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Call for Nominations: ISSS Distinguished Scholar Award

The International Security Studies Section of ISA invites nominations for the Distinguished Scholar Award. The award is given for life achievement in International Security Studies. Typically, nominees will have made major contributions to scholarship in the field both via their own research and writing and their mentorship of others. The nomination may come from any member of the International Security Studies Section. Nominations should be accompanied by a short letter of justification (not more than 1 page) and the nominee’s CV. The award recipient will be honored at a special panel at the ISA conference in San Francisco in April 2013. The award includes a plaque and a $500 award which will be distributed at a reception following the panel. The nomination may be sent to the chair of the committee, Gale Mattox. Nominations should be received by May 1, 2012. Please see the ISSS Awards website for more information.

CFN: ISA-MW Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award

The ISA Midwest Region invites nominations for the Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award. This award is broadly designed to honor faculty members in the ISA Midwest region who excel in working with students, recognizing that a core part of our work as educators takes place both in and out of the classroom and can significantly impact the lives of our students. The award takes into account that excellence in teaching may take a variety of forms. Nominations should be made by a colleague who has first hand knowledge of the nominee’s teaching and mentoring record. Self-nominations are not allowed. The nominee must be a member of ISA Midwest, and/or have attended the conference in the previous five years, and/or be geographically located in the Midwest region. Nominations and materials should be sent to Dr. Carolyn Shaw, carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu, by May 15, 2012. Please see the award website for more information.

Call for Nominations: Reporting Europe Prize

The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and Thomson Reuters invite you to nominate a piece of outstanding journalism for the Reporting Europe Prize 2012. The Prize honours excellence in reporting on the European Union during the last 12 months. Any English-language media (print, radio, television or blog) will be accepted. The winner of the Prize will be announced at an award ceremony at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf, London on 24 May 2012. If you would like to attend, RSVP with your name and affiliation to admin@uaces.org. Nominations should be received by March 2, 2012. Please visit the Prize website for more information.

ISA Women's Caucus Announces Award Winners

The Women's Caucus for International Studies (WCIS) has selected Jindy Rosa (Jan) Pettman as the 2012 recipient of the Susan Northcutt Award.  She was nominated for this award by Professor Cynthia Enloe, who writes in part:

Jindy has been an active member of the ISA’s Feminist Theory & Gender Studies section from its start...and was chosen to be one of the inaugural trio of editors of the then-brand-new International Feminist Journal of Politics. It was a tribute to the trust that all of us had in Jindy – in her fairness, in her commitment, in her hard work, in her breadth of understanding of feminist IR scholarship, and in her truly collaborative style of work....We now take IFjP for granted – but it was Jindy Pettmen who did so much to get the journal off to a good feminist-informed start.  In Jindy, teaching, mentoring, doing research, and building a genuinely transnational feminist scholarly community all converged.

The Women’s Caucus for International Studies (WCIS) of the International Studies Association has selected Linda Akua Opongmaa Darkwa to receive this year’s Deborah “Misty” Gerner Grant for Professional Development.  The grant will support Professor Darkwa’s research proposal for field work in Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, and Sierra Leone to complete her project on "International Legal Protection of Children in Armed Conflict Situations.”
 
The award is sponsored by Lynne Rienner Publishers in memory of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Deborah “Misty” Gerner, a professor of international relations at the University of Kansas (1988-2006) who spent more than 25 years studying, visiting, and living in the Middle East, and was an expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian nationalism; Professor Gerner received awards for outstanding teaching as well as service in the profession and was a supportive advocate for women scholars in international studies. More information is available here.

IPE Best Graduate Student Paper Award

The International Studies Association's International Political Economy Section seeks to recognize the best (sole authored) graduate paper presented at the previous (2011) ISA annual convention. To be eligible for the award, the paper must be presented on a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPE section, and must be original (not published at the time of its presentation). Papers presented as posters are also eligible. Papers may be nominated by panel chairs/discussants or other conference participants, and by authors. Please email the nomination letter and the paper to the Graduate Student Paper Awards committee by November 30, 2011. The committee chair can be contacted at: hartj@indiana.edu. The winner will be announced at the IPE section meeting in San Diego in April 2012 and will receive a framed certificate and check for $100.

Deadline Reminder: Heisler Graduate Student Paper Award

The Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section (ENMISA) of ISA is seeking submissions for its 2012 Martin O. Heisler Graduate Student Paper Award. This award recognizes the best paper presented at a panel or poster session by a graduate student at the 2011 ISA Annual Convention in Montreal. Students matriculated in a graduate program (masters or doctorate) are eligible. Submissions must focus on at least one of the topics that are at the center of the ENMISA research agenda, such as ethnicity, citizenship, nationalism, religion and migration. Students who wish to enter the competition may submit papers and their contact information on or before October 1st, 2011 to the Heisler Award Competition Coordinator, Dr. Nukhet Sandal. Please see the award website for more information.

Call for Nominations: Heisler Graduate Student Paper Award

The Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section (ENMISA) of ISA is seeking submissions for its 2012 Martin O. Heisler Graduate Student Paper Award. This award recognizes the best paper presented at a panel or poster session by a graduate student at the 2011 ISA Annual Convention in Montreal. Students matriculated in a graduate program (masters or doctorate) are eligible. Submissions must focus on at least one of the topics that are at the center of the ENMISA research agenda, such as ethnicity, citizenship, nationalism, religion and migration. Students who wish to enter the competition may submit papers and their contact information on or before October 1st, 2011 to the Heisler Award Competition Coordinator, Dr. Nukhet Sandal. Please see the award website for more information.

Call for Nominations: The Susan Strange Award

ISA invites nominations for the Susan Strange Award. The award was established in 1998 to recognize Susan Strange for her unique and extraordinary role within the International Studies Association and the worldwide community of scholars. This award recognizes a person whose singular intellect, assertiveness, and insight most challenge conventional wisdom and intellectual and organizational complacency in the international studies community. The award is underwritten by Keesing's World News Archives. The recipient is jointly selected by the President of ISA in consultation with the incoming and outgoing Presidents. The recipient receives a plaque presented at the Annual Convention by the current President and the President-Elect. Nominations should be sent to by email to the President of ISA, Beth Simmons (bsimmons@wcfia.harvard.edu), by September 15, 2011.

Call for Nominations: ISSS Best Graduate Student Paper Competition

Nominations are being accepted for the International Security Studies Section (ISSS) best graduate student paper award. Papers presented at the March 2011 ISA conference and the ISSS/ISAC conference (to be held in Irvine, CA in October 2011) are eligible for submission. Nominations (with an e-copy of the paper) normally come from faculty supervisors and mentors as well as panel chairs or discussants at the above mentioned conferences and should include a one paragraph justification. Please send your papers to the selection committee chair: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv (gunhild.hoogensen.gjorv@uit.no) by Oct. 31, 2011. Please see the award website for more information.

Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition 2012

Graduate students are invited to participate in the 2012 Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the ISA. The award was established in 1990 to recognize an outstanding graduate student paper presented on a Foreign Policy Analysis Section panel at the ISA Annual Convention, regional meetings or ISA-sponsored international meetings. Papers that are eligible for the 2012 award must have been presented at or after the Montreal meeting. Papers that are co-authored by a faculty member are not typically eligible for consideration. To enter the competition, please e-mail a copy of your paper (in MS Word or PDF format) by no later than September 1, 2011 to the Chair of the Alexander George Award Committee, Trevor Rubenzer (trubenzer@uscupstate.edu). There is the potential for multiple awards based on the quality and number of papers received. Please feel free to contact the chair of the award committee with questions.