1. ANNUAL MEETING
   1. Annual Meeting Acceptances Slated for Early March
   2. Pre-registration and Housing Opens Early March
   3. Apply Now to Host a Business Meeting or Reception
   4. Short Course Applications Available
2. TEACHING AND CHAIRS CONFERENCE
   1. Teaching Conference Papers Available Online
   2. Chair Conference Schedule Online
3. APSA PROGRAMS AND GOVERNANCE
   1. Search Continues for New Perspectives Editor
   2. Ralph Bunche Deadline Extended to February 29
   3. Review Business Rules
   4. Organized Section to Introduce New Journal
   5. Awards: Recognizing Excellence
   6. February Issue of APSR Online Now
   7. APSA Committee Meetings
4. THE PROFESSION
   1. Caucus Announces Call for Journal Editor
   2. NSF Seeks Proposals for SciSIP
   3. Black History Month Educational Resource
   4. Hamilton Economic Policy Innovation Prize 2008
   5. Participate in Humanities Advocacy Day
   6. Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars in the Profession

1. APSA ANNUAL MEETING
   
   1. Acceptances Slated for Early March
      Proposal submitters will be notified by email and in MyAPSA in early March on the final status of their proposals. Contact the APSA Annual Meeting staff if you have any questions about the 2008 Annual Meeting.
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      Proposal Notification: Make Sure We have Your Correct Email Address In early March, APSA will contact you about your Annual Meeting proposal via email. To make sure we have your correct email address, log in to MyAPSA and click on "Change personal information" to update your email address.

   2. Conference Pre-registration and Housing Opens Early March
      Pre-registration and housing for the 2008 Annual Meeting opens in early March. APSA requires all accepted participants to pre-register by April 25th in order to be included in the Preliminary Program.
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   3. Apply Now to Host a Business Meeting or Reception
      Departments, organized sections, and related groups are invited to host a business meeting or reception during the 2008 APSA Annual Meeting. Business meetings and receptions are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. More
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   4. Short Course Applications Available Annual Meeting Short Courses are half- or full-day sessions that provide opportunities for attendees to enhance teaching and research skills. APSA organized sections, related groups, and non-APSA affiliated organizations may propose a Short Course by completing the application available on the APSA website. The deadline to submit applications is March 14, 2008. More
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2. TEACHING AND CHAIRS CONFERENCE
   
   1. Teaching Conference Papers Available Online
      The Teaching and Learning Conference, held in San Jose, CA, commences on February 22, 2008. The conferences provides a forum for scholars to share effective and innovative teaching and learning models and to discuss broad themes and values of political science education. Papers are now available to view or upload online. To learn more about the 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference, visit: www.apsanet.org/tlc2008/.
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   2. Conference for Chairs Meeting Schedule Online
      The Conference for Chairs provides a venue for political science department chairs to interact in an environment tailored to their unique role as leaders in the discipline and their departments. The meeting schedule is available online at www.apsanet.org/cfc.
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3. APSA PROGRAMS AND GOVERNANCE NEWS
   
   1. Search Continues for Next Perspectives Editor
      
      Applications and nominations for the editor or editorial team of Perspectives on Politics are being sought for a term beginning in June 2009. Perspectives draws on rigorous, broad-based research and integrative thinking to provide insight on politics. The editorial process is open to innovative and novel approaches. Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania, will serve as chair of the search committee. The committee will circulate a detailed call. In the meantime if you have any questions about the journal, the resources that APSA provides in support of the editorial functions, or institutional commitments, please contact Michael Brintnall or Rogers Smith.
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   2. Call For Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Applications
      Deadline: February 29, 2008
      The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) is a 5-week, academically intensive summer program designed to simulate the graduate school experience, provide mentoring, and expand academic opportunities. The RBSI welcomes students from groups that are significantly underrepresented in science in the United States, e.g. African American, Latino/a, Native American, and Pacific Island students. All students who are members of these groups, or who are interested in broadening participation in political science by students from underrepresented minority populations and pursuing scholarship on issues affecting under-represented groups, are eligible to apply. For an application and eligibility requirements, go to www.apsanet.org/rbsi.
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   3. Review Business Rules
      The APSA Council Rules committee publishes the Business Meeting Rules annually for comment by members before final approval by Council later in the spring. These rules offer procedural direction for the handling of any proposed resolutions, amendments, and officer nominations, and for the conduct of the business meeting and elections. Please review the rules at www.apsanet.org/content_2929.cfm and send any comments or suggested changes to the Council's attention care of Hayle Ziobro at hziobro@apsanet.org. Proposed revisionswill be posted at the same web address and noted in subsequent newsletters. The final rules approved by the Council will be posted before April 1st.
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   4. Organized Section to Introduce New Journal
      The Religion and Politics Organized Section is introducing a new journal, Politics and Religion, which will provide original research into all aspects of the relationship between politics and religion around the world. Find out more about this and other Organized Section journals.
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   5. Awards: Recognizing Excellence
      1. APSA Career Awards: Recognizing excellence in the profession is one of the most important activities of the American Political Science Association.  Recognition can play an important role in the careers and scholarship of the recipients. Please consider nominations for the following career awards:
         
         

         John Gaus Award– Nomination Deadline Extended to March 15th
         Do you have a colleague with a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration? The Gaus Award and Lectureship recognizes and encourages scholarship in public administration. The recipient delivers the Gaus lecture at the Annual Meeting and receives a $2,000 prize. More
         
         Organized Section Award Deadlines--Closer than You Might Think
         Almost all of the 35 APSA Organized Sections present awards for career, dissertations, books, and other notable activities and achievements.  Requirements vary. Deadlines for some of these are closer than you might think.  Check the links at www.apsanet.org/section_300.cfm for details. 

      2. Accepting Nominations for the Rowman and Littlefield Award
         Nominations for the 2008 Rowman and Littlefield Award will be accepted until April 1, 2008. The Rowman and Littlefield Award recognizes political scientists who have developed effective new approaches to teaching in the discipline. The award seeks to honor a wide range of new directions in teaching, not one particular new direction. More
         
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   6. February Issue of APSR Online Now
      The February 2008 issue of American Political Science Review is online now. APSA members view this issue of APSR as well as other APSA journals by logging into your MyAPSA account and scroll to Access Areas. Non-members review abstracts without charge and get full-text for a fee at Cambridge Journals Online. The table of contents and this issue's symposia introductions are available free of charge to all at www.apsanet.org/apsr.
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   7. APSA Committee Meetings
      
      1. Committee on Departmental Services: February 21, 2008, at the Teaching and Learning Conference
      2. Committee on Teaching and Learning: February 29, 2008, at the APSA office
      3. Trust and Development Board of Trustees: February 29, 2008, at the APSA office
      4. Centennial Center Advisory Board: March 7, 2008, at the APSA office
      5. Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession: March 13, 2008, at the APSA office
      6. Committee on the Status of Latinos/Latinos in the Profession: March 19, 2008, at the Western Political Science Association Conference
      7. Council Meeting: April 5, 2008, at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference
      
      
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4. NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
   
   1. Caucus for New Political Science Announces Call for Journal Editor Nominations
      The Publications Executive Committee of the Caucus for a New Political Science announces a Call for Nominations for the position of Journal Editor to begin September 1, 2008. New Political Science, a journal of politics & culture, is currently published by Routledge/Carfax and has a substantial amount of individual and institutional subscriptions. The call for nominations will continue until March 1st. More
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   2. NSF Seeks Proposals for Science of Science and Innovation Initiative
      The National Science Foundation announces a new solicitation for the Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) initiative. The program underwrites fundamental research that creates new explanatory models, analytic tools and datasets designed to inform the nation's public and private sectors about the processes through which investments in science and engineering research are transformed into social and economic outcomes. The deadline for proposals is March 18, 2008. More
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   3. New Educational Resource for African American History and Politics
      Michigan State University and Detroit Public Television announce the launch in time for Black History Month (February) of an online multimedia archive of the American Black Journal (ABJ), a Detroit Public Television program. The archive includes educator resources on African American history, including items focusing on politics and political leadership. More
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   4. For Your Students: Hamilton Project Economic Policy Innovation Prize 2008
      The Hamilton Project, an initiative of the Brookings Institution, announces its second annual Economic Policy Innovation Prize competition. $25,000 in prizes will be awarded for the best innovative policy proposals written by undergraduate and graduate students. The top undergraduate student proposal will be awarded $10,000 and the top graduate student proposal will be awarded $15,000. The application deadline is August 1, 2008. More
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   5. Participate in Humanities Advocacy
      The Humanities Advocacy Day, planned for March 4, 2008, in Washington, D.C., provides an opportunity for higher education leaders, college and university faculty, teachers, students, librarians, archivists, curators, and independent scholars to meet with Congressional representatives to communicate the public value of scholarly research, education, and programs in the humanities. APSA joins over 30 national professional organizations in sponsoring Humanities Advocacy Day. The day is included as a part of a the National Humanities Alliance 2008 Annual Conference. More
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   6. Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Events in the Profession
      
      

      Date Conference ("Call:"indicates call deadline) March 2008 1 Application: International Institute on Peace Education 2008 1 Call: Wisconsin Political Science Association (WIPSA) Annual Meeting 1 Call: Conference on Networks in Political Science 1 2nd Call: 2nd ECPR Graduate Conference 1 Call: Questioning Cosmopolitanism: 2nd Biennial Conference of the International Global Ethics Association 1 Symposium on the Legacy of George W. Bush 1 Call: Silvaplana Workshop in Political Economy 1-2 Foucault Across the Disciplines 3 Applications: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars 3-4 National Humanities Alliance Annual Conference 5-9 Council for European Studies 5-9 Public Choice Society Annual Conference 6-7 Portuguese Political Science Association Annual Meeting 6-7 Global Movements, Local Identities: Race, Space, and the African Diaspora in Latin America 11 Call: 30th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 12-15 Mediterranean Research Meeting 12-15 Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting 12-15 Politics and the Religious Imagination 13-15 Empire: Migrations, Diasporas, Networks 14 Forum for Security Studies and Stockholm Network for Security Studies (SNSS) 14 Call: Racial Profiling at Borders 14-15 International Conference on Local Politics in Europe 14-16 Global Conference: Evil, Law and the State 15 Applications: Visions in Methodology: A Workshop for Women in Political Methodology 15 Globalization, Gender, and the Challenge of Transnational Feminisms 15 Call: Meeting of Political Analysis on Africa for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the CEAN 15 Call: International Society for Justice Research 15-16 Challenging Canada: Strategic Threats and Shared Responsibility in an Insecure World 17 Applications: National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks Program 17-21 Realities of Race | Intersecting Oppressions, Uniting Resistance 19 Call: 8th International Research Conference on Service-learning and Community Engagement 19-22 Literature & Politics Sessions, American Culture Association 19-22 NCOBPS Annual Conference 20-22 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting 23 Call: Fifteenth Annual "Eyes on the Mosaic" Graduate Student Conference 26 Call: 1st Anarchist Studies Network Conference - "Re-Imagining Revolution" 26-28 International Studies Association Conference - International Communication Section 26-28 Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management 26-29 International Studies Association Conference 27-28 3rd Annual Scholars in Critical Race Studies Conference 2008 Theme: “Global Civil Rights” 27-28 Conference on Latino Students and Higher Education 27-29 Association for Legal and Social Philosophy 27-30 European Public Choice Society Annual Meeting 28 Wisconsin Political Science Association (WIPSA) Annual Meeting 28 The State of New England: People, Politics, & Policies 28-29 Pennsylvania Political Science Association Meeting 28-30 1st International Academic Conference: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Pathways to Peace 29 10th Annual SESE Graduate Student Research Conference 29 Conference and Special Issue of Economics of Governance: Causes and Consequences of Conflict 30 Call: New Views of Society: Robert Owen for the 21st Century 31 Call: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America 66th Annual Meeting 31 Call: 5th Annual Workshops in Political Theory at Manchester Metropolitan University: Hobbes Workshop 31-Apr. 1 Political Studies Association Conference

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