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CFP: Workshop for Women in International Security

The organizers invite proposals for the 6th Annual Workshop for Women in International Security. The workshop will be held from 30 May - 1 June 2013 at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario. Paper proposals are invited on the theme: Women, Violence and International Security. The workshop is an opportunity for graduate students to join a growing network of Canadian scholars and professionals working in the areas of security and defence policy, foreign affairs and the military. The workshop will involve panels by mentors from academe, government, and the military, an interactive negotiation exercise, research presentations by graduate participants, and plenty of opportunity for networking. Students are encouraged to submit research related to their thesis or dissertation projects. Proposals may be submitted in English or in French and those selected for panels may present in either language. Selected papers will be considered for publication in International Journal. The Journal is interested both academic papers (approx. 6000 words) and policy papers and commentary (approx. 3000 words). To apply submit a proposal of no more than 250 words and a CV to Dr. Maja Catic, catic@cfc.dnd.ca, by March 31, 2013. Please see the workshop website for more information.

Conference: American Society of International Law

The organizers announce the 107th ASIL Annual Meeting will take place in Washington, DC from April 3-6, 2013. The conference theme is: International Law in a Multipolar World. With over a century of tradition and experience behind it, ASIL's Annual Meeting has become the most important gathering in the field of international law. More than 1,400 practitioners, academics, and students travel to Washington, DC, each spring from all over the world to debate and discuss the latest developments in their field. Registration is now open and room reservations are being taken by the conference host hotel. Please see the conference website for more information. ASIL is an ISA cooperating organization.

CFP: ICTIC 2013 Virtual Conference

ICTIC 2013 (March 25-29, 2013) is an International Virtual Conference organized by the Faculty of Management Science and Informatics at the University of Zilina in Slovakia. The conference will be held online as virtual conference. The aim of this conference is to provide a worldwide forum, where the international participants can share their research knowledge and ideas on the recent and latest research and map out the directions for future researchers and collaborations. Researchers and graduate students are welcomed to participate in the conference to exchange research findings. Proposals should be received by March 1, 2013. Please see the conference website for more information.

CFP: Annual Convention of the Italian Political Science Association

The organizers invite proposals for the Annual Convention of the Italian Political Science Association, 12-14 September 2013, Florence, Italy. The convention theme is: Challenges to the Current World Order. The overarching objective of the Convention is not only to map the challenges to the current world order but also to understand the destructive potential of these challenges. In addition, in an attempt to better define the interconnectedness of the current world order and Western leadership, the meeting aims to understand whether some of these challenges may be destructive for the world order per se or only for US (and to lesser extent European) leadership. Thus, the organizers welcomes panels and papers employing both qualitative and quantitative methods of research and without geographic limitations. In the case of panel proposals indication of up to five papers is encouraged, however, not required at this stage. Please send your panel proposals by 1 March 2013 to program chairs at nelli.babayan@fu-berlin.de and stefano.braghiroli@ut.ee. Please see the convention website for more information.

CFP: Political Violence and the Sacred

The organizers invite proposals for a conference on "Politics, Violence and the Sacred: Exploring René Girard’s thought in Security and International Studies" hosted by the University of Central Lancashire, UK from 23-24 May 2013. The aim of the Conference is bring together a range of scholars in international relations, security, social and political theory which may develop a multidisciplinary engagement with René Girard’s work and its relevance for contemporary International Studies. A Special Issue of a journal and/or an edited volume is also envisaged as an outcome of the event. Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by e-mail (with “2013 Girard Conference”) to to Dr. Antonio Cerella (acerella@uclan.ac.uk) by February 15, 2013. Please see the conference blog for more information.

Conference: Regional Studies Association European Conference

The organizers announce the Regional Studies Association European Conference 2013. The conference will be held 5-8 May 2013 at the University of Tampere, Finland, the conference theme is: Shape and be Shaped: The Future Dynamics of Regional Development. The conference offers researchers and workers in local and regional development an opportunity to collectively explore and discuss key issues from a multitude of perspectives and with different theoretical stand points and with empirical observations from different parts of the world. Please see the conference website for more information.

Conference: 40 Years since the First EU Enlargement

Registration is now open for a two-day conference examining the effects of 40 years of EU membership on Denmark, Ireland and the UK. Plenary speakers include Lord Douglas Hurd, Prof. Dame Helen Wallace, Prof. Drew Scott and Prof. Tim Bale. The conference takes place on 7-8 March 2013 in London. The deadline for registration is 28 February 2013. Please see the conference website for more information.

CFP: Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces

The Biennial International Conference of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society will be held in downtown Chicago, Illinois, at the Palmer House Hilton on October 25-27, 2013. The Program Committee is currently soliciting proposals for individual papers and for panel sessions. Prospective participants may submit proposals on any topic within the broad intellectual scope of the IUS. Comparative and cross-national research is strongly encouraged. Authors may submit one or more separate and distinct papers, provided they understand that IUS Conference participation is limited to one (1) sole-authored paper and no more than two (2) appearances on the final program. The Program Committee will make decisions accordingly. Please e-mail all proposals to secretariat@iusafs.org by Wednesday, February 1, 2013. Please see the conference website for more information.

CFP: EISA Conference in Warsaw

The European International Studies Association (EISA) has offered ISA 5 panels at the 8th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, to be held in Warsaw 18-21 September 2013. The organizers welcome paper and panel proposals on the conference theme "One International Relations or Many? Multiple Worlds, Multiple Crises." Panels will include five papers plus a panel chair and discussant. Proposals should be submitted to ISA International Program Chair Walter Mattli by e-mail (walter.mattli@sjc.ox.ac.uk) by February 15, 2013.

CFP: The Politics of Indigenous Identity

The organizers invite paper proposals for the IPSA RC14 (Research Committee on Politics and Ethnicity) Conference to be held July 11-14, 2013, at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Proposals on the conference theme The Politics of Indigenous Identity: National and Global Perspectives are invited in the form of an abstract of no more than 400 words to be sent to the chair of the local organizing committee, Professor Stephanie Lawson. The deadline for paper proposals and receipt of abstracts is March 15, 2013 but those received earlier may be given priority. The deadline for full papers (of no more than 8,000 words) is June 15th, 2013. Please see the full call for more information.