ISA-NE Call for Papers

International Studies Association-Northeast

Annual Conference

October 3-4, 2008

Holiday Inn Inner Harbor,

Baltimore, MD USA

Submission deadline: May 16, 2008

The annual conference of the International Studies Association-Northeast (ISA-NE) will be held October 3-4, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD.

ISA-NE invites paper and panel proposals on any subject related to international studies, broadly defined. Topics might include (but are not limited to) international relations theory, international law and organizations, foreign policy, globalization, human rights, international development, conflict resolution, military/strategic studies, the environment, feminist theory/gender studies, and international political economy. ISA-NE expressly welcomes research on critical constructivism, post-structuralism, and postmodernism and/or undertaken through these lenses. 

We also encourage paper, panel, and roundtable proposals on subjects related to this the this year’s conference theme transnationalism, broadly conceived. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• Conceptual and theoretical analyses of ‘the transnational’ especially in relation to other spaces, practices, and actors in world politics (e.g., national, international, global, supranational, local)

• Transnational practices (e.g., migration, transnational crime, markets) and transnational actors (e.g., terrorists, advocacy networks, and multinational corporations)

• Transnational identity, gender, race, and culture

• Post-national expressions of political authority, legitimacy, and citizenship 

Conference participation is open to all scholars and graduate students. We especially encourage proposals from varied disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives and from graduate students. We seek to showcase the work of advanced graduate students and junior as well as senior scholars.

Papers delivered on ISA-NE-sponsored panels are eligible for consideration for the Fred Hartmann Award (graduate students/ABD) or the Lee Bennett Award (non-graduate students). Graduate students whose papers are accepted for presentation and who do not receive support from their departments are eligible to apply for travel support from ISA-NE.

Paper proposals should include: title, name of presenter(s), institutional affiliation, one-paragraph abstract, and complete contact information (email address, mailing address, telephone, and fax numbers) for SUMMER and FALL 2008. Panel proposals should include all the above information for each presenter and for the chair/discussant, plus an abstract of the panel as a whole.

Scholars willing to serve as panel chairs/discussants or roundtable participants should send full contact information and a brief summary of your areas of expertise.

Deadline for paper/panel submissions is Friday, May 16, 2008. Submissions and Questions should be directed to the Program Chair: Janice Bially Mattern, Department of International Relations, Lehigh University, Maginnes Hall, 9 W Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015. Email: jbm3@lehigh.edu. Phone: (610) 758-3394.

You will be informed of the status of your proposal by June 13, 2008. The preliminary program will be posted by July 18^th on the ISA-NE website www.isa-ne.org.