Welcome to the International Studies Compendium Project. The International Studies Association approved the undertaking of a major Compendium Project at our 2006 meeting in San Diego. The work is to be published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. We designed the project to serve as the fundamental resource for information on international studies. Instead of short descriptive notes, we are soliciting review essays of approximately ten thousand words that will trace the development, current status and future prospects of the literature in a particular issue area. Entries are to be peer reviewed.
Wiley-Blackwell will market the project to libraries and other institutions. In the electronic version, titled International Studies On-Line, the essays will be enhanced with live links to archives, datasets, cases, pedagogical aids and other relevant materials. Wiley-Blackwell will also publish a hardback version of the materials in A-to-Z format to be titled ISE (The International Studies Encyclopedia). ISA sections will have the option of adding content to the essays they generate and publishing a separate volume suitable for students or personal libraries. These would be marketed well after the overall project becomes available, and section co-editors (or the sections themselves) might share the revenues from such volumes.
The Compendium Project is a major undertaking, on par with the publication of our journals and the organization of our annual meeting. We are in the process of creating a Editorial Advisory Board. To date, the following individuals have agreed to serve on the advisory board (click here). We look forward to the creation of a high quality reference for international studies that will be of enduring value to the entire profession.
The Compendium Project is composed of three components:
ISO - International Studies On-Line
ISE - The International Studies Encyclopedia
ISC - International Studies Compendia: Section Volume Series
Please use the links on the left menu to browse the project. Inquiries may be directed to:
Robert A. Denemark, General Editor
University of Delaware
denemark@udel.edu
Tony Rivera, Managing Editor
University of Delaware
warivera@udel.edu
