CFP: AGS Graduate Student Conference

The organizers invite paper proposals for the AGS Graduate Student Conference, to be held at the American Graduate School, Paris, France on May 26 & 27, 2011. The conference theme is: The Politics of Disaster: The Mitigation, Management and International response to Environmental Crises. The goal of this conference is to explore the myriad of historical responses, as well as the potential theoretical solutions to future crises.  The impacts of these crises are broad, as are the disciplines that explore their consequences.  The organizers seek a wide range of topics and faculties that will contribute to this discourse.  Topics may include, but are not limited to legal/ arbitrative responses, environmental/ ecological impacts, state and non-state relief efforts and the development movements present during these events. Abstracts and Papers may be submitted to conference@ags.edu.  Abstracts of 500 words will be accepted for consideration.  Please include the name of your advisor/professor, university affiliation and degree program with your abstract.  All participants will be required to submit a full paper by April 29th, 2011. Applications can be found at www.ags.edu