical evaluation of the state of the study of armed conflict, particularly after a decade of intensive research within competing paradigms (e.g., New Wars vs Greed/Grievance). The second goal is to assess this literature within these new and changing international contexts, one markedly different from the immediate post-Cold War reality that gave birth to the recent renaissance in the study of “civil wars.” Third, the implications for democratic governance and the efficacy of military interventions will be assessed, particularly for those states most tasked with these responsibilities. Workshop Format This workshop intends to bring together eight to ten scholars who are examining these issues in various geographical contexts and from various theoretical perspectives. An important aspect of our work will be an intense engagement with each participant’s text. Minimal time will be given to paper presentations. Instead, the majority of the workshop will be devoted to discussions of each paper so that we can begin the process of constellating our collective work. Submissions will be circulated a month before the workshop so that every participant will have time to become intimately familiar with all the other submissions. Additionally, each participant will be assigned the task of discussant for another participant’s text. The workshop committee will also give substantive feedback on each participant’s submission. While the discussants will help us focus our conversations on each text, the group will work together to find commonalities in the submissions and our conversations. In addition to original research and analysis, we encourage the submission of unpublished papers, including works-in-progress or chapters from dissertations. 30 Crisis, Cooperation, and Change in the European Union, The Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference on the European UnionSponsor: University of Pittsburgh Center for International Studies European Studies Center, European Union Center for Excellence, and European Union Studies Association Dates: March 30, 2012-March 31, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 16, 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Website: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce Description: The global financial crisis is one of the many challenges that the European Union has faced. These challenges have affected its citizens, institutions, and policy-making capabilities. The Organizing Committee of the Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference on the European Union welcomes papers addressing the theme “Crisis, Cooperation, and Change in the European Union.” Submissions are welcome from all disciplines on a variety of topics including, but not limited to, EU politics, governance, economics, history, security studies and institutions, as well as policies covering enlargement, immigration, development, trade, transatlantic relations, and foreign policy.
30 PPSA Annual MeetingSponsor: Pennsylvania Political Science Association (PPSA) Dates: March 30, 2012-March 31, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 31, 2012 Location: Allentown, PA, United States Website: http://www.lhup.edu/sberard/ppsa Description: The Pennsylvania Political Science Association invites proposals for papers and panels to be presented at the 2012 annual meeting. Submit proposals directly to the appropriate section chair listed below by January 31, 2012. Please indicate if you are submitting your proposal to more than one section.
Direct general questions about the program to: E. Brooke Harlowe, Department of Political Science, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA 17745 (phone: 570-484-2341; fax: 570-484-2830; email: bharlowe@Lhup.edu) Program Sections Political Theory: Giacomo Gambino, Department of Political Science, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown, PA 18104 (email: Gambino@muhlenberg.edu) American Government and Public Policy: Jean Wahl Harris and Julie Schumacher Cohen, co-chairs. Department of Political Science, University of Scranton, O’Hara Hall, Rm 412, Scranton, PA 18510. (email: jean.harris@scranton.edu) Judicial Politics and Constitutional Law: Kyle Kreider, Department of Political Science, Wilkes University. 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18301 (email: kyle.kreider@wilkes.edu) State and Local Government: Michele DeMary, Department of Political Science, Susquehanna University. 514 University Avenue, Selinsgrove, PA 17870. (email: demary@susqu.edu) International Relations: Mark Sachleben, Department of Political Science, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Dr., Shippensburg, PA 17257 (email: mdsachleben@ship.edu) Comparative Politics: Beth Admiraal, Department of Political Science, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 (email: bethadmiraal@kings.edu) Undergraduate Student Research: Andy Miller, Department of Political Science, Wilkes University. 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18301 (email: andrew.miller1@wilkes.edu). For undergraduate student submissions, include name and contact information of a sponsoring faculty member. 30 Proposal Deadline: Public Service Reform in China and the Asia-Pacific: Theory and PracticeSponsor: New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW); and School of Politics and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) Dates: May 19, 2012-May 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 30, 2012 Location: China Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/chinaresearchcentre/ Description: This conference brings together scholars of Public Administration and Management, Political Science and Government and International Relations to examine the experiences of public service reform in China and Asia-Pacific countries and the challenges and issues they face in deepening of reform in public services, and to advance scholarly research and debate on significant issues emerging from the experiences of public service reforms in these countries.
April 201204 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science AssociationSponsor: Southwestern Political Science Association Dates: April 04, 2012-April 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: October 17, 2011 Location: San Diego, CA, United States Website: http://www.sssaonline.org Description: Abstracts for posters and papers are invited as well as suggestions of topics for panels and poster sessions. Presentations of research in both applied and academic political science are welcome. Researchers interested in topics in sociology, anthropology, psychology, economics, international studies, social work, women’s and gender studies, and history are invited to submit to one of the Southwestern Social Science Association’s other affiliates.
The structure of presentations is flexible; potential contributors are encouraged to not only send abstracts for individual research papers, but also for posters, complete sessions, thematic sessions, panel discussions, software demonstrations and more. Contact: Lydia Andrade at andrade@uiwtx.edu. 05 Second Annual Radical Democracy ConferenceSponsor: New School for Social Research and Columbia University Dates: April 05, 2012-April 06, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 20, 2012 Location: New York, New York, United States Website: http://www.radicaldemocracy.org/ Description: The Department of Politics at The New School for Social Research, in collaboration with the Institute of Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University, is sponsoring a two-day graduate student conference interrogating the concept, history, practices and implications of radical democracy. We strive to assess its legacy from antiquity to contemporary radical democratic theory, as well as explore the work of contemporary theorists such as Abensour, Arendt, Castoriadis, Mouffe, Negri, Rancière, and Wolin. We invite you to submit abstracts on any theme pertaining to the history, meaning, development and application, or critique of the concept of “radical democracy;” we also encourage discussions about methodology and the study of radical democratic movements.
We look for paper submissions that touch upon any of the themes listed below. In addition, we strongly encourage complete panel proposals with up to four papers; as well as papers exploring other relevant and related topics. -Indigenous Democratic Movements -Promises, limits and critiques of the concept of radical democracy -Philosophical foundations of radical democracy -Technology and the mediums of (radical) democracy -Consensus building/agonistic democracy -Engendering radical democracy: race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality -Philosophy of community -Contemporary radical social struggles -Comparative approaches to democracy -Radical democracy and anarchism/Communism -Radical Democracy and neo-republicanism -Exploring the relationship between radical democracy and key concepts in political theory such as: participatory/direct democracy; agency and autonomy; state and nation; capitalism; imperialism; anarchy and authority, dictatorship and tyranny; sacrifice and violence; revolution and reform Interested participants should submit a one-page abstract (maximum 300 words) that includes institutional affiliation, academic level, and contact information by Monday, January 20. You will receive a notification of our decision by Friday, February 10. Full conference papers will be due by Monday, March 19. Please submit your abstract at radicaldemocracy@newschool.edu. For more information about the conference, please visit our Web site at www.radicaldemocracy.org 06 Princeton Graduate Conference in Political TheorySponsor: Princeton University Department of Politics Graduate Program Dates: April 06, 2012-April 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 16, 2011 Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States Website: http://politicaltheory.princeton.edu Description: The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any topic in political theory, political philosophy, or the history of political thought. Papers should be submitted viathe conference website by January 16, 2012. Approximately eight papers will be accepted.
The Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University will be held from April 6-7, 2012. This year, we are excited to include Professor Elisabeth Ellis, Texas A&M University, as keynote speaker and conference participant. The conference offers graduate students from across institutions a unique opportunity to present and critique new work. Each session, led by a discussant from Princeton, will focus exclusively on one paper and will feature an extensive question and answer period with Princeton faculty and graduate students. Papers will be pre-circulated among conference participants. Submission Information: *Due date January 16, 2012 *Submissions must be made in PDF format via the conference website: http://politicaltheory.princeton.edu *Papers should be no more than 7500 words. *Format for blind review; include title but exclude all personal and institutional information. *Submissions by email or postal mail will not be accepted. Papers will be refereed on a blind basis by political theory graduate students in the Department of Politics at Princeton. Acceptance notices will be sent in February. Assistance for invited participants’ transportation, lodging and meal expenses is available from the committee, which acknowledges the generous support ofUniversity Center for Human Values and the Department of Politics at Princeton University. 12 The Art and Politics of IronySponsor: Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas, McGill University in collaboration with Improvisation, Community and Social Practice (SSHRC-MCRI) and the Département d'études anglaises, Université de Montréal Dates: April 12, 2012-April 14, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: September 30, 2011 Location: Montreal, QC, Canada Website: http://www.mcgill.ca/iplai/conferences/ Description: An interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas, McGill University in collaboration with Improvisation, Community and Social Practice (SSHRC-MCRI) and the Département d’études anglaises, Université de Montréal
Irony makes the world new by putting the world that exists in question. Its strength lies in its destabilizing power-it is the politics of art, the art of politics, and the language of dissent. By enabling critical representations of the world as it is known, but from within and against the familiarity of our own expectations, irony gives art and discourse special kinds of access to the public sphere, especially by mining beneath the given, the actual, and the known. In politics, philosophy, art and literature, across post-modernism, post-colonialism, and globalization, the question of irony is of expanding relevance to a range of fields of cultural formation and inquiry. Yet it remains insufficiently noticed, understood, or theorized; ironically powerful and silent at once. What is the meaning of irony? What does it accomplish and exactly how and with what effects? Is irony impoverished or indispensable, disenchanted or enchanting, world-breaking or world-making? Conference organizers invite proposals for papers addressing the public and public-making function of irony across time and through a range of contexts and media. Disciplines may include but are not limited to: Architecture and Design Art History Classics Film Fine Arts Gender and Sexuality History Law Literature Media and Communications Musicology and Music Performance Philosophy Politics Theatre and Performance Proposals for complete panels as well as for individual papers in English or French are welcome. 12 2012 Annual Conference of the Philippine Political Science AssociationSponsor: PPSA Dates: April 12, 2012-April 14, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 20, 2012 Location: Misamis Oriental, Philippines Website: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=267949563218582 Description: PPSA celebrates 50 years of path breaking contributions to the promotion of the study of Philippine politics through the professional development of its members and academic advances made in teaching, research and publications. The 2012 PPSA International Conference seeks to showcase the evolution of political science as a discipline grounded in theories that provide analytical and critical tools in comprehending political realities. The 2012 Conference also provides a venue in which to reflect on the previous and present contributions of the discipline as stepping stones in charting new directions in the field of political science.
The PPSA, through its activities in general and its annual conferences in particular, has continuously and critically engaged fellow academics (not only in political science but also in the other social science disciplines), policy-makers, non-governmental organizations (NGO) and social movement players as well as public intellectuals on topics touching on day-to-day political realities at the local, regional and international arenas. One of its many strengths is that it is multidisciplinary in its approaches as well as in its engagements. Thus, its members do not only include political scientists, but also sociologists, historians, and economists, among others. Conference Concept The 2012 PPSA International Conference will revisit research themes of the past and the present as it seeks to chart fresh initiatives for the discipline in terms of the theme and its accompanying theoretical and conceptual handles as these are comprehended and applied. Through PPSA’s 50 years of existence, themes of democratization and development have provided the guiding rationale in which political issues and concerns have been tackled. These concerns have found their way into critical areas such as national and local governance where the focus has been on the executive, legislative and judiciary as embodied in new public management and new institutionalism, devolution and decentralization among others. The same can be said in the area of political dynamics where focus has been on electoral politics and party systems as well as on power-brokers outside the realm of ’official’ power such as the politico-economic elites, ’warlords’, the military, the church and the business community as well as media which in general would be studied as interest or pressure groups. The use of class politics in analyzing the relationship of state and non-state actors have also brought about studies on social movements, non-governmental organizations and civil society. Studies on the Philippine left movement were particularly highlighted during the period of the struggle against dictatorship (1972-1986). The transition to democracy with the end of authoritarianism in 1986 witnessed the emergence of issues and concerns that go beyond class as represented by the women’s movement, the environmental movement and the peace movement, among others. The issues of ethnicity and cultural identity also highlighted the non-class nature of political concerns as epitomized by the Bangsamoro insurgency and indigenous peoples’ movements in the country. Attention also has been given to the politics of peace and development and human security as well as the political impact of labor migration. 12 Midwest Political Science Association Annual National ConferenceSponsor: MPSA Dates: April 12, 2012-April 15, 2012 Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Website: http://www.mpsanet.org/Conference/tabid/75/Default.aspx Description: The Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) is a national organization of over three thousand political science faculty, students, and public administrators. Founded in 1939, the MPSA is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all areas of political science.
The purposes of the MPSA are to promote the professional study and teaching of political science, to facilitate communications between those engaged in such study, and to develop standards for and encourage research in theoretical and practical political problems. As such, MPSA is a nonpartisan association. It does not support political parties or candidates. Officers: President: Bryan Jones, University of Texas President-Elect: Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, The Ohio State University Vice Presidents: Diana Mutz (2009-2011), University of Pennsylvania; Elisabeth R. Gerber, University of Michigan (2010-2012) Executive Director and Treasurer: William D. Morgan, MPSA Journal: The American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) publishes research in all major areas of political science, including American politics, public policy, international relations, comparative politics, political methodology, and political theory. Editor: Rick K. Wilson, Rice University, ajps@rice.edu 13 SACS/AQS joint conference on CanadaSponsor: Southern Association for Canadian Studies (SACS) and Association of Quebec Studies (AQS) Dates: April 13, 2012-April 14, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 15, 2012 Registration Deadline: March 15, 2012 Location: Clemson, South Carolina, United States Website: None provided Description: CALL FOR PAPERS JOINT CONFERENCE
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES & ASSOCIATION OF QUEBEC STUDIES SPONSORED BY CLEMSON CANADA CENTER – CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY APRIL 13-14, 2012 LOCATION: KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY Kennesaw, Georgia PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS The Southern Association for Canadian Studies and the Association of Quebec Studies will be holding a joint conference at Kennesaw State University on April 13-14, 2012. This conference will be co-sponsored by The Clemson Canada Center at Clemson University and Kennesaw State University. Authors and contributors are invited to submit proposals for papers, panels and workshops on any topic which includes a Canadian theme or has salience to Canada in any discipline in the arts and social sciences. Featured Speaker: Jean-François Côté (Université du Québec à Montréal) Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Canadian Studies at Kennesaw State University Authors and contributors are encouraged to submit a 100-200 word abstract of their proposed presentation to the conference no later than March 15, 2012. The Conference Registration Form indicates other information relevant for participation in the conference. Please send proposals, submissions and questions about the conference to Dr. Colin D. Pearce Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism/Dept. of Political Science 325 Sirrine Hall/230C Brackett Hall Clemson University Clemson S.C. 29634-1354 Phone:864-656-0213 Cell: 864-643-9456 Email:cpearce@clemson.edu 13 Proposal Deadline: Change and Continuity in the Middle East: Rethinking West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf after 2011Sponsor: British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Section (BRISMES GS) Dates: June 11, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 13, 2012 Location: London, United Kingdom Website: http://sites.google.com/site/brismesgs2012/ Description: The fact that 2011 has been a year of momentous importance for West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf can hardly be disputed. For this reason, the Graduate Section of BRISMES hereby extends an invitation to all young researchers and PhD candidates to present research that addresses the political, economic, social and cultural transitions taking place across the region. We welcome submissions of papers and panel proposals from any disciplinary field which reflects on these events and the resilience displayed despite the pressure of mass uprisings, regime changes, and the emergence of new conflicts. Will the Middle East become more democratic? What is the role of political Islam? How do the events of 2011 influence the conflicts in the region? Is the Middle East finding a new civil conscience? How is the political economy of the region changing? To what extent were the arts, social networking, civil society or collective memory relevant factors of change in the region? What was the impact of foreign policies towards Middle Eastern states? Is the discourse of ’resistance’ outdated or is it a factor of change? Are human rights the new political vocabulary of the Middle East? Is women’s emancipation really happening in the region?
The BRISMES Graduate Section and its co-host, the LSE Middle East Centre, look forward to welcoming you in London in June 2012 to address these and many other questions in its annual conference: ’Change and Continuity in the Middle East: Rethinking West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf after 2011’. 15 Proposal Deadline: New technologies as a factor of international relationsSponsor: International Relations Department, Political Science Faculty, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Dates: May 16, 2012-May 18, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 15, 2012 Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012 Location: Lublin, Poland Website: http://www.zsm.politologia.pl Description: For details please visit the conference website: www.zsm.politologia.pl
15 Proposal Deadline: Who governs in the Americas and in Europe?Sponsor: Universities of Poitiers (MIMMOC), Caen (ERIBIA), Paris Ouest Nanterre (CREA) and the University of Maine (3L. AM) Le Mans. Dates: November 15, 2012-November 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 15, 2012 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Website: http://mimmoc.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/spip.php?article93&lang=en Description: At the beginning of the 1960s, a controversy about the nature of domestic American political power opposed C. Wright Mills author of The Power Elite (1956) and Robert A. Dahl, Professor of Political Science at Yale University. C. Wright Mills, a radical sociologist, suggested that the American democratic system was merely an illusion. According to him, power was confiscated by an elite consisting of a restricted social group where financial, military and political interests formed an intertwined closed system that he called “the Power Elite” in his famous book. Robert Dahl countered, from the so-called ’pluralist’ perspective, arguing that in a democracy, decision-making bodies are far from being monolithic and that elites are not homogenous. In his book, Who Governs? Dahl defines the American democratic system as a ’polyarchy’ where the separation of powers is the rule, and where political power is split between the different competing dominant groups seeking to have their choices and ideas accepted and implemented. The point he made then predated the emergence of the notion of ’governance’ which has become more widely used since the 1990s. The notion of “governance”, which was initially used to designate the way in which a government exercises its economic, political and administrative powers and manages its resources and development, was subsequently extended to cover other areas. This explains why the concept has been widely used by theoreticians of public policy, political scientists and sociologists.
Critics of this notion denounce it as the ideological underpinnings of the 1980s neo-liberalism that continues to weaken the Welfare State. It is for this reason that some academics see “governance” as a theoretical justification for the ’dismantling’ of the State. They denounce the replacement of the term ’government’ by that of “governance”, explaining that the new term indicates the diminishing of the decision-making powers of the State as a guarantor of popular sovereignty in favor of a “participatory democracy” which has no real political attributes. For the latter, the shift from government to governance demonstrates the existence of a transition from a culture of popular sovereignty enshrined in republican law, the guarantor of the public interest, to a pragmatic and utilitarian society, that safeguards special economic interests, where the notion of the common good has become irrelevant. Thus, the notion of governance remains within the contours of the debate started by C. Wright Mills and Robert A. Dahl on the nature of power. The debate is far from over. The question now is to determine whether the passage from the notion of ’government’ to that of ’governance’ is indicative of a mere semantic modification or rather implies a major ideological shift. 16 POLITICAL AND CIVIC PARTICIPATIONSponsor: PIDOP Consortium in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM), University of Surrey, UK Dates: April 16, 2012-April 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 31, 2011 Website: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/cronem/newsandevents/conferences/pidop_conference_2012.htm Description: This conference aims to take stock of the numerous factors which can impact on the different forms of citizen participation, will explore how political, sociological and psychological factors inter-relate, and will draw out implications for policies which have as their goal the enhancement of levels of political and civic participation.
The conference also aims to examine the factors and processes which impact on levels of participation among marginalised groups that are at risk of political disengagement due to age, gender, ethnicity or migration. For this reason, papers focusing on either young people, women, ethnic minorities or migrants are especially encouraged. Hence, this conference seeks to provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion and debate on: •the different forms of political and civic participation which exist •the factors and processes which enhance and/or hinder the different forms of participation •forms and levels of participation within different national, ethnic and migrant groups •forms and levels of political and civic participation among women •forms and levels of political and civic participation by youth •policy interventions which can be used to increase levels of political and civic participation within particular societal settings We encourage the submission of individual papers and posters which address any of these issues. Papers or posters reporting studies describing or explaining participation within a particular national setting or by a particular minority, migrant, gender or age group are welcome, as are papers or posters reporting comparative studies comparing participation across different settings and groups. We would also like to encourage the submission of contributions which address relevant policy issues. In addition to individual papers and posters, we also encourage the submission of proposals for convened symposia. Confirmed speakers: Professor Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland at College Park, USA Profesor Bert Klandermans, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Online submission forms: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/cronem/newsandevents/conferences/pidop_conference_2012.htm 16 Political and Civic ParticipationSponsor: University of Surrey, UK Dates: April 16, 2012-April 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 31, 2011 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom Website: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/cronem/newsandevents/conferences/pidop_conference_2012.htm Description: This conference aims to take stock of the numerous factors which can impact on the different forms of citizen participation, will explore how political, sociological and psychological factors inter-relate, and will draw out implications for policies which have as their goal the enhancement of levels of political and civic participation.
The conference also aims to examine the factors and processes which impact on levels of participation among marginalised groups that are at risk of political disengagement due to age, gender, ethnicity or migration. For this reason, papers focusing on either young people, women, ethnic minorities or migrants are especially encouraged. Hence, this conference seeks to provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion and debate on: •the different forms of political and civic participation which exist •the factors and processes which enhance and/or hinder the different forms of participation •forms and levels of participation within different national, ethnic and migrant groups •forms and levels of political and civic participation among women •forms and levels of political and civic participation by youth •policy interventions which can be used to increase levels of political and civic participation within particular societal settings We encourage the submission of individual papers and posters which address any of these issues. Papers or posters reporting studies describing or explaining participation within a particular national setting or by a particular minority, migrant, gender or age group are welcome, as are papers or posters reporting comparative studies comparing participation across different settings and groups. We would also like to encourage the submission of contributions which address relevant policy issues. In addition to individual papers and posters, we also encourage the submission of proposals for convened symposia. 19 Oxford Political Theory Graduate ConferenceSponsor: Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University Dates: April 19, 2012-April 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 15, 2012 Location: Oxford, United Kingdom Website: None provided Description: Graduate students are invited to submit paper proposals for the inaugural Oxford Graduate Conference in Political Theory, to be held at the Department of Politics and International Relations on 19-20 April 2012. The theme for this conference is “Political Theory and the ‘Liberal’ Traditionâ€, and there will be two keynote addresses, given by Jeremy Waldron (NYU; All Souls’ College, Oxford) and Charles Mills (Northwestern University). The theme may be broadly construed, and we welcome papers addressing any of the following themes:
• The ‘liberal’ tradition and history of political thought: The canon of great political works is still believed to offer crucial insights for current theorising, thanks to their perception as continuous sources of wisdom about the salient principles of good government. But why are certain thinkers traditionally included, whilst others are not? Why are most ‘great’ thinkers dead, white, and male? Has liberalism been insensitive to the grievances of minorities, and to certain forms of oppression and exclusion? Finally, is the ‘liberal’ tradition a retrospective construct, which paradoxically includes thinkers who never considered themselves ‘liberals’? • The core values of liberalism: The basic liberal tenets of liberty, democracy, solidarity, and equal rights have often been used as the basis for analysis of contemporary issues such as multiculturalism, human rights, and concern for future generations. Liberal political thought has also been closely entwined with Western conceptions of statecraft and diplomacy, and has significantly shaped the development of international norms in an era of increasing global interrelation. But how have these fundamental values been interpreted and balanced, and what are the tensions between them? Can there be new ways to apply the core values of liberalism to key questions in contemporary political philosophy? • Liberalism and ideology: Historically, the liberal tradition competed with, and evolved alongside, many other political ideologies—including conservatism, socialism, anarchism, nationalism, and green politics—with which it has often combined to form important new hybrids. Is it possible to write about a fixed substantive content of liberal ideology? What are the commonalities and overlaps between liberalism and other traditions? How have the various ‘liberalisms’ present in modern political thought developed historically and ideationally? And what is the relationship between liberal ideology and ‘real’ liberal politics at national and international levels? Up to twelve papers will be accepted overall; each panel will be led by an Oxford Faculty member and include a graduate student as respondent. Proposals of no more than 500 words are requested by 15 January 2012, with accepted papers to follow by 31 March 2012. Please submit abstracts formatted for blind review, along with your name, educational status, and institutional affiliation, to oxford.poltheory.conference@gmail.com. Details on how to register for the conference to follow shortly. 20 International Conference on Asian SecuritySponsor: 20th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science Dates: April 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 17, 2012 Website: None provided Description: All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit papers for the seventeenth annual Conference for Students of Political Science sponsored by the Illinois State University Department of Politics and Government. We welcome papers on any topic related to government and/or politics. All subfields and political perspectives are welcome. Panelists at the previous conferences included 750 students attending 100 colleges and universities.
If you are interested in participating in this exciting event, please complete the online proposal submission form or submit a cover letter, containing your contact information (including email address), your school, and the name of the faculty member with whom you are working, and a draft copy of your paper (or the actual paper) by March 17, 2012. If you would like to serve as a discussant on a panel, please send a letter stating your interest and main areas of scholarly knowledge. E-mail submissions are welcome. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email: gmklass or call us at (309) 438-8638. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the conference coordinators: Dr. Gary Klass (309) 438-7852 gmklass@Ilstu.edu This conference is sponsored by the Undergraduate Political Science Association, The Graduate Student Association, Pi Sigma Alpha, and The Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University. 20 New York State Political Science Association Annual MeetingSponsor: NYSPSA Dates: April 20, 2012-April 21, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 01, 2012 Location: New York City, NY, United States Website: http://www.nyspsa.org Description: To celebrate the 66th Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association, NYSPSA is happy to welcome all scholars, students and government officials to Wagner College on New York City’s Staten Island, April 20-21, 2012. Just minutes from the heart of the ’Big Apple,’ Wagner College is ready to warmly welcome all participants at this year’s conference.
Over the next few weeks please find links for more information on travel to the 66th Annual NYSPSA Conference, hotel arrangements for events, and further information on the preliminary program. If you have specific questions, please contact the President of NYSPSA, Peter J. Baxter at pjb@niagara.edu. 26 Europe in an Age of Austerity/L’Europe à l’ère de l’austéritéSponsor: European Community Studies Association – Canada (ECSA-C) Dates: April 26, 2012-April 28, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 01, 2011 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Website: www.carleton.ca/ces/news/ecsac2012 Description: The ramifications of the global financial crisis for the European Union (EU) are likely to prove long-lasting. The most prominent challenge continues to be the sovereign debt crisis. In spite of differences over how best to deal with the crisis, EU and member state policy makers have shown a strong sense of solidarity in making sure that no state is allowed to “fail”. Yet the interventions have not only strained public support for the EU in member states financing the bailouts, they have also been coupled with severe fiscal austerity measures which are likely to slow down economic growth for years to come and will limit the capacity of governments to provide social services and undertake major policy initiatives. These economic constraints come at a time when the EU is facing political instability in its neighbourhood to the south, the rapidly increasing economic and political clout of Asia (especially China and India), and security concerns related to terrorism, immigration, and climate change.
The 9th Biennial Conference of European Communities Studies Association – Canada (ECSA-C) will explore how the EU and its member states will deal with these challenges at a time when financial resources are scarce. Will Europe choose to pursue more integration to deal with the problems it faces? Or will the current period of austerity trigger a process of disintegration, in which member states increasingly abandon Europe as a means to deal with internal and external challenges, citizens become more Eurosceptic, and conflicts between winners and losers of transnational capitalism become ever more intense? In between these extremes, there is also the possibility of stagnation, involving a largely unchanged political and societal status quo, which would overshadow the modest momentum symbolized by the Lisbon Treaty. The conference will debate in which of these directions Europe is moving, and what this means for the EU’s role domestically, in the world, and in its immediate neighbourhood. It will also discuss policy solutions to better deal with the above-mentioned challenges. The 9th Biennial Conference of ECSA-C invites researchers and practitioners from all over the world who study Europe from an economic, historical, legal, political, or sociological perspective to join us in Ottawa. Paper and panel proposals may focus on all aspects of European integration, including continuity and change in European law, EU institutions and their relationship with the member states, democracy and political legitimacy, citizenship and identity, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, external relations and foreign policy, migration, as well as internal and external security. We welcome paper and panel proposals that pay special attention to Europe’s transatlantic relations, most notably with Canada. 26 New England Political Science Association Annual MeetingSponsor: NEPSA Dates: April 26, 2012-April 28, 2012 Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States Website: http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/ Description: The New England Political Science Association invites proposals for papers and panels to be presented at its 2012 annual meeting at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside in Portsmouth, NH.
In NEPSA’s 63rd year, we continue to welcome a broad array of panel and paper proposals reflecting the various subfields of our discipline. Proposals should be submitted by e-mail, with the proposal in the message text (please do not send attachments), to the relevant section head. The Call For Papers, which contains a full list of section heads, is available at the NEPSA website: http://www.northeastern.edu/nepsa/ NEPSA is also committed to providing a forum for exceptional undergraduate research, and to that end we are reserving three panels (each with a maximum of four papers) for undergraduate student presentations: American Politics, Political Theory, and Comparative Politics / International Relations. Please be advised that only individual paper presentations for undergraduate work will be accepted; we are not accepting submissions of complete undergraduate panels. The deadline for submissions has passed. See website for more information. 27 Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: “From Meydan Tahrir to Wisconsin: Rethinking Revolution, Democracy and Citizenship”Sponsor: Department of Government at Cornell University Dates: April 27, 2012-April 28, 2012 Location: United States Website: None provided Description: From revolutionary awakenings in the Arab world to protests against austerity measures in Europe and assaults on labor rights in Wisconsin, a ’specter is haunting the world’ - the specter of democracy and equality. This conference aims to bring together a diverse group of graduate students to discuss the significance of these revolutionary mobilizations and moments of solidarity for political thought. How do unfolding events challenge us to reconsider political concepts such as democracy, revolution, and citizenship? In light of these historical developments, papers might address political possibilities and anxieties unleashed by the current revolutionary enthusiasm: To what extent are these demands for economic equality, labor rights, and democracy compatible with contemporary hegemony of (neo)liberalism? Does the Tea Party as a conservative social movement challenge our ideas regarding the content of democratic politics? Is it the attempt to weaken union rights in Wisconsin that represents an undermining of democratic citizenship, or the recall efforts that have followed them? When are ’rebels/protestors’ justified in claiming popular authority and taking up ’constituent power’? How should we interpret the nationalist discourse and imagery evoked in revolutions? What is at stake in the tendency to present the Egyptian revolution as a radical break from the past, as a distinctively ’secular moment’? What do transnational connections between the protestors in Tahrir Square and the public workers of Wisconsin tell us about revolutionary enthusiasm from afar, about democracy’s ’witness’, or about projection of democratic imagery and metaphor?
We seek papers that will engage a wide range of disciplines, including politics, sociology, developmental sociology, history, anthropology, and near eastern studies. Contact cornelltheoryconference@gmail.com for more information. Decisions will be announced by January 15, 2012. 30 Proposal Deadline: Prague Summer Schools 2012Sponsor: CPVP Dates: June 30, 2012-July 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 30, 2012 Registration Deadline: May 15, 2012 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Website: http://praguesummerschools.org Description: The Prague’s Center for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Prague Summer Schools 2012 on the following topics:
European Summer Institute on the Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology Summer School on European Union: Interests versus Culture? Summer School on China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality? Where? Summer Schools will take place in Prague, Czech Republic The Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment. We invite you to visit our website www.praguesummerschools.org to discover the details about the upcoming programs. The website contains detailed information on academic content, guidelines to application process including on-line application, practicalities, photos and alumni feedback. We also suggest students to submit their applications to Prague Summer Schools by Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2011. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2011. Should you have any questions regarding the Prague Summer Schools or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at: Prague Summer Schools 2012 Center for Public Policy Vyjezdova 510 190 11 Prague 9 Czech Republic Tel: +420 737 679 605 E-mail: info@praguesummerschools.org We are looking forward to your application!!! Kind regards, Egle Havrdova, Ph.D. Program Director 30 Proposal Deadline: Annual Conference, International Society for MacIntyrean EnquirySponsor: ISME Dates: July 19, 2012-July 21, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 30, 2012 Location: United Kingdom Website: None provided Description: Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Dr. Mary Midgley Dr. Midgley is one of the leading British moral philosophers of the twentieth century, writing for both academic and lay readerships. Her books include Utopias, Dolphins and Computers and Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature Professor John Milbank School of Theology & Religious Studies (University of Nottingham, UK) Professor Millbank is the author of several books including Theology and Social Theory and Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon. He is also one of the editors of the Radical Orthodoxy collection of essays which occasioned much debate. Professor Greg Curry Department of Philosophy (University of Nottingham, UK) Title ’Is Narrative Good for You?’ Professor Curry is involved in editing several journals and his publications include a collection of essays, Arts and Minds and his most recent monograph, Narratives and Narrators. The conference is co-organized with the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham, and the Centre for Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP). London Metropolitan University The academic convenors for the Conference are Tony Burns (Co-Director CSSGJ) and Kelvin Knight (Director, CASEP). The proposed theme for the conference is Well-Being. The idea of ’well-being’ has been in the news media in the UK quite a lot of late, and it lies close to the heart of the thinking and policies of the current ’Con-Dem’ Government, as is evidenced by the speeches and writings of Prime Minister David Cameron. It can be connected to the idea of ’the big society.’ This has become controversial recently, as the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of the UK recently made a commitment to fund research which explores this idea and has, in consequence, been accused of bias/partiality in favour of government sponsored, ’ideologically driven’ research projects. The thinking behind this initiative is also associated with the work of Richard Layard at the London School of Economics and with the British ’think-tank,’ The Social Market Foundation. The idea behind the conference is to explore the notion of well-being, both in theory and in practice (policy). More specifically, it is hoped that papers will engage critically with some of the current thinking about well-being and its policy implications from the standpoint of Alasdair MacIntyre and/or Aristotelian practical philosophy, a core concept for which is that of eudaimonia, variously translated as ’happiness,’ ’flourishing’ or ’well-being.’ Contributions might also engage with the ideas of other contemporary Aristotelian thinkers, for example the ’capabilities approach’ of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. It is not envisaged that all of the papers presented at the conference will address this theme and contributions devoted to other aspects of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre are, as always, most welcome. The local organizer for the conference is Tony Burns. E-Mail addresses of convenors are: tony.burns@nottingham.ac.uk; kelvin.knight@londonmet.ac.uk Proposals should include a title, an abstract, and a some brief biographical infirmation. Proposals from postgraduate research students are welcome. May 201203 People and PowerSponsor: British Columbia Political Studies Association Dates: May 03, 2012-May 04, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 02, 2012 Location: Kelowna, British Columbia Website: http://www.bcpsa.ca Description: The world has entered into a period of turbulence and change. In both the Global North and the Global South, political and economic relationships are in a state of upheaval and reconfiguration, creating a crisis of legitimacy. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement to the riots in the UK and Greece, the relationship between citizens and political leaders is undergoing potentially substantial transformations, in ways reminiscent of what happened in the late 1960s.
BCPSA 2012 aims to open an academic debate to answers some questions such as: - Is this going to cause a radical shift in the way we think about our politics? - Is a new and empowering democracy emerging on the streets? A broad interpretation of the conference theme focusing on the nature of governance and challenges to power, domestically, regionally and internationally, in today’s globalized world is encouraged. Participation is open to all political scientists and other scholars who are interested in current political issues. Proposals on other political science topics are also welcome. Recognizing the role of the younger generation in shaping our future, conference organizers particularly welcome proposals from both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as mixed student-faculty panels. 10 The Medieval Tradition of Natural LawSponsor: International Congress on Medieval Studies Dates: May 10, 2012-May 13, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: September 30, 2011 Website: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/ Description: Papers that explore both medieval thinkers and the tradition of Natural Law on later political and moral thought are welcome. Proposals should be sent, by Sept. 30, 2011, to Harvey Brown (hbrown2@uwo.ca) Political Science Dept., University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada. N6A 5C2
10 Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference on Political EconomySponsor: The NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy (AHC) Dates: May 10, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 18, 2012 Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012 Location: New York, NY, United States Website: http://alexanderhamilton.as.nyu.edu/page/home Description: The NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy and
The Wilf Family Department of Politics Will be hosting The Fifth Annual GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY Thursday, May 10th 2012 The Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy is accepting proposals for panels and papers. We particularly welcome proposals that examine various important, theoretical, and policy problems such as the design of governing institutions, the development and distribution of human capital, and the means by which fundamental policy issues can be resolved or advanced through the promotion of efficient and effective solutions that are sensitive to the political, economic, and social realities. We encourage panel and paper submissions that are grounded in political economy approaches that draw out how individual economic and political incentives interact to create constraints and opportunities for citizens, political leaders, and entrepreneurs in the private or public sector to address policy issues. Participants must be graduate students. Papers based on other approaches will be considered. Submission of abstracts may be of two types: 1. Individual paper presentations 2. Proposals to organize a panel of up to four individuals on a particular theme or topic. All the participants will receive a one-time honorarium of 500 dollars. The recipient of the Best Paper Award will receive an additional 1500 dollars. Abstract Submission: March 18th, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: April 2nd, 2012 Submission of Full Papers: April 15th, 2012 Conference: May 10th 2012 16 New technologies as a factor of international relationsSponsor: International Relations Department, Political Science Faculty, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Dates: May 16, 2012-May 18, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 15, 2012 Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012 Location: Lublin, Poland Website: http://www.zsm.politologia.pl Description: For details please visit the conference website: www.zsm.politologia.pl
19 Public Service Reform in China and the Asia-Pacific: Theory and PracticeSponsor: New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW); and School of Politics and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) Dates: May 19, 2012-May 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 30, 2012 Location: China Website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/chinaresearchcentre/ Description: This conference brings together scholars of Public Administration and Management, Political Science and Government and International Relations to examine the experiences of public service reform in China and Asia-Pacific countries and the challenges and issues they face in deepening of reform in public services, and to advance scholarly research and debate on significant issues emerging from the experiences of public service reforms in these countries.
31 11th Dutch-Belgian Political Science ConferenceSponsor: Belgian and Dutch Political Science Associations Dates: May 31, 2012-June 01, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 29, 2012 Registration Deadline: May 09, 2012 Location: Netherlands Website: http://www.politicologie.be Description: The annual general political science conference of Belgium and the Netherlands. This two-day conference is organized mainly on distinct workshops, e.g., on electoral behavior, international relations, local politics or political theory. Most of the workshops are conducted in English.
For more information and the call for papers: www.politicologie.be June 201202 International Conference of Environmental Governance in ChinaSponsor: Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics) and Christopher Newport University Dates: June 02, 2012-June 03, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 10, 2012 Location: Beijing, China Website: None provided Description: China’s environment has drawn great concerns in recent decades as the country rapidly catches up in industrialization and modernization. This booming economy, however, has come alongside with an environmental crisis, which affects not only the livelihood of the Chinese citizens and the survival of the regime, but also the relationship between China and the rest of the world. In the past decades, Chinese government has been striking to address the issue through various channels, but the outcomes have not yet been fully assessed and understood.
This conference aims to draw the best experts in this field in order to stimulate the discussion and improve our understanding of the issue for better research and policy decisions in the future. Scholars and practitioners across disciplines are invited to submit papers and panels following the themes listed below: 1. Environment in China: status, change, and future 2. Environmental Governance: dynamics, obstacles, and strategies 3. Environmental Impact Assessment: decision-making and public participation 4. Firms, Laws and Regulations: enforcement and compliance 5. Environment, Growth, and Social Development 6. Environmental Politics: interests and institutions 7. Environmental Protests, Movements, and Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs): contention and collaboration 8. Globalization and Political Economy of Chinese Environment 9. Environmental Conflict and Cooperation: China and the world We will invite renowned scholars, Chinese officials, and representatives of domestic/ international environmental organizations and firms as keynote speakers in order to facilitate the dialogue between scholars, policymakers, and private sectors. Well-researched conference papers will have the opportunity to be included in edited books. Proposal Submission and Contact Please email your paper abstract or panel proposal up to 300 words in length along with a brief bio of the author no later than March 10, 2012 to Dr. Huisheng Shou at Christopher Newport University (Huisheng_shou@hotmail.com) and Dr. Bingqiang Ren at Beihang University (ren_bingqiang@yahoo.com.cn). Notification of acceptance will be made by April 1, 2012. Final papers are to be submitted by May 18, 2012. Conference Accommodation The conference organizers will provide FREE lodging and meals during the conference session for all participants. 06 8th TAD (Transatlantic Dialogue) on Transitions in GovernanceSponsor: EGPA/ASPA/Radboud University Nijmegen/University of Baltimore Dates: June 06, 2012-June 09, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 31, 2011 Location: Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Website: http://www.8tad.org Description: In 2012, the eighth Transatlantic Dialogue will take place on 6 – 9 June at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Organized jointly by European and American networks, this conference aims to strengthen cooperation between European and American academics.
The theme of the 8th Transatlantic Dialogue is ‘Transitions in Governance’. We are in the midst of an era of transition in systems of public administration. States are faced with significant developments: welfare state reform, a globalising economy, technological innovation, demographic change, urban regeneration, Europeanisation and (e.g. in Central European countries) the transition towards a different type of regime. As a consequence, states face difficult challenges with respect to their systems of public administration. Dealing with these developments puts a heavy strain on their systems of public administration. They challenge public administration research and teaching to look beyond current institutions and to grasp the shape of emerging varieties of governance. The conference hosts six workshops on major themes in this significant development. See the website for more information on these workshops. Please note, Ph.D. students are welcome to present their research, MA students, however, are not. 06 Policy History ConferenceSponsor: Institute for Political History, the Journal of Policy History, and the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia Dates: June 06, 2012-June 09, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: December 02, 2011 Location: Richmond, Viriginia, United States Website: http://www.slu.edu/departments/jph/2012%20About.html Description: The Institute for Political History, the Journal of Policy History, and the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia are hosting the seventh biennial Conference on Policy History at the Marriott in downtown Richmond, Virginia from Wednesday, June 6 to Saturday, June 9, 2012. We are currently accepting panel and paper proposals on all topics regarding American political and policy history, political development, and comparative historical analysis. Complete sessions are encouraged, and individual paper proposals are welcome.
Proposals must be submitted online and must include: 1. Name 2. Institutional Affiliation 3. Status (ABD, Doctoral Student, Associate Professor, etc.) 4. Email address 5. Mailing Address 6. Paper title 7. 150 word abstract 8. 75 word description of educational background, publications, and awards or fellowships Please submit these materials at: http://www.slu.edu/departments/jph/2012%20CFP.html 06 11th Annual Social Equity Leadership Conference “Research and Practices in Social Equity Urbanization and Sustainability”Sponsor: National Academy of Public Administration Dates: June 06, 2012-June 08, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 26, 2012 Location: Savannah, Georgia, United States Website: http://savannahstate.edu/class/departments-poli-sci-events.shtmi Description: Participate in the Social Equity Conference as a presenter, a discussant or a listener
Equity theory is a theory that attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair and unfair. Social Equity is the orphaned element of Sustainable Development. In 1996, the President’s Council on Sustainable Developed defined Social Equity as ‘equal opportunity, in a safe and healthy environment.’ Social equity is the least defined and least understand element of the triad that is sustainable development. Yet it is integral in creating sustainability – balancing economic, environmental and social equity. (From Wikipedia) The National Academy of Public Administration defines Social Equity as “The fair, just and equitable management of all institutions serving the public directly or by contract; the fair, just and equitable distribution of public services and implementation of public policy; and the commitment to promote fairness, justice and equity in the formation of public policy.” H.G. Frederickson, in his book, Social Equity and Public Administration: Origins, Developments, and Applications, (2010) proclaims that social equity concerns itself with the fairness of the organization, its management and its delivery of public services. N.J. Johnson and J.H. Svara, editors, in their book, Justice for All: Promoting Social Equity in Public Administration, (2011) bring the social equity conversation to the level of this 11th Annual Conference in Savannah by emphasizing applications to practice, combatting inequality and promoting development in urban regions. PRINCIPAL PRESENTERS The Honorable Edna Jackson, Mayor, and Rochelle Small-Toney , City Manager, City of Savannah Mary D. Bruce, Professor, Governors State University Norman Johnson, Associate, The Alisias Group, Atlanta, GA J. Edward Kellough, Professor, University of Georgia Roland Lane, Chief Deputy Clerk, Fulton County Superior Court, former Fulton County Deputy Sheriff Mitchell Rice, Professor, Texas A & M University Blue Wooldridge, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University; Chair, NAPA Social Equity Panel H. George Frederickson, Professor, University of Kansas. Sent his regrets - unable to attend this year. FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER Joe Soss, Professor, University of Minnesota; author of Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalist Persistent Power of Race (2011) and Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality (2010) CALL FOR PROPOSALS “RESEARCH AND PRACTICES IN SOCIAL EQUITY URBANIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY” CONFERENCE TRACKS: 1. Change and Sustainability in Public Services Delivery 2. Change and Sustainability in Health and Human Services 3. Change and Sustainability in Community Development 4. Change and Sustainability in Green Cities and Environmental 5. Change and Sustainability in Criminal Justice Practices 6. Change and Sustainability in Public Education Proposals addressing issues of fairness, justice and equity in the tracks above are welcome. Proposals are welcomed that feature (1) high quality concept and context panels, (2) oral presentations of practice and field activities, and (3) theme related research papers. Submitted proposals should indicate the title, the format – panel, presentation, roundtable paper - and the name, title and affiliation of the organizer. Submit your proposals, in sufficient detail to be content reviewed, no later than 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, March 26, 2012 to Professor Sy Murray at murraysy@savannahstate.edu. 11 Change and Continuity in the Middle East: Rethinking West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf after 2011Sponsor: British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Section (BRISMES GS) Dates: June 11, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 13, 2012 Location: London, United Kingdom Website: http://sites.google.com/site/brismesgs2012/ Description: The fact that 2011 has been a year of momentous importance for West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf can hardly be disputed. For this reason, the Graduate Section of BRISMES hereby extends an invitation to all young researchers and PhD candidates to present research that addresses the political, economic, social and cultural transitions taking place across the region. We welcome submissions of papers and panel proposals from any disciplinary field which reflects on these events and the resilience displayed despite the pressure of mass uprisings, regime changes, and the emergence of new conflicts. Will the Middle East become more democratic? What is the role of political Islam? How do the events of 2011 influence the conflicts in the region? Is the Middle East finding a new civil conscience? How is the political economy of the region changing? To what extent were the arts, social networking, civil society or collective memory relevant factors of change in the region? What was the impact of foreign policies towards Middle Eastern states? Is the discourse of ’resistance’ outdated or is it a factor of change? Are human rights the new political vocabulary of the Middle East? Is women’s emancipation really happening in the region?
The BRISMES Graduate Section and its co-host, the LSE Middle East Centre, look forward to welcoming you in London in June 2012 to address these and many other questions in its annual conference: ’Change and Continuity in the Middle East: Rethinking West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf after 2011’. 12 Summer Institute for Israel Studies 2012Sponsor: Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University Dates: June 12, 2012-June 25, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 16, 2012 Location: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States Website: http://www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS/index.html Description: The Summer Institute for Israel Studies, a program of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University, assists faculty in colleges and universities in the design of new courses in Israel Studies or the enhancement of existing ones. Over 160 faculty members from around the world have participated in the Summer Institute for Israel Studies since its inception in 2004. Faculty from the social sciences and humanities are invited to apply.
Fellowships include: - Stipend of up to $2500 for full course; $1500 for Brandeis seminar only - Seminars taught by world-class faculty from Israel and the United States - Travel, meals, and accommodations at Brandeis and in Israel - Full access to vast Israel Studies online resource center and Brandeis University’s online library resources - Membership in a growing, international community of Israel scholars, with annual workshops and opportunities for networking and professional collaboration For details, and to apply, please visit us online at: http://www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS/index.html. For questions, contact Keren Goodblatt at kereng1@brandeis.edu. 13 The Political Psychology of DiversitySponsor: Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Dates: June 13, 2012-June 15, 2012 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Website: http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/conference.shtml Description: The Political Behaviour/Sociology section of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) is organizing a workshop entitled the Political Psychology of Diversity that will take place during the annual meeting of the CPSA in Edmonton, AB.
This workshop seeks to bring together scholars who examine these issues in the Canadian and comparative contexts. At the intersection between political science and psychology, papers are encouraged to bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of diversity. Papers can focus on any type of diversity, e.g. “racial”, ethnic, religious or linguistic. Papers that explore the consequences of diversity for majority and/or minority groups are welcome. This workshop also encourages various methodological approaches to the study of the psychology of diversity, including case studies, comparative, cross-national, quantitative, qualitative, computational and experimental analyses.This workshop seeks to bring together scholars who examine these issues in the Canadian and comparative contexts. At the intersection between political science and psychology, papers are encouraged to bring an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of diversity. Papers can focus on any type of diversity, e.g. “racial”, ethnic, religious or linguistic. Papers that explore the consequences of diversity for majority and/or minority groups are welcome. This workshop also encourages various methodological approaches to the study of the psychology of diversity, including case studies, comparative, cross-national, quantitative, qualitative, computational and experimental analyses. 14 The Health and Wealth of US Capitalism: A Critical Condition?Sponsor: CERVEPAS/CREW, Sorbonne Nouvelle University of Paris Dates: June 14, 2012-June 15, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 15, 2012 Location: Paris, France Website: http://cervepas.univ-paris3.fr/actualites_en.html Description: The unraveling of the Great Recession has renewed debates on the health of the American model of capitalism, a political economic paradigm that was still widely held as a paragon of economic efficiency across the world at the close of the twentieth century. More than four years after the subprime crisis erupted, the US economy remains in a critical condition and the American “model” has been severely discredited for damaging the economic health of individual Americans, reducing national wealth, and leading the world economy into a major global crisis. Domestically, the impact of this traumatic experience has been devastating. Over 7 million Americans have been deprived of their homes by foreclosures, unemployment and poverty rates have soared, and millions in the middle class have seen the value of their homes and/or net worth of their retirement plans plummet. While Washington’s early response to the economic crisis represented a clear departure from the free market policies it had championed for more than three decades, internationally, the image of the United States has been tarnished. The contrast between its critical economic condition and the healthy growth of China or other emerging economies has prompted both analysts and decision-makers to question the alleged superiority of the American brand of capitalism. Thus the shift to a “post-American world” has accelerated.
This conference seeks to shed new light on the nature, vigor and viability of the U.S. economy and its related political economic paradigm. Its research focus is anchored in the recent literature on theories and varieties of capitalism, a blossoming corpus that aims to understand both the nature of market and state institutions and the socio-political mechanisms underpinning national economies. Emphasis will be put on interdisciplinary analysis, using what some might call a Braudelian approach to the dynamics and transformations of the US economic system, whereby the latter is understood as embedded in its broader historical, cultural and societal environment. The purpose is to reflect on the forces that have converged to give birth to the paradoxical coexistence of vitality and decline, booms and busts, social deficiencies and economic innovations in the American model of capitalism. This interdisciplinary dialogue appears all the more relevant in 2012, when the U.S. presidential election has clear structural implications for the U.S. political economy. Beyond its immediate consequences, this electoral race represents a crossroad between two opposite development paths: a return to laissez faire or an endorsement of greater government intervention in the economy. This international conference will therefore provide a timely discussion on the short- and long-term dynamics of the American model of capitalism. Proposals, in English or French, should be sent to cervepas@univ-paris3.fr. Please include a 300-word abstract and a short bio-bibliography. All proposals are due by January 15th, 2012. Accepted proposals will be notified by March 2nd, 2012. 15 Proposal Deadline: Annual MeetingSponsor: Northeastern Political Science Association Dates: November 15, 2012-November 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: June 15, 2012 Website: http://www.northeasternpsa.com Description: The 44th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association will be held November 15-17, 2012 at the Omni Parker House in Boston, MA. Proposals for papers, panels and roundtables are welcome. For more information, see the Association website: www.northeasternpsa.org
18 10th Annual International Conference on Politics & International AffairsSponsor: Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) Dates: June 18, 2012-June 21, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: November 28, 2012 Location: Athens, Greece Website: http://www.atiner.gr/politics.htm Description: The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 10th Annual International Conference on Politics & International Affairs, 18-21 June 2012, Athens, Greece. For further details (including previous programs), please go to the conference website: www.atiner.gr/politics.htm. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi.
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics, researchers, students and professionals in private and public organizations and governments of Politics and International Affairs and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. Please submit a 300-word abstract by 28th of November 2011, by email, atiner@atiner.gr to Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis, Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER and Director, International Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-POL.doc. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, gtp@atiner.gr, President, ATINER. The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. 19 The Construction(s) of Conflict and PeaceSponsor: Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies Dates: June 19, 2012-June 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 15, 2012 Location: United Kingdom Website: http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/exceps/events/conference.html Description: The Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies (EXCEPS) invites papers for its 2012 Conference on the theme: The Construction(s) of Conflict and Peace. The conference will take place 19-20 June at the University of Exeter, UK. Abstracts should be submitted no later than 15 January 2012.
21 The Consequences of Political ScandalSponsor: Not provided Dates: June 21, 2012-June 23, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 15, 2012 Location: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States Website: http://www.ship.edu/Scandal_Conference/ Description: There are many types of political scandals, to include political sex scandals, corruption scandals, and election scandals. All are public events of significant consequence for politicians and for the voting public. As we pay attention to scandal, we ignore more weighty matters and we over-estimate the bad behavior of our elected officials. Political scandals have tremendous consequence on citizenry and might possibly undermine democratic institutions.
This interdisciplinary conference will be an opportunity for scholars to explore and exchange research on the impact of political scandal on individuals, institutions and societies. We are looking to develop panels and roundtables that will explore the implications of political scandal from multiple perspectives, including the humanities, behavioral and social sciences. Papers, reports, works-in-progress are invited on any of the following themes: 1. The institutional politics of scandal: The structural/ electoral/ institutional outcomes following a political scandal. 2. The behavioral politics of scandal: How various actors interact with one another in the midst of crisis? 3. The aftereffects of scandal: On individual actors, on institutions, on society. 4. The role of media and popular culture in investigating (or instigating) scandals. 5. The demographic disparities of the scandalous: Examinations of gender, race, and ethnicity within political scandal. The conveners invite panels and papers that address the theme of political scandal, from a wide variety of disciplinary approaches. Thus, we encourage papers from the disciplines of history, literature, rhetoric, journalism, art, music, gender study, sociological and political science. The conference will include plenary sessions designed to spark conversations, debates, and generate research inquiry. We welcome creative work that will promote work across the fields. All accepted and presented papers are eligible for inclusion in a post-conference manuscript that will take the form of either a proceedings or an edited volume on political scandals. The deadline for paper proposals is January 15, 2012. Please see the conference website for submission details. Shippensburg, PA is in south central Pennsylvania, located an hour from Harrisburg, two hours from Washington, DC and two and half hours from Philadelphia. For more information, please contact Dr. Alison Dagnes at addagn@ship.edu or Dr. Mark Sachleben at MDSachleben@ship.edu. The conference website is: http://www.ship.edu/Scandal_Conference/ 24 Between the Global and the Local: Actors, Institutions and ProcessesSponsor: CISS/Keynote Conference Dates: June 24, 2012-June 26, 2012 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Description: The conference focuses on the deepening relationship between the global stage and local contexts. Whether one examines decision-making processes, ideas/norms, or institutional practices, there is a noticeable density in institutional structures and channels of communication that mediate between global developments and local situations. Whether the focus is on the role of the state and the scope of its authority, the national as well as transnational reach of civil society activism, or the rights and responsibilities of individuals within society, it is becoming increasingly clear that outcomes are conditioned by the dynamic interplay between global and local processes, as shaped by the mediating endeavors of a plethora of actors and institutions. In this context, culture has been identified as a key variable that contains both enabling, as well as constraining, elements that affect such mediating endeavors.
The joint 2012 CISS/Keynote conference seeks to address key dimensions of this interplay in the context of the unique and, in many respects, unprecedented challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Hence proposals for papers focusing on the following topics would be most welcome: * growing trends in global governance and the responsibilities of the states within international society * the evolving relationship between international, state, and non-state actors * the role of normative values and socio-cultural considerations in determining the perceptions and conduct of the various actors within the system * the nature and scope of traditional and non-traditional challenges that confront humankind in the 21st century 26 The Future of Multiculturalism: Structures, Integration Policies and PracticesSponsor: CRONEM, University of Surrey/Migration Research Unit, UCL, London Dates: June 26, 2012-June 27, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 01, 2012 Location: Guildford, United Kingdom Website: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/cronem/ Description: Multiculturalism as a policy approach to managing the cultural diversity of contemporary societies is once again under siege by national politicians and public commentators across Europe. Public concern about the impact of migration on social structures and cohesion has led to renewed calls for integration policies that are based greatly on ideas of assimilation rather than a desire for a genuine reciprocal integration. Furthermore, nationalist ideology or presuppositions frequently underpin the specific content of those policies.
Recent attacks on multiculturalism have coincided with increasing focus on security and securitisation in response to the threat of terrorism and political violence. Indeed, for some cause and effect is undeniable, with multiculturalism directly responsible for the recent increase in radicalisation among disaffected minority youths. While such claims are highly contentious, the links that have been drawn between multiculturalism and the growth of ideological extremism have further fuelled public anxieties concerning the suitability of multiculturalist policies. Within Europe, two actors have been at the forefront of the debate. The European Union and the Council of Europe have to engage in a new dialogue about the position of migrants and minorities within the European social and political sphere. The focus of both organisations has been on “Intercultural Dialogue” as an alternative to multiculturalism. The aim is to establish an acknowledged form of respectful and open exchange between individuals and groups from different cultural backgrounds. This is seen as crucial for promoting tolerance and understanding, preventing conflicts, enhancing societal cohesion, and ensuring the democratic participation of all individuals in the cultural, social and economic life of the states in which they reside. In the case of the EU, 2008 was the Year of Intercultural Dialogue which sought to establish a framework of soft policy measures to support this new approach/strategy. The conference seeks to provide an opportunity for interdisciplinary debate on: the different forms of multiculturalism identifiable in Europe and beyond; critiques of multiculturalism; alternative policy approaches – including intercultural dialogue – for the management of cultural diversity issues; the intertwining of security and securitisation issues and the debate on multiculturalism; sources of radicalisation, political violence and terrorism; the relationship between multiculturalism, social exclusion, democratic citizenship and political participation; the impact of international policy networks on national “integration” policies; comparative perspectives on states’ experiences of multiculturalism; political challenges to multiculturalism, migrant communities and intercultural dialogue; responses to migration: legal, economic and political; current migration trends and policy approaches; 27 New Perspectives on Regulation, Governance and LearningSponsor: Not provided Dates: June 27, 2012-June 29, 2012 Location: Exeter, United Kingdom Website: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/reggov2012/ Description: We would like to invite proposals for panels or individual papers for the 2012 Conference of the Standing Group, to be held at the University of Exeter. The biennial conference is the main interdisciplinary academic conference on regulation. Conference highlights include the Giandomenico Majone Prize for the best conference paper by a junior member of the profession (http://regulation.upf.edu/index.php?id=giandomenico_majone_prize), as well as specialist panels, guest speakers and keynote lectures.
We are interested in receiving proposals relating to any aspect of the field of regulatory studies. Our main interest is to promote high-quality research, rigorous research regardless of methodological approach. We welcome proposals from accounting, anthropology, economics, law, organizational studies, political theory, public policy analysis, political science and sociology as well as interdisciplinary proposals. We are seeking both theoretical-conceptual-critical papers on regulation (as mode of governance, type of policy, legal instrument, pattern of political conflict, and constitutional choice) and substantive contributions covering topics such as independent regulatory agencies, the regulation of risk, climate change and sustainability, regulatory innovations, and regulation in specific sectors of policy. Proposals on multi-level regulation and diffusion are also welcome. We are flagging up the topic of learning in the title of the conference both in relation to the progress made across social science disciplines on understanding and measuring learning and because there is an objective need to learn in an age of austerity. The costs and benefits of regulation are particularly important in years of budgetary contractions, but so are the wider effects of regulation on trust, behavior, human rights and distribution. Panel and Paper proposals, use the online forms at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/reggov2012/ If you are proposing a paper, please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words using the online form. If you are proposing a full panel please note that all proposed panels should have a minimum of three papers and a maximum of five, plus an (optional) discussant. All panel proposals should be completed using the online form, including an abstract for each paper. The conference will be hosted by the Department of Politics and the Centre for European Governance (http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/ceg/) at the University of Exeter. 30 Prague Summer Schools 2012Sponsor: CPVP Dates: June 30, 2012-July 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 30, 2012 Registration Deadline: May 15, 2012 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Website: http://praguesummerschools.org Description: The Prague’s Center for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Prague Summer Schools 2012 on the following topics:
European Summer Institute on the Future of Europe: Lobbying in Brussels Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology Summer School on European Union: Interests versus Culture? Summer School on China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality? Where? Summer Schools will take place in Prague, Czech Republic The Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment. We invite you to visit our website www.praguesummerschools.org to discover the details about the upcoming programs. The website contains detailed information on academic content, guidelines to application process including on-line application, practicalities, photos and alumni feedback. We also suggest students to submit their applications to Prague Summer Schools by Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2011. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2011. Should you have any questions regarding the Prague Summer Schools or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at: Prague Summer Schools 2012 Center for Public Policy Vyjezdova 510 190 11 Prague 9 Czech Republic Tel: +420 737 679 605 E-mail: info@praguesummerschools.org We are looking forward to your application!!! Kind regards, Egle Havrdova, Ph.D. Program Director July 201206 A Sort of Wisdom: Exploring the Legacy of Primo LeviSponsor: Not provided Dates: July 06, 2012-July 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 01, 2012 Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom Website: http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/events/2012/07/06/primo-levi-conference Description: An international conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of Primo Levi’s death.
Confirmed keynote speakers: Norman Geras, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, and author of The Contract of Mutual Indifference: Political Philosophy After the Holocaust. Robert S.C. Gordon, Reader in Modern Italian Culture and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, and author of Primo Levi’s Ordinary Virtues: from testimony to ethics. Anthony Rudolf, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and author of At an Uncertain Hour: Primo Levi’s War against Oblivion. Paul Salmons, Head of Curriculum and Development at the Holocaust Education Development Project, Institute of Education. Judith Woolf, Senior Lecturer in English and Italian at the University of York, author of The Memory of the Offence. Primo Levi (1919-1987) was born and lived his entire life in or near Turin, with the exception of the years 1944-45, when he was captured as an anti-fascist partisan, deported to Auschwitz, and then released into war-torn Europe. After liberation, with ‘a torrent of things to tell the civilised world’ and ‘the tattooed number on my arm burning like a sore’ he wrote a series of remarkable books, including If This is a Man, The Periodic Table, and The Drowned and the Saved. He is now viewed as not only one of the key literary figures of the twentieth century and one of the most important survivor-writers of the Holocaust, but for many he is an ethical writer of great depth and even a subtle and humane ‘political philosopher’. Although he famously asked his readers not to treat him as a ‘prophet, oracle, or seer,’ Primo Levi also suspected that there was ‘a sort of wisdom that seeps through from my books which I don’t feel within myself.’ What sort of wisdom do we find in Levi and how can we critically appropriate his legacy without encouraging what Bryan Cheyette has called ‘reductive discourses which have engulfed Levi’s life and work’ and risk turning him into a ‘saint-like figure’? Proposals We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers or for conference panels on any aspect of Levi’s legacy and from any discipline – including Literature, Cultural Studies, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Educational Studies, Social Theory, History and Holocaust studies. Topics are not limited to, but may include: • Levi and Ethics • Levi and Memory / Story-Telling • Levi and the Holocaust • Levi and the ‘Two Cultures ’ of Science and Literature • Levi and Work • Levi and Friendship • Levi and Writing • Levi and Language • Levi and Violence and War • Levi and Humour • Levi and Political Philosophy after the Holocaust • Levi and Humanism • Representations and Receptions of Primo Levi Please send a 500-word abstract (max.) of your paper and a short CV by 1 February, 2012 to Professor Alan Johnson, johnsona@edgehill.ac.uk. The conference will be followed by a call for papers for an edited collection of essays on Levi’s work. 08 XXIInd World Congress of Political ScienceSponsor: International Political Science Association (IPSA) Dates: July 08, 2012-July 12, 2012 Registration Deadline: July 12, 2012 Location: Madrid, Spain Website: https://www.ipsa.org/events/congress/madrid2012/congress-theme Description: In a globalising world, everywhere power is being reconfigured, creating opportunities for change:
- New players are emerging on the world stage, reflected in G-20, the ‘BRICs’ and in North-South relations. - Climate change and the financial crisis have altered global dynamics. - Transnational governance is taking on new forms, such as the reformed EU and Mercosur. - Within states, there is increased devolution and the recognition of sub-identities. - State functions are increasingly being shared with non-state actors such as corporations and non-governmental organisations and are affected by the dynamics of an international society. - Substantial changes are taking place in social life including gender roles and the nature of the family. - Religious cleavages refuse to disappear, and may be evolving into a major axis of political and social conflict. - The Westphalian model of inter-state relations is not sufficient to cope with the challenges of global governance. This emphasises the importance of the dialogue between political science and international relations. The nation-state remains the key crucible of power in terms of elections, public policy and in international negotiations, but it faces new challenges. Territory and power no longer align. Boundaries and borders are shifting. Boundaries can be geographical, social, cultural, religious or economic. We need to understand how they are created and interpreted. Every boundary is an expression and exercise of power and this raises normative issues, particularly those relating to justice and the divisions between public and private and at the global level between North-South and South-South relations. The debate about the centrality of trust in social and political life has been reactivated. How we frame these issues depends in part on our disciplinary assumptions and methodologies. We need to think again about how to conceptualise power, for example in terms of legitimacy, sovereignty or questions of global governance/locality. Boundaries within our discipline and with other disciplines are shifting. Space and scale are becoming increasingly important in the thinking of political science. What other tools or multi-method approaches do we need to respond to these changes? Political science can play an important role in informing the choices that come with the reshaping of power. The main congress themes are: - Comparative Politics and Political Institutions - Gender, Religion, Identity - International Political Economy - International Relations - Political Behavior - Political Theory - Public Policy 19 Converging and Conflicting Trends in the Public Administration of the US, Europe, and GermanySponsor: German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer (GRIP) and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) of Indiana University. Dates: July 19, 2012-July 20, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: November 30, 2011 Location: Speyer, Germany Website: http://www.foev-speyer.de/spea Description: Public administrations in the US and Europe are facing extraordinary domestic problems (e.g. unemployment, unaffordable social security and public health systems, crumbling infrastructures) and severe global challenges (e.g. international terrorism, financial crises, ecological degradation and climate change). There are three trends in the ways that public administrations are trying to cope with these problems: privatization of public tasks and services, increasingly detailed government regulation of markets and social activities, and adherence to the status quo.
In order to promote research and discussion regarding these trends and the future of public administration the GRIP and SPEA invite proposals for papers falling into the following general themes: • Administrative Theory and State Paradigms • Multi-level Governance • Market and the Regulatory State • Society and the Regulatory State • Non-profit and Civic Engagement, Participation • Administrative Modernization and Performance Management • Human Resource Management and Ethics Management • New Administrative Tasks Further information on each theme may be found on the conference website. Programmatic Information The conference will consist of multiple concurrently running panels. There will also be two keynote addresses and an expert roundtable discussion as well as several social gatherings. It is planned to publish selected papers from the conference in a special journal issue or edited volume. Free accommodation will be provided for conference participants presenting a paper. Submitting a Proposal We invite all proposals fitting generally into any of the above themes. The preferred theme should be indicated in the proposal and in the subject line of the submission email. The research may be of either a theoretical or empirical nature. We particularly welcome comparative approaches including comparisons of Europe and/or the US with other countries/regions or discussions of European and/or American policy towards other countries/regions. Proposals up to 600 words in length should be sent by 30 November 2011 to gripspea@foev-speyer.de. For any questions please feel free to contact Prof. Eberhard Bohne at GRIP (bohne@foev-speyer.de) or Prof. Sergio Fernandez at SPEA (sefernan@indiana.edu). Notification of acceptance will be made by 31 January 2012. Final papers are to be submitted by 01 June 2012. We look forward to receiving your proposals and to welcoming you to Speyer, Germany for what promises to be a stimulating and enjoyable conference. 19 Annual Conference, International Society for MacIntyrean EnquirySponsor: ISME Dates: July 19, 2012-July 21, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 30, 2012 Location: United Kingdom Website: None provided Description: Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Dr. Mary Midgley Dr. Midgley is one of the leading British moral philosophers of the twentieth century, writing for both academic and lay readerships. Her books include Utopias, Dolphins and Computers and Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature Professor John Milbank School of Theology & Religious Studies (University of Nottingham, UK) Professor Millbank is the author of several books including Theology and Social Theory and Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon. He is also one of the editors of the Radical Orthodoxy collection of essays which occasioned much debate. Professor Greg Curry Department of Philosophy (University of Nottingham, UK) Title ’Is Narrative Good for You?’ Professor Curry is involved in editing several journals and his publications include a collection of essays, Arts and Minds and his most recent monograph, Narratives and Narrators. The conference is co-organized with the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), University of Nottingham, and the Centre for Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP). London Metropolitan University The academic convenors for the Conference are Tony Burns (Co-Director CSSGJ) and Kelvin Knight (Director, CASEP). The proposed theme for the conference is Well-Being. The idea of ’well-being’ has been in the news media in the UK quite a lot of late, and it lies close to the heart of the thinking and policies of the current ’Con-Dem’ Government, as is evidenced by the speeches and writings of Prime Minister David Cameron. It can be connected to the idea of ’the big society.’ This has become controversial recently, as the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of the UK recently made a commitment to fund research which explores this idea and has, in consequence, been accused of bias/partiality in favour of government sponsored, ’ideologically driven’ research projects. The thinking behind this initiative is also associated with the work of Richard Layard at the London School of Economics and with the British ’think-tank,’ The Social Market Foundation. The idea behind the conference is to explore the notion of well-being, both in theory and in practice (policy). More specifically, it is hoped that papers will engage critically with some of the current thinking about well-being and its policy implications from the standpoint of Alasdair MacIntyre and/or Aristotelian practical philosophy, a core concept for which is that of eudaimonia, variously translated as ’happiness,’ ’flourishing’ or ’well-being.’ Contributions might also engage with the ideas of other contemporary Aristotelian thinkers, for example the ’capabilities approach’ of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. It is not envisaged that all of the papers presented at the conference will address this theme and contributions devoted to other aspects of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre are, as always, most welcome. The local organizer for the conference is Tony Burns. E-Mail addresses of convenors are: tony.burns@nottingham.ac.uk; kelvin.knight@londonmet.ac.uk Proposals should include a title, an abstract, and a some brief biographical infirmation. Proposals from postgraduate research students are welcome. 24 The National Research Conference on Child and Family Program and PolicySponsor: NRCCFPP Dates: July 24, 2012-July 26, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: March 05, 2012 Location: Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States Website: http://www.nrccfpp.org/NRCCFPP_Home.html Description: The National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy are held at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. This is a small, but growing national conference that is among the first of research conferences to exclusively focus on policy issues pertaining to child and family well-being. The conference draws in researchers from many disciplines including family studies, psychology, sociology, social work, public policy, political science, economics, criminal justice, child development, and many others; practitioners from social and human services; and policy/decision-makers who are concerned about programming and policy to support child and family well-being. We hope that you will consider attending this growing conference with pre-conference workshops, where attendees have an opportunity to learn from one another, meet people outside of their disciplines, and network with others in an intimate academic setting.
Our 5th conference will take place July 24-26, 2012. For more information about the conferences, please contact us: Conference content: Dr. Emily M. Douglas, Emily.Douglas@bridgew.edu Conference logistics, schedule, on-campus housing: Kimberly Carvalho, k7carvalho@gmail.com Conference registration: Marion Manning, mmanning@bridgew.edu September 201220 Creating Public Value in a Multi-Sector, Shared-Power WorldSponsor: Center for Integrative Leadership (CIL) Dates: September 20, 2012-September 22, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 03, 2012 Location: Minneapolis, MN, United States Website: http://www.leadership.umn.edu/Public_Value.html Description: Call for Papers
The Center for Integrative Leadership and the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota seek paper proposals for a conference on what it means to create public value in a multi-sector, shared-power, no-one-wholly-in-charge world. Successfully addressing most major public challenges in today’s world requires contributions from governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, communities and/or other sectors – yet the effort to find effective solutions is often stymied by lack of knowledge or highly fractious politics and rigid ideological divides. So how do we get the good that these sectors have to offer, while minimizing or overcoming their characteristic weaknesses in such a way that public value is created and the common good is advanced? Paper proposals are sought in two areas: 1. Studies that highlight how public value is or is not created. Studies should illuminate how various sectors and instrument or tools are used to advance (or not) public values and the theory that accounts for the results. The studies will provide theoretical backing and concrete grounding for thinking about the achievement of public values. 2. Approaches to discerning, measuring, and assessing public values and the ways of creating them. Submission process and due dates Abstracts should be submitted by February 3, 2012. Authors will be notified by February 24, 2012 whether their proposals have been selected for development as full-blown papers. The due date for final submissions is August 15, 2012. Authors of paper abstracts selected for development into full papers will be invited to present their research at the conference scheduled for September 20 - 22, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN, USA. After the conference, papers will go through a standard blind review process as a requirement for publication in the special issue of Public Administration Review to appear in 2014. An edited book is a likely additional conference outcome. Submissions should be sent electronically to CIL@umn.edu with the subject line: Creating Public Value Submission. Questions about appropriate topics and methodology should be directed to John Bryson (jmbryson@umn.edu or 612-625-5888). Link to pdf of full call for papers: http://www.leadership.umn.edu/documents/CreatingPublicValueCall-13Oct2011.pdf 20 9th Convention of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) - “Boundaries in/of international relations”Sponsor: Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) Dates: September 20, 2012-September 22, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 29, 2012 Location: Krakow, Poland Website: http://ceeisa.org/ Description: Both International Relations (IR) as a scholarly field and international relations (sometimes “world politics” or “global politics/political economy”) as an object of study have been centrally concerned with a variety of boundaries: the borders of sovereign states, the limits of acceptable governmental action, the barriers to intercultural and intersocietal collaboration, and in general the opportunities and pitfalls of a heterarchic and complex distribution of authority and capacity throughout the globe. But in addition, and not unrelated to these
various boundaries in the world that we study, the global scholarly IR field is increasingly concerned with its own boundaries, both in terms of how international relations may be properly (perhaps “scientifically”) studied and whether and to what extent the local, national, and regional location and organization of scholars and scholarship shapes the knowledge that we produce. Thus the boundaries of IR as a global scholarly field are increasingly becoming an object of investigation in their own right, with important implications for how we make sense of the world we inhabit. As a spur to thinking, conference participants are specially invited to respond to the following four “theme” questions from within their own sub-fields and research specializations: 1.Which boundaries are the most significant in contemporary world politics? Have the significant lines of demarcation and division shifted in recent years, or is the basic structuring of world politics essentially unchanged? What insights does a consideration of polities that begins with an account of their bounding bring, as opposed to a mode of analysis that begins with more or less fully-formed political and social entities? 2. Is IR a “scientific” field of study? Should it be? What does it mean to study world politics “scientifically,” and should all IR scholarship be in some sense “scientific”? 3. Does IR encompass every substantive topic, or are there some issues and questions that should be excluded from consideration? Does the phrase “that’s not IR” have any operational meaning and intellectual content? Do studies of popular culture, social movements, interpersonal computer-mediated networks, and similar subjects have a place in IR? 4. Is IR truly a global scholarly field, or is it more of an assemblage of national and regional research traditions? Is IR scholarship indelibly marked by the social and cultural conditions and circumstances in which it arises, or is “universal” IR theory and knowledge possible and/or desirable? October 201204 GSA 36th Annual ConferenceSponsor: German Studies Association (GSA) Dates: October 04, 2012-October 07, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 15, 2012 Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States Website: http://www.thegsa.org Description: The German Studies Association (GSA) will hold its Thirty-Sixth Annual Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 4-7, 2012.
The Program Committee cordially invites proposals on any aspect of German, Austrian, or Swiss studies, including (but not limited to) history, Germanistik, film, art history, political science, anthropology, musicology, religious studies, sociology, and cultural studies. Proposals for entire sessions and for interdisciplinary presentations are strongly encouraged. Individual paper proposals and offers to serve as session moderators or commentators are also welcome. Programs of past GSA conferences may be viewed at the GSA website (www.thegsa.org). Please see the GSA website for information about the submission process, which opens on January 5, 2012. ALL proposals must be submitted online; paper forms are not used. The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2012. Please note that presenters must be members of the German Studies Association. Information on membership is available on the GSA website (www.thegsa.org). For more information, visit the GSA website or contact members of the 2012 Program Committee: Jared Poley, Program Director, Georgia State University (jpoley[a]gsu.edu) Rolf J. Goebel, Interdisciplinary, University of Alabama in Huntsville (goebelr[a]uah.edu) Ray Canoy, Diachronic, University of Oklahoma (jcanoy[a]ou.edu) Jesse Spohnholz, Medieval/Early Modern/Pre-1800 (all fields), Washington State University (spohnhoj[a]wsu.edu) Margaret Eleanor Menninger, 19th Century (all fields), Texas State University--San Marcos (mm48[a]txstate.edu) Randall Halle, 20th/21st-Century Germanistik/Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh (rhalle[a]pitt.edu) Ingeborg Majer-O’Sickey, 20th-/21st Century Germanistik/Culture Studies, State University of New York, Binghamton (majer.osickey[a]gmail.com) Dolores Augustine, 20th/21st-Century History, St. John’s University, New York (augustid[a]stjohns.edu) Jonathan Wiesen, 20th/21st-Century History, Southern Illinois University (jwiesen[a]siu.edu) Jonathan R. Olsen, Political Science, University of Wisconsin—Parkside (olsenj[a]uwp.edu) 11 Association for Political Theory 2012 ConferenceSponsor: Association for Political Theory (APT) Dates: October 11, 2012-October 13, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: January 02, 2012 Location: Columbia, SC, United States Website: http://apt.coloradocollege.edu Description: CALL FOR PAPERS
Association for Political Theory 2012 Annual Conference, October 11-13, 2012 University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Program Co-Chairs: Susan Liebell (St. Joseph’s University) and David Lay Williams (DePaul University) Proposals due: Monday, February 20, 2012 The Association for Political Theory (APT) invites proposals for its tenth annual conference, October 11-13, 2012, at the University of South Carolina. The Association for Political Theory welcomes proposals from faculty, graduate students who have completed all requirements except for their dissertations, and independent scholars on all topics in political theory, political philosophy, and the history of political thought. We also encourage faculty to volunteer to serve as chairs and/or discussants. How to Apply: To apply online, visit the APT website, http://apt.coloradocollege.edu and follow conference links. Abstracts of 300-400 words are due by midnight PST on Monday, February 20, 2012. Please review the proposal guidelines below before completing a proposal form. Each participant may submit one paper and one co‐authored paper proposal. Please note that the APT Conference does not accept panel or roundtable proposals. Each participant is required to submit a proposal form, even if the proposal is part of a co‐authored paper. Chairs/Discussants: If you wish to participate as a chair and/or discussant, please note your areas of expertise and interest in the relevant box on the proposal form. Presenting a paper does not preclude one from serving as a chair or a discussant in another panel. Chairs and discussants must have a completed PhD. Pre‐circulation requirement: All papers accepted for the conference must be submitted electronically to an archive on the APT website no later than October 1, 2012. Paper lengths should not exceed 30 double‐spaced pages of text so that discussants may provide suitable feedback. The archive will be password‐protected so that access is limited to members of APT. Participants who fail to submit their paper to the archive by October 1, 2012 will be removed from the program. Participation in the conference requires membership in the Association. Membership is free. Papers are available to APT members only, so conference participants will need to join APT in order to receive access to the archive. Visit the APT website and follow the links, http://apt.coloradocollege.edu, to submit a membership application. Questions and assistance: For questions about the program or proposal guidelines, or if you have any difficulty submitting a proposal, please contact the Program Committee Co‐Chairs, Susan Liebell (susan.liebell@gmail.com) and David Lay Williams (dwill105@depaul.edu). To learn more about the Association and its annual conference, please visit the APT website at: http://apt.coloradocollege.edu. 11 Association for Political Theory 2012--Working GroupSponsor: Association for Political Theory Dates: October 11, 2012-October 13, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: February 20, 2012 Location: Columbia, SC, United States Website: http://apt.coloradocollege.edu Description: APT INITIATIVE FOR 2012
Working Group Panel ’The politics of drama, the drama of politics: staging ancient political thought’ This group is part of APT’s new Working Group initiative. Participants will engage in pre-conference dialogue as they prepare their papers, and the panel will serve as one moment in a longer collaboration. The format will enable scholars working on similar questions to learn from each other, develop their ideas over time, and create professional networks. The group will be chaired by Jill Frank of The University of South Carolina. The intention is to submit the papers from this panel to an appropriate journal. Participants must have a first draft completed by August 15, 2012, and be ready at that time to share their work-in-progress and to comment on the work of the other participants. Just as for any APT paper, a polished version must be completed in time for presentation at the fall conference. Potential participants should submit proposals via the proposal form and must indicate that they want their proposal to be considered for the working group panel. (You can submit the same proposal for both the working group panel and the general APT program, if you wish.) Papers will be selected by the working group panel chair and the APT Program Committee based on fit and strength. Participants in APT working groups must be at a post-dissertation stage of their career and to have begun publishing scholarly work. Once participants are notified of their acceptance and confirm their willingness to participate, members will develop a work-plan and schedule that may include (if appropriate) common readings. Detailed Information on the Working Group Panel: Offering studies of human thought, character, actions, and institutions, the poetry of Homer, Hesiod, Solon, and Theognis, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, the tragedies and comedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, the speeches of Lysias, Demosthenes, and Aeschines, and the works of Xenophon, Isocrates, Plato, and Aristotle are fertile resources for political theory. Composing their works for present and future audiences in diverse literary forms which invite diverse interpretative strategies and produce diverse political effects, these political theorists largely refuse to speak in clear authorial voices or announce declarative truths. Instead they tend to use tropes like irony, myth, and metaphor, which often invite the truth of what they are saying to be called into question. This working group calls for paper proposals exploring the ways in which these authors’ literary practices and/or texts in context illuminate ancient and/or contemporary politics or political theory. November 201215 Who governs in the Americas and in Europe?Sponsor: Universities of Poitiers (MIMMOC), Caen (ERIBIA), Paris Ouest Nanterre (CREA) and the University of Maine (3L. AM) Le Mans. Dates: November 15, 2012-November 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: April 15, 2012 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Website: http://mimmoc.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/spip.php?article93&lang=en Description: At the beginning of the 1960s, a controversy about the nature of domestic American political power opposed C. Wright Mills author of The Power Elite (1956) and Robert A. Dahl, Professor of Political Science at Yale University. C. Wright Mills, a radical sociologist, suggested that the American democratic system was merely an illusion. According to him, power was confiscated by an elite consisting of a restricted social group where financial, military and political interests formed an intertwined closed system that he called “the Power Elite” in his famous book. Robert Dahl countered, from the so-called ’pluralist’ perspective, arguing that in a democracy, decision-making bodies are far from being monolithic and that elites are not homogenous. In his book, Who Governs? Dahl defines the American democratic system as a ’polyarchy’ where the separation of powers is the rule, and where political power is split between the different competing dominant groups seeking to have their choices and ideas accepted and implemented. The point he made then predated the emergence of the notion of ’governance’ which has become more widely used since the 1990s. The notion of “governance”, which was initially used to designate the way in which a government exercises its economic, political and administrative powers and manages its resources and development, was subsequently extended to cover other areas. This explains why the concept has been widely used by theoreticians of public policy, political scientists and sociologists.
Critics of this notion denounce it as the ideological underpinnings of the 1980s neo-liberalism that continues to weaken the Welfare State. It is for this reason that some academics see “governance” as a theoretical justification for the ’dismantling’ of the State. They denounce the replacement of the term ’government’ by that of “governance”, explaining that the new term indicates the diminishing of the decision-making powers of the State as a guarantor of popular sovereignty in favor of a “participatory democracy” which has no real political attributes. For the latter, the shift from government to governance demonstrates the existence of a transition from a culture of popular sovereignty enshrined in republican law, the guarantor of the public interest, to a pragmatic and utilitarian society, that safeguards special economic interests, where the notion of the common good has become irrelevant. Thus, the notion of governance remains within the contours of the debate started by C. Wright Mills and Robert A. Dahl on the nature of power. The debate is far from over. The question now is to determine whether the passage from the notion of ’government’ to that of ’governance’ is indicative of a mere semantic modification or rather implies a major ideological shift. 15 Annual MeetingSponsor: Northeastern Political Science Association Dates: November 15, 2012-November 17, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: June 15, 2012 Website: http://www.northeasternpsa.com Description: The 44th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association will be held November 15-17, 2012 at the Omni Parker House in Boston, MA. Proposals for papers, panels and roundtables are welcome. For more information, see the Association website: www.northeasternpsa.org
28 Proposal Deadline: 10th Annual International Conference on Politics & International AffairsSponsor: Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) Dates: June 18, 2012-June 21, 2012 Proposal or Application Due: November 28, 2012 Location: Athens, Greece Website: http://www.atiner.gr/politics.htm Description: The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 10th Annual International Conference on Politics & International Affairs, 18-21 June 2012, Athens, Greece. For further details (including previous programs), please go to the conference website: www.atiner.gr/politics.htm. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi.
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics, researchers, students and professionals in private and public organizations and governments of Politics and International Affairs and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. Please submit a 300-word abstract by 28th of November 2011, by email, atiner@atiner.gr to Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis, Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER and Director, International Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-POL.doc. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, gtp@atiner.gr, President, ATINER. The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. |
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