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Call for Nominations: IPS Paper Award

The International Political Sociology Section of ISA announces a call for nominations for the Best Paper Award. Instituted in 2012, this award is designed to recognize “best graduate student paper” presented at the previous year’s convention in an IPS (co-)sponsored panel. If you would like to nominate a paper, please visit the IPS website.

ISSS-ISAC Registration Reminder

ISA's International Security Studies Section (ISSS) sends a reminder that online registration for the ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference 2012 closes at midnight on September 27, 2012. The conference theme is "Security Studies in Times of Transition." The conference will be hosted by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (a consortium of Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University) and will be held at the Friday Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,  4-6 October 2012. Out of town registrants will be lodged at the collocated Courtyard Marriott Hotel. For more information, please see the conference website.

Call for Nominations: IPE Section Best Dissertation Award

The International Studies Association's International Political Economy Section invites nominations for the IPE Section Best Dissertation Award. The Section seeks to recognize the best dissertation completed and accepted in the previous two years (2010-2012 for the 2013 award) in the field of international political economy. A ten page summary of the dissertation along with the nomination letter from the dissertation committee chair/member should be emailed to the IPE Dissertation Award Committee latest by October 1, 2012. The winner will be announced at the IPE section meeting in San Francisco in April 2013 and will receive a framed certificate and check for $100. Nominations are due by October 1, 2012. Please see the award website for more information.

Call for Nominations: Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Award

Graduate students are invited to participate in the 2013 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 2013 award must have been presented at or after the 2012 ISA Annual Convention in San Diego. 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, 2012 to the Chair of the Alexander George Award Committee, Jarrod Hayes. Please ensure “Alexander George Award” appears in the subject line of the email. The other Committee members are Klaus Brummer and James Scott. 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. Please see the award website for more information.

CFP: CISS/UNU-CRIS Joint Conference 2013

The program chair invites paper and panel proposals for the CISS/UNU-CRIS Joint Conference to be held in Bruges, Belgium from June 19 - 21, 2013. Proposals are invited on the conference theme "Cooperation, Integration, and Alliances: Regional and Global Perspectives, Challenges and Solutions." The interconnected world of the twenty first century is uniquely situated to explore integrative and cooperative policies and institutional structures to meet the variety of challenges that confront the international community. These issues span a wide range of economic, political, social and cultural dimensions. This conference proposes to engage in a discourse that analyses the magnitude of these challenges and suggest creative integrative responses. A cross professional and cross disciplinary approach will greatly enhance our understanding of global challenges and lead to effective solutions. Paper, panel, and roundtable proposals to engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue are invited from scholars, policy makers, and interested professionals. Proposals are being accepted via the MyISA system and should be received by December 31, 2012. Please see the conference website for more information.

SWIPE Mentor Award Deadline Extended

ISA's IPE Section announces that the nomination deadline for the SWIPE Mentor Award has been extended to August 15th. The SWIPE Mentor Award pays tribute to women and men who have invested in the professional success of women in the IPE field. Recipients have included scholars, an academic press editor, and deans. Please see the award website for more information.

Call for Nominations: International Ethics Book Award

The International Ethics Section of ISA invites nominations for the Best Book Award competition. The Section will will award one prize of $200 for the best book published in the field of international ethics. The award recognizes a book that excels in originality, significance and rigor in the broadly defined field of international ethics. The subject matter of the book can be, but is not limited to, international descriptive ethics, international normative ethics, metaethics, comparative ethics, international religious ethics, international political theory, and international legal theory. Please see the award website for more information including the competition rules. The deadline for nominations is September 1, 2012.

Call for Nominations: ENMISA Book Award

The Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Section of ISA invites you to consider nominations for the 2013 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award.  The ENMISA Book Award recognizes the best book published over the past two years in the study of the international politics of ethnicity, nationalism or migration. The criteria for the award include the originality of the argument presented, quality of the research, ability to draw on the insights of the multiple disciplines, innovative methods or methodological syntheses, readability of the text and the policy or practical implications of the scholarship. The Award Committee is particularly interested in books that engage multiple areas of analytical interest to ENMISA members. Nominations should be received by August 15, 2012. Please see the award website for more information.

CFP: 2012 ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference

You are invited to submit a proposal for the next ISSS/ISAC Sectional Conference 2012. The conference theme will be "Security Studies in Times of Transition." The event will be hosted by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (a consortium of Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University) and will be held at the Friday Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,  4-6 October 2012. Out of town registrants will be lodged at the collocated Courtyard Marriott Hotel. One of the great challenges in any field of study is to integrate elements of continuity with the dynamics of change. To ensure the continued relevance of security studies at a time dominated by a dramatic transformation of international politics, it is vital to correctly name the political environment and assess what practical changes might be needed in perspective and action to effectively maintain security. To that end, this year's conference will cultivate a discussion among scholars and practitioners, on the frontiers of knowledge in the field of security studies. We strongly encourage full panel proposals. Individual paper proposals will be matched as appropriately as possible. Non-paper roundtables also are encouraged as are persons interested in serving as discussants/chairs. While we welcome foci geared to colleagues' particular areas of research, we particularly seek papers that address breakthroughs in the field under a broad conception of international security. Proposal submissions are due no later than 26 June 2012 and should be submitted via the MyISA system website.  Applicants will be notified of their placement by 1 August.  Please note that early registration (with reduced rates) will be available until 13 August and group discount rate and room availability at the Marriott cannot be guaranteed beyond September 4th.  To find out further details about the conference and read the full call for papers, please see the conference website.

Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award

Nominations are being accepted for the 2012 Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award. Papers on any intelligence topic presented by an undergraduate or graduate student at the 2012 ISA conference in San Diego are eligible. Nominations are limited to papers presented at the 2012 ISA Annual Convention. For co-authored papers, the student nominee must be the principal investigator and author to be eligible for consideration. Self-nominations are permitted, as are nominations from faculty mentors, panel chairmen and discussants, and conference attendees. Nominations should include: the student's name; identification of student's academic institution; contact information (email address and phone number); title of the paper being submitted; panel name or number in which the paper was presented. A copy of the paper nominated is not required. The Selection Committee will draw nominated papers from the on-line conference archive. As such, papers must have been uploaded to the conference paper archive to be eligible. Nominations may be made to the selection committee chair, Dr. Glenn Hastedt (hastedgp AT jmu.edu) or to the Intelligence Studies Section chair, Dr. Daniel Gressang (daniel.gressang AT gmail.com), identifying the submission with the subject line "ISS Student Paper Award Nomination." Nominations are due by May 18, 2012. One award will be made in the amount of $500.00, and presented at the ISS business meeting at the 2013 ISA Annual Convention in San Francisco.