The Academic Freedom Committee of the International Studies Association (ISA) condemns the introduction of an indefinite ban on university education for women and expresses concern for the state of academic freedom in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. For further information about ISA’s deliberative processes on academic freedom and the committee’s mandate from the Governing Council, please see:
https://www.isanet.org/ISA/Governance/Committees/Academic-Freedom.

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Sadly, the Mexican International Studies Association informs our colleagues that Modesto Seara Vázquez, the founder of our association, passed away on 26th December 2022 at the age of 91 due to complications from Covid. Some of his colleagues across different institutions collaborated on honoring his memory by recounting his achievements in English and Spanish here.

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ISA Asia Pacific Tokyo Conference, 2023 will be held at Waseda University, Tokyo at August 8-10, 2023, two years later after Tokyo Olympic 2021. The title is: Global Role of Asia-Indo Pacific in International Relations : Anthropocene, Peace and Security. Please join us, from all over the world!

We expect 400-500 researchers will have presentations, including graduate students’ poster sessions. We hope to join face to face excellent meeting together after Covid-19. If the situation of Covid will be difficult, we consider the hybrid meeting as well, but main Conference will be face to face until now.

The submission deadline is February 15, 2023. Read the call and submit a proposal on the conference website: https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/AP-Tokyo-2023/Call. 

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The Academic Freedom Committee of the International Studies Association (ISA) expresses concern for the state of academic freedom in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and wishes to draw particular attention to restrictions placed on academic mobility by the Chinese government. The international mobility of scholars and researchers is central to the exchange of knowledge and learning and an important pillar of academic freedom. We note with concern, however, restrictions on Chinese scholars seeking to participate in academic activities outside of China as well as on foreign scholars seeking to enter China. 

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The voting for the ISA 2024-2025 nominating slate closed on December 5th and we now have the results listed below. The turnout rate was 15% of ISA membership eligible to vote. 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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