PAPERS
 

 

International Studies Association-Northeast
Annual Conference 
 

October 3-4, 2008
Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, 
Baltimore, MD   USA

Call For Papers
Submission deadline: May 16, 2008

 

The annual conference of the International Studies Association-Northeast (ISA-NE) will be held October 3-4, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD.

 

ISA-NE  invites paper  and panel proposals on  any  subject  related  to  international  studies, broadly defined. Topics might  include  (but  are  not  limited  to)  international  relations  theory,  international  law  and  organizations,  foreign policy,  globalization,  human  rights,  international  development,  conflict  resolution,  military/strategic  studies,  the environment,  feminist  theory/gender  studies,  and  international  political  economy.  ISA-NE  expressly  welcomes research on critical constructivism, post-structuralism, and postmodernism and/or undertaken through these lenses.  
 
We  also  encourage  paper,  panel,  and  roundtable  proposals  on  subjects  related  to  this  the  this  year’s  conference theme of transnationalism, broadly conceived.  Possible topics include but are not limited to:
•  Conceptual and  theoretical analyses of  ‘the  transnational’ especially  in  relation  to other spaces, practices,
and actors in world politics (e.g., national, international, global, supranational, local)
•  Transnational  practices  (e.g.,  migration,  transnational  crime,  markets)  and  transnational  actors  (e.g.,
terrorists, advocacy networks, and multinational corporations)
•  Transnational identity, gender, race, and culture
•  Post-national expressions of political authority, legitimacy, and citizenship

  Conference participation is open to all scholars and graduate students. We especially encourage proposals from varied disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives and from graduate students. We seek to showcase the work of advanced graduate students and junior as well as senior scholars.
  Papers are eligible for consideration for the Fred Hartmann Award (graduate students/ABD) or the Lee Bennett Award (non-graduate students).  Graduate students whose papers are accepted for presentation  and who do not  receive  support  from  their departments  are  eligible  to  apply  for  travel  support  from ISA-NE
 

Paper  proposals  should  include:  title,  name  of  presenter(s),  institutional  affiliation,  one-paragraph  abstract,  and complete  contact  information  (email  address, mailing  address,  telephone,  and  fax  numbers)  for  SUMMER  and FALL  2008. 

 

Panel proposals should include: All the above information for each presenter and for the chair/discussant, abstract of the Panel as a whole

Scholars willing to serve as panel chairs/discussants or roundtable participants should send full contact information and a brief summary of your areas of expertise.
 

Deadline for paper/panel submissions  is Friday, May 16, 2008.  Submissions and Questions should be directed  to the Program Chair:

Janice Bially Mattern
Department of International Relations
Lehigh University, Maginnes Hall
9 W Packer Avenue,
Bethlehem, PA 18015.
Email: jbm3@lehigh.edu. 
Phone: (610) 758-3394
  You will be informed of the status of your proposal by June 13, 2008.  The preliminary program will be posted by
July 18th  at the International Studies Association website www.isanet.org under “Regions & Sections” and on the ISA-NE website www.isa-ne.org