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CfP: Fifth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics

The ECPR Standing Group on the European Union is organizing its Fifth Pan-European Conference. It will be hosted by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Oporto and the University Fernando Pessoa, in Porto, Portugal, from 24 to 26 June 2010. The Standing Group's Pan-European Conference is the largest academic conference on the European Union in Europe and brings together scholars working on the European Union from all over the world. PLEASE NOTE: The proposal deadline has been extended to January 15, 2010. Proposals should be made on-line using the conference website.

CfP: Change Africa and Transform Politics Conference

The International Society for Africa (SoAf) is hosting its 1st Change Africa and Transform Politics conference on April 15-16, 2010 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. The theme of the conference is Dissecting Change and Opportunity in the Age of Obama. It will feature the following three thematic tracks:

1. Systems thinking: introducing the theory and application of systems thinking to social and political justice.
2. Straight talk: exploring constructive, productive, and inclusive the North-South dialogues.
3. Democracy, Development and Decisions (DDDs): focusing on the impact of and solutions to the economic downturn for populations overall.

For individual presentation, please send a paper abstract to events@societyforafrica.org before January 10, 2010. Corporate presentation during the two day conference will be limited to 3 individuals per organization for an hour. Registration fee to the conference is $125 and it covers breakfast and lunch. $35 dinner per person is also being planned and additional for additional information please email: events@societyforafrica.org

CfP: 5th Pan-European Conference on the EU

The ECPR Standing Group on the European Union is organizing its Fifth Pan-European Conference. It will be hosted by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Oporto and the University Fernando Pessoa, in Porto, Portugal, from 24 to 26 June 2010. The Standing Group's Pan-European Conference is the largest academic conference on the European Union in Europe and brings together scholars working on the European Union from all over the world. The conference program is divided into twelve sections under the co-chairmanship of Anand Menon from University of Birmingham and Hussein Kassim from University of East Anglia. Details about the sections and section chairs can be found on the sections page of the conference website. Proposals are due Nov. 30, 2009.

Employment: George Washington University

The George Washington University seeks to appoint a distinguished scholar/teacher to the highest regular active-status faculty rank in the University, that of GW University Professor, a rank currently held by only eight individuals. The position will be GW University Professor of International Affairs. Qualifications: The position calls for special qualifications and offers special status and privileges. Candidates for appointment must have a stellar record of nationally and internationally recognized research and scholarship in a relevant discipline or in interdisciplinary work, and must have made substantial and innovative contributions to scholarly knowledge as well as to the illumination of contemporary international issues and problems. Candidates must be committed to continuing this research and scholarship as a University Professor. Demonstrated teaching excellence is expected. GW University Professors enjoy unusual freedom in determining their programs of teaching and research in which they are entitled (and expected) to cross boundaries between disciplines and schools. GW University Professors are expected to teach one course per year that is open to all undergraduates and are free to teach other undergraduate and graduate courses. They have no formal administrative responsibilities but are expected to exercise leadership in their areas of expertise both within the University and in their respective professions. In the present case, beyond the obvious implications of the title, there are no fixed constraints on the disciplinary affiliations or prior career patterns of potential candidates. Review of applications will commence December 1, 2009, and will continue until the position is filled. Continue to full ad...

CfP: The German Studies Association

The German Studies Association (GSA) will hold its Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference in Oakland, California, October 7-10, 2010. This will be the GSA’s first conference in the San Francisco Bay Area in over twenty years. 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, 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. Please see the GSA website for information about the submission process, which opens on January 5, 2010.  Please note that ALL proposals must be submitted online;  paper forms are not used. The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2010. Please note that presenters must be members of the German Studies Association. Information on membership is available on the GSA website.

CfP: Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies

The Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies (EXCEPS), University of Exeter, is organizing an international conference on 'Ethno-politics and Intervention in a Globalized World' on 27-30 June 2010. To submit a proposal for a paper or a panel, please send an abstract of maximum 500 words to exceps-conference@exeter.ac.uk by 29 January 2010. Please indicate clearly in your application which sub-theme you would like it to be considered for. Successful applicants will be notified by 26 February 2010. For further information, please go to the EXCEPS conference website.

Employment: Eckerd College

Eckerd College is seeking to fill the position of Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics/International Relations (East Asia). This is a tenure-track position, to start in September 2010. Ph.D. in Political Science required. The department seeks a broadly educated scholar trained in Comparative Politics with a regional specialization in the politics of East Asia/Pacific Rim to support majors in Political Science, International Relations, and the College’s East Asian Studies program. Teach seven courses per academic year, including Comparative Politics and East Asian Politics. Preference to applicants prepared and willing to teach social science statistical methods on a regular basis. Applications should be received by by November 23, 2009. Continue to full ad...

ISA Goes Google

ISA is making a transition to Google Apps. Like many other non-profits and businesses all over the world, we are realizing the benefits of cloud computing. As the official Google blog puts it:

Each day, thousands of companies choose to "go Google" — that is, switch to Google Apps. Over two million business and 20 million users in over 100 countries and more than 40 languages have adopted Apps for their workplace, and we're happy to welcome companies around the world such as Konica Minolta, Rentokil Initial and TOTO that have just decided to go Google. These companies no longer have to deal with the hassles of managing email servers or rolling out software updates, and their employees now enjoy the convenience of shared documents and calendars, Gmail and more.

We are using the Google Apps for Education product and taking advantage of the range of Google services to streamline our operations and share our data with our staff. Hopefully, if we've done this correctly, you will not notice anything new in your relationship with ISA, this is all behind the scenes work as we transition to the new system. The most visible public sign of this change is our e-mail address, it has changed to isa @ isanet . org. But don't worry, if you've sent e-mail to our old address, we will still get it, though we would like to take this opportunity to ask you to update your address book. We have also updated the contact information for our staff located on the Contact ISA website. Thank you.

CfP: Reform and Modernisation of the State in Latin America

The Society of Latin American Studies invites paper proposals for a panel at their 2010 Conference, which will take place on 9-10 April at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. The panel on Between politics and policies: Reform and Modernisation of the State aims to discuss ideas about the relationship between political authority and institutionalisation in relation to processes of reform and modernisation of the State. Brief abstracts (250-300 words) in English, Spanish or Portuguese should be sent to Jenny K Rodriguez at jenny.rodriguez@strath.ac.uk<mailto:jenny.rodriguez@strath.ac.uk>. The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 January 2010.

CfP: JIBS Paper Development Workshop

The Seventh Annual Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) Paper Development Workshop (PDW) will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, June 26, 2010, as part of the pre-conference program for the AIB annual meetings. The purpose of the workshop is to provide junior scholars with developmental feedback on their current research projects in international business studies. We invite original papers from junior faculty members who have not previously published in JIBS. In particular, we hope to attract papers from scholars (1) who are located in universities in emerging economies or in universities that offer limited support for international business research, or (2) who are trained in other disciplines (e.g., political science, organizational behavior, sociology) but interested in conducting international business research.

We are expecting two types of submissions, full research papers and paper ideas. Papers and ideas should be submitted using the upload site. Research papers must be less than 10,000 words in length, and follow the JIBS Style Guide. Paper ideas must be no more than 3,000 words in length and include a theoretical framework, propositions, and proposed research design. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2010. For more information, please visit the website.