Theory Section News
Annual Section Business Meeting
For those attending the ISA 2013 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, the Theory Section Business Meeting will take place on Friday, 5 April 2013, 6:15pm in Golden Gate 3 (Hilton). The meeting will be followed by a splendid reception, held jointly with the International Ethics Section and sponsored by Cambridge University Press, at 7:15pm in Golden Gate 7&8. Please join us on those occasions! For a list of panels sponsored by the Theory Section see our Annual Newsletter posted under 'Minutes'.
Call for Nominations
[18 DEC 2012] The ISA Theory Section (TS) will soon hold elections for its new Executive Committee (all four posts: Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary) and is now seeking nominations. Candidates must be members of the Theory Section and hold a full-time academic position. Interested colleagues wishing to put forward their names are asked to send an email to Felix Berenskoetter (fb12@soas.ac.uk) and Janice Bially Mattern (jbiallymattern@nus.edu.sg) attaching a CV and providing a brief statement (300 words) explaining their interest in the post, including ideas for developing the section. Deadline for submitting nominations is 20 January 2013. A maximum of three candidates per post will be put forward for elections in February 2013. Successful candidates will serve for a period of two years starting April 2013, with turnover of responsibilities taking place at (or right after) the ISA annual meeting in San Francisco.
Newsletter Submissions
For our annual newsletter we are now finalizing a list of books authored by section members in 2012 (monograph or edited volume). We already received a number of titles; for those still wishing to send us information please do so asap.
Compendium Editors Selected
[9 SEPT 2012] We are pleased to announce that Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya and Dr Jonathan Joseph, both based at the University of Sheffield, will be the new Theory editors for the ISA Compendium Project.
Inanna and Jonathan are accomplished scholars, passionate about theory and committed to bring in essays from across the field. Working together with the General Editors of the Compendium, Robert A. Denemark and Renee Marlin-Bennett, they will take up responsibilities in October 2012 and serve for three years. During this time they will play an important role in further strengthening the theory component of the project.
Call for Editors
[2 AUG 2012] The ISA Theory Section is looking to appoint an editorial team for the theory essays of the International Studies Compendium Project (The International Studies Encyclopedia) published by Wiley-Blackwell in association with ISA (for more information see the Compendium website).
Compendium essays are historically informed, peer reviewed literature review essays taking the reader from the earliest works in an area through the major efforts (successful and unsuccessful) and onto the more current work. They also may point to gaps and/or suggest directions for future research. The editors will work with the General Editors of the Compendium Project, Robert A. Denemark and Renee Marlin-Bennett, in choosing essay topics, commissioning essays from suitable authors and having them peer-reviewed. Interested candidates seeking further information about the tasks involved may contact Robert Denemark (denemark@udel.edu).
The editors should be a team composed of two International Relations scholars covering a broad range of theoretical perspectives. They are expected to serve for three years beginning 1 October 2012 (the term can be shortened or extended in agreement with the Theory Section Executive Committee and the General Editors). Junior scholars are encouraged to apply.
The editors will be selected by the Theory Section Executive Committee. Interested candidates should send a brief statement of interest and five suggested topics that have not yet been covered, along with their CV, to Felix Berenskoetter (fb12@soas.ac.uk) and Janice Bially Mattern (jbiallymattern@nus.edu.sg). Deadline for submissions is 30 August 2012.
Member Benefit: Discount Journal Subscriptions
[18 Jan 2012] We are pleased to announce that SAGE has a special subscription offer for members of the ISA Theory Section (TS) on two of its journals. TS members are now entitled to a 25% discount on a online personal subscription to European Journal of International Relations, and a 25% discount on an online personal subscription to Millennium: Journal of International Studies. To claim the discount, email SAGE customer service at subscriptions@sagepub.co.uk.
[12 Dec 2011] We are pleased to announce that Theory Section members are now entitled to a discount on a personal subscription to International Theory (IT), a journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy from Cambridge Journals (http://journals.cambridge.org/it). Members will pay only £20 / $30 for a year's subscription in 2012. The offer includes both print and online copies of the journal.
To subscribe, simply email Cambridge University Press customer service at journals@cambridge.org and state that you are a member of the ISA Theory Section to receive the discount.
