A series of ongoing protests began in Colombia on 28 April 2021 against the militarised anti-popular nature of governmental politics and the state and reforms including a regressive taxation policy and health care reforms which would augment strategies of privatisation and commodification. Mass protests erupted all over the country with the epicentre being Cali, in the Valle de Cauca where there are strong lineages of feminist, decolonial and inter-cultural popular politics and organising. The protests and re-occupations of urban spaces with art, ritual, dialogue and multiple popular voices and repertoires of protest often excluded from formal politics were met with extrajudicial violence and repression across the whole country, including gendered violence and sexual harm perpetrated by the over 2500 police, riot police and the military sent to the city of Cali alone.

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The International Studies Association expresses serious concern over reports of significant barriers to prevent a seminar by Dr. Somdeep Sen at the University of Glasgow and the request to demonstrate that the presentation was not in breach of UK anti-terror legislation. Open exchange is essential to academic freedom, and external speakers should be free to give invited presentations of their research, without having to demonstrate that their research is not unlawful. 

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Vaccine and Mask Requirements for ISA2022 in Nashville: Health and Safety is Our Highest Priority

Everyone at ISA looks forward to welcoming you in person in Nashville, TN in March 2022. As a result, we want to reassure all of our prospective attendees that we are diligently working to provide a safe and comfortable convention environment.  

With this in mind, ISA2022 convention attendance requires all in-person attendees to provide evidence of full vaccination against Covid-19 prior to being admitted to the convention site.

Over the past few months, ISA HQ staff have attended a number of conferences where the industry standard is to require anyone attending in-person meetings to be fully vaccinated. As a result, ISA is upholding the high standards of the conventions industry as well as following current US CDC guidance. Please note that vaccinations should be full and complete no later than March 1, 2022. In addition, masks will be required for all attendees regardless of vaccination status while indoors, other than when eating or drinking. 

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The voting for the ISA 2023-2024 nominating slate closed on December 5th and we now have the results. This marks the first time that ISA has held competitive elections for all three offices (President, Vice-President, and Governing Council Member-At-Large) and the turnout rate was 18% of ISA membership eligible to vote. This compares to an average turnout of 16% for the single-slate elections the past 3 years. Reported below are the candidates in order of vote with the percentage of vote received next to their name. Special thanks are due the Nominating Committee for their thoughtful work in assembling such a strong slate of candidates, to those candidates willing to stand for the election, and to their colleagues who nominated them. Hearty congratulations to all those elected to ISA Office!

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The Religion & International Relations Section (REL) has created this convention award to support costs of travel/registration for postgraduate students and scholars in the Global South to attend the 2022 ISA convention in Nashville.

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ISA-ENMISA Section Presents: How to Write an Award-Winning Book

January 24, 2022: 1-2pm (EST)
Register here: https://isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_plojn1e4RH6HvqtQFqMuJQ

Join our two 2020 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award Winners, Noora Lori (Boston University) and Lauren Duquette-Rury (Wayne State University), to discuss the process of researching, writing, and publishing their award-winning books.

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