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Proposal Deadline for Annual Convention

This is a one-week deadline reminder for the annual convention. As you know, the deadline to submit paper and panel proposals for the 2011 Annual Convention is June 1st, and we typically get he majority of those proposals in the last week. It's also helpful (and less stressful) to remember that you may work on drafts of your proposals in the MyISA system and continue to save them as drafts until you submit them. If you have already submitted a proposal and would like to make changes to it you may unsubmit it, revise it, and submit it by the deadline. Please see the convention website for more information.

CFP: Turkish-ISA

The Turkish-ISA invites papers for the following three panels that it will be sponsoring in the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association at Montreal, Canada, MARCH 16-19, 2011:

1. Turkish Foreign Policy: Visions, Methods, Strategies - Roundtable
2. Turkey-European Union Relations at a Crossroads? On a Troubled Present and an Uncertain Future
3. Turkey in the Muslim World: Ideology and Pragmatism

We are particularly interested in but not limited to the papers on the following questions: Is Turkish foreign policy toward the Muslim world a strategic or an ideological choice? What role can Turkey play between the West and the Muslim world? How does Turkey's increasing role in the Muslim world influence its relations with the US and Europe? What are the domestic sources of Turkish foreign policy toward the Middle East and broader Muslim world? We plan to design a panel that brings diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives together. Please send your paper proposal to tisa@asu.edu no later than May 17, 2010, Monday, 5pm (Pacific Time). The Turkish-ISA is an ISA Cooperating Organization. For more information on their activities, please see their website.

Online Registration Closing

This is a reminder that online registration for the New Orleans convention is closing today at 5 PM MST. All those who pre-register by today will have their name badges printed and waiting for them at the ISA Registration Desk at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans. We will offer On-Site Registration in New Orleans from Feb. 16 - 20, 2010.

Annual Convention 2010 Program Posted

The preliminary program for the 2010 Annual Convention has now been posted to our website and to our MyISA system. ISA's 51st Annual Convention will take place from February 17-20 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel and the Loews New Orleans Hotel.

We have posted the program in a PDF format (above) on this, our public (no login required) website. You may view and browse the entire program online and use the binocular search icon (or Ctrl F on your keyboard) to search the program. You may also download the entire program to your computer and browse at your leisure.

In the MyISA system, you may search the program by keyword search of people (first name, last name, affiliation), sponsor (sections), title/abstract, day, and event title. You may also customize your panels and any panels you are interested in attending into your personalized My Program. You can then print your personalized program before the convention so that you know what you want to see each day.

ISA Working Groups

The International Communications Section and Human Rights Section invite you to participate in a working group at our annual convention in New Orleans in 2010. By participating in a working group, conference attendees discuss the most thought-provoking issues in their sections as well as their own research through an extended and focused discussion.  Such dialogue will stimulate new research questions and project ideas, and may contribute to development of new communities of scholars. Participants meet within their working group on three separate occasions during the conference. The first meeting will occur in advance of the start of the panels and provides an opportunity for participants to create a framework to guide their interactions. Working group participants will then also meet towards the middle of the scheduled conference and again towards the end of the conference. Participants commit to attend a small group of related panels throughout the course of the meeting to discuss during their group meetings. Please see the ISA Working Groups website for more information. You may register online here. Participation in each group is limited and is on a first come, first served basis.

Deadline: Travel Grant Applications

Each year ISA sets aside a small budget to supplement travel expenses for graduate students and junior scholars attending our annual convention. We opened the application process for New Orleans on June 6th and we are closing the process today at 5 PM PST. Travel grants are available only for ISA members. If you are not an ISA member you may still apply, your membership fee will be deducted from your grant.

Participation Announcements for New Orleans 2010

The program chairs are busy evaluating the many proposals received and assembling the program for the 2010 Annual Convention in New Orleans and we expect to send participation announcements by e-mail the week of Sept. 21 - 25. We will begin sending announcement in staggered alphabetical order starting on Sept. 21st and concluding on Sept. 25th. If you submitted a proposal and have not received your participation confirmation by Friday, Sept. 25th, please let us know. We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!

ISA Workshop Reminder

This is to remind you of the upcoming July 31st deadline for workshop grant proposals to be held in conjunction with the 2010 ISA Annual Convention in New Orleans, LA, February 17-20. These grants support workshops for collaborative research that is new and innovative and involves scholars who are drawn from the global international studies community. The announcement information and the new guidelines for this year's Workshop proposals are available on the ISA Workshop website.

Annual Convention Participation Announcements

ISA is sending out notification letters by e-mail starting today. You will be notified about the status of your paper, panel or poster proposal and invited to login to the MyISA system to check on your participant status. If you do not receive an e-mail announcement by Friday, please let ISA HQ know.

Using the MyISA system, you will be able to view at a glance all of your convention details. You will be able to review your panel information as well as build a listing of the panels you would like to attend. The MyProgram feature allows you to take advantage of our now fully searchable online program to find and select panels that you would like to attend and print out your own personalized schedule for the convention.

For more information on how we are using these new features please see this summary website.Thank you.

Travel Grant Deadline

ISA has a limited amount of funding available to supplement the travel budget of our convention participants, and we encourage you to take advantage of multiple sources of funding as you prepare to travel to New York. You may apply for a travel grant using the MyISA system, login here. Travel grant applications must be received by Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.