AUGUST 2022

ISA's Academic Career Series: Academic Job Search Considerations & Alignment

AUGUST 24th, 2022, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (US EASTERN TIME). With the availability of faculty jobs varied among academic disciplines and across geographic locations, one does not always have a choice about the jobs to which they apply. Sometimes the strategy is to apply to everything and anything with the hope of getting something, and at other times there are circumstances and priorities that determine one’s job search needs. What we know is that we can often project the strongest candidacy for a position when what we bring, and need are aligned with aspects of the institution, department, position, and location in which we will be working. This presentation will focus on the United States academic job market, but the considerations discussed will be relevant to prospective job applicants in various educational contexts.

In this session, there will be time for small group conversation and reflection. Attend to learn more about:

• - Factors that can influence alignment
• - Identifying priorities & resources
• - Tools and approaches to support learning about classifications and profiles of institutions
• - Considerations when reviewing different opportunities and various types of institutions

INSTRUCTOR: Kay Kimball Gruder, M.Ed. (UConn Center for Career Development). Registration will be available soon!

SEPTEMBER 2022

GIRS Situation Room: The Russia-Ukraine War

SEPTEMBER 7th, 2022, 10:00 - 11:00 AM (US EASTERN TIME). It has been widely claimed that mainstream IR studies failed to satisfactorily explain, much less predict, the end of the Cold War and the contours of the post-Cold War world now in the process of unforeseen and dramatic changes. Have we again missed something in our assessments? In the GIRS “situation room” you can meet scholars of different cultures, religions, and civilizations exploring how different narratives describe and influence major world crises: you will hear not simply one worldview posing as universal, but different narratives on contemporary global crises (from the Russia-Ukraine war, to the emerging global food, health, and energy crises). PANELISTS: Maria Mälksoo, Shiping Tang, Xiaoming Huang, George Soroka, Thomas Biersteker, Navnita Chadha Behera, Sean Molloy, Siba Grovogui, Jocelyne Cesari, and Vendulka Kubalkova (Panel Moderator). Click here for session details and registration.

Beyond the 'jihadi bride': Re-conceptualising our approaches to agency - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

SEPTEMBER 14th, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

ISA's Academic Career Series: Crafting a Teaching Philosophy Statement

SEPTEMBER 16th, 2022, 1:00 - 2:15 PM (US EASTERN TIME). The thematic focus for this session is crafting a teaching philosophy statement. Objectives:

-Discuss the desirable elements of a teaching philosophy statement for job or PTR applications
-Begin drafting (or elaborating on an existing draft) in response to prompts provided
-Share what is on your mind

Presenter Tina Huey, PhD, the Associate Director of Faculty Development in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, has taught writing and communication at the University of Connecticut for more than a decade. Click here for session details and registration.

GIRS Virtual Office Hours with Professor Amitav Acharya

SEPTEMBER 21st, 2022, 10:00 - 11:00 AM (US EASTERN TIME). You are invited to visit the virtual "office hours” with a prominent scholar(s) of GIRS. You can ask any questions on your mind about your research, career, publishing, and networking within the sub-field of Global IR. This is part of a broader strategy initiated by the new Global IR Section (GIRS) to create the next generation of globally-minded and collaborative IR thinkers benefitting from an opportunity to talk with some of the leaders in the field. Watch out for the next office hours! SCHOLAR: Amitav Acharya (American University). Click here for session details and registration.

Fictions of Autism in / as International Relations - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

SEPTEMBER 21st, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

Negotiating Author-Friendly Book Contracts

SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2022, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (US EASTERN TIME). You recently authored or edited a scholarly book or book chapter. Before your book is published, the publisher gives you a contract to sign. How do you understand the legalese and negotiate your contract to safeguard your rights as an author? How can you negotiate better royalties, preserve your ability to reuse your own writings, and avoid putting yourself at legal risk? This webinar will show you how to negotiate author-friendly book contracts and obtain the best possible deal from your publishers. Scholars, practitioners, and authors at all levels of experience will benefit from this training. INSTRUCTOR: Michael Rodriguez, MLIS (LYRASIS). Registration will be available soon!

ISA's Academic Career Series: Getting Started on a Diversity Statement

SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2022, 1:00 - 2:15 PM (US EASTERN TIME).

Details to come!

INSTRUCTOR: Tina Huey, PhD (University of Connecticut Center for Teaching and Learning).

Registration will be available soon!

OCTOBER 2022

Around the World with GIRS - International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: Still a Marginal Discipline?

OCTOBER 12th, 2022, 10:00 - 11:00 AM (US EASTERN TIME). GIRS is committed to taking the insights of different vantage points seriously as they can be found across the world. In this series, we will visit different parts of the world to see whether we see the world in the same way.

Let’s go to East Central Europe to answer the question “International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe: Still a Marginal Discipline?” PANELISTS: Aliaksei Kazharski, Petra Roter, Jozef Batora, Annette Freyberg-Inan, and others to be confirmed. Click here for session details and registration.

Security, power and gender: NATO's advisors in Afghanistan - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

OCTOBER 12th, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

Understanding military occupation as a co-constitutive logic of coloniality - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

OCTOBER 26th, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

NOVEMBER 2022

Performing Security in the Horn of Africa: New Governance Frameworks of Counter-Terrorism and Prevention /Countering Violent Extremism - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

NOVEMBER 2nd, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

Accessible and Inclusive Classrooms: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework

NOVEMBER 16th, 2022, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (US EASTERN TIME). All learners have different needs, skills, talents, interests, backgrounds, and cultures. In this training, participants will learn how to support these differences utilizing the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an inclusion strategy. Particular emphasis will be placed on how UDL supports people with disabilities and accommodations, by putting the emphasis on the “disabled” curriculum and how it can be designed to accommodate diverse learners. We will explore the three check points of the UDL learning guidelines through examples of teaching strategies (Engagement, Representation, and Action and Expression) before setting out concrete steps to make a course accessible, such as including captioning for videos and creating accessible documents that can be read by a screen reader. This event will be of interest to teachers in any setting, from a classroom to a hospital or even a football field. INSTRUCTOR: Karen Skudlarek (University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)). Click here for session details and registration.

The Sustenance of African Gender Equality Beyond Rhetoric - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

NOVEMBER 23rd, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

ISA's Academic Career Series: Interview Prep for Academic Jobs

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, DATE AND TIME TBD.

Details to come!

INSTRUCTOR: Kay Gruder (UConn Center for Career Development).

Registration will be available soon!

DECEMBER 2022

Shame, Honour and Gender: Tamil women in Devakottai Refugee camp - FTGS Global Voices Seminar

DECEMBER 14th, 2022, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (LONDON/BST). This session is a part of the ISA's Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) Global Voices Seminar Series.This series aims to bring a global conversation within and beyond our community members on issues pertaining to feminism, gender, and international relations. It is designed to showcase and amplify the expertise and research of Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (FTGS) members as well as foster a larger global community of those with like-minded interests. We are particularly interested in representation from members of marginalised backgrounds, from the global South and who experience institutional barriers in disseminated their research. These sessions run through 14 December. Click here for session details and registration.

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