Innovative Panels at the Upcoming ISA 2007 Conference

Innovative Panels at the Upcoming ISA 2007 Conference
Andrea K. Gerlak, Director of Academic Development
February 2007 Newsletter

We’d like to call your attention to two interesting and innovative panels scheduled for ISA’s annual meeting later this month.

The Active Learning in International Studies (ALIAS) Section will host an Interactive Learning Session on Thursday, March 1st, 2007 (TC98) from 1:45pm – 3:30pm in the poster room next to the exhibit hall. Faculty will experience active learning techniques hands-on with a visual, multi-media presentation. Demonstrations will run continuously throughout the scheduled panel time and presenters will be available to discuss their teaching techniques. Topics include:

• Teaching the Scientific Method Without Tears
• Interactive Simulations in International Relations
• What Every Discussant Needs to Know
• Communicating Human Rights
• Foreign Policy, Security and Human Rights
• Maxism and Legos
• Teaching About North-South Economic Relations

The International Political Economy (IPE) Section has organized the Assemblage and Research Planning for Alternative Globalizations Forum on Friday, March 2nd (FA01) from 8:30am-10:15am in the Grand Ballroom. This is a growing network of researchers with an open invitation to new members in any discipline (and at any educational level) whose work focuses on the broad thematic of alternative globalizations. At this inaugural session, forum organizers hope to construct a space that is meaningful and engaging for future research on alternative globalizations through participatory processes. The forum will include an opening address by Susan George. For those who are unable to attend, we invite you to send an email to Hasmet Uluorta (hasmet@workingalternatives.net) with a brief summary of your research interests as well as any suggestions on how to ensure that this forum exceeds participant expectations. This information will be added to the existing database and then distributed to the growing list of researchers whose work focuses on alternative globalizations.

The overall aims of the forum are: (1) to provide a space for researchers to network and to (2) institutionalize the “alternative globalizations” assemblage within the ISA orbit. The innovative format will include introductions, “speed networking,” as well as research planning and strategizing. Facilitators will guide the discussions. Participants will engage in dialogue rather than presenting formal research.