Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Reminder: Distinguished Scholar Honoree; and Conference in Rio de Janeiro

Reminder to Members: please see post regarding nominations for the Distinguished Scholar Honoree 2016:  http://gscis.blogspot.com/2015/09/call-for-nominations-distinguished.html
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International Conference on Transformations of the Military Profession - Call for applications
The Board of the Research Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution (RC01, http://www.isa-rc01.net/) of the International Sociological Association has accepted Dr. Celso Castro proposal to organize RC 01’s Interim Conference in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, from September 25 to 28, 2016, with support from the Getulio Vargas Foundation, one of the most important think tanks of South America.
The overarching theme of the conference makes provision for a wide range of research interests: Transformations of the Military Profession.
Due to the financial support of FGV, there will be no registration fee for this conference. However, all accepted participants must be members in good standing of ISA/RC01 (and, if they are not already a member, must join through ISA).
Failure to demonstrate this status will result in exclusion from the program. Please contact Uros Svete (uros.svete@fdv.uni-lj.si) to check your ISA/RC01 status or the ISA General Secretariat (http://www.isa-sociology.org/memb_i/index.htm).
See the schedule below for timelines to submit session and paper proposals for the Interim Conference.
Session proposals
Sessions may consist of complete proposals (including a maximum of 4 papers, preferably composed of participants from different institutions) or be part of the call for papers that will take place immediately after sessions have been approved.
Session proposals shall contain the following information:
  • Title
  • Short description of the session's aims and focus (max 250 words)
  • Organizer(s) of the session and institutional affiliation
  • Name and affiliation of Chair
  • Name and affiliation of Discussant (optional)
  • Participants in the session (if any are already designated)
More information about the conference is available at http://cpdoc.fgv.br/RC01.
Please send your session proposals to lem.cpdoc@fgv.br and lem@fgv.br.
Deadline to submit session proposals: 30 September 2015.
Paper proposals
Once the list of accepted sessions is published by 15 October 2015, individual presenters will be able either to propose a paper for inclusion in a session from the list or send a paper proposal not directed to any specific session.
All individual paper proposals will have to be submitted online through a web page to be announced soon.
Deadlines
30 September 2015 – Deadline for session proposals;
15 October 2015 - Board and LOC decision on accepted sessions;
16 October – Call for papers opens;
30 November 2015 – Call for papers closes;
31 December 2015 – Confirmation of accepted papers;
31 January 2016 – Last day to register for/renew RC01 membership through ISA;
29 February 2016 – Final conference program published.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Call for Nominations: Distinguished Scholar Honoree 2016

Dear Members:

First, as we return from the summer vacation, we wish to apologize for the delay in sending you the summer newsletter. A newsletter combination of summer and fall will be sent to you shortly.

Second, we wish to thank all of you who have submitted panel and paper proposals to ISA 2016 for our sponsorship. During the summer, we worked on the program (thank you, Nanette, Program Chair) and the preliminary program, which was recently sent to us for review, looks very broad and inclusive. More on the program as time goes on.

Third, we are still working on the venue for the Third Global South International Studies Conference and will be sending out information as soon as we can.

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 DISTINGUISHED HONOREE: ATTENTION EVERYONE.

As you know, each year the Global South Caucus has honored a distinguished scholar at a luncheon held during the annual convention.
In  this we respect geographical rotation. During our first year the honoree was Professor Ali Mazrui (Africa); second year: Dr. Jomo Sundaram (Asia); third year: Professor Arlene B. Tickner (Latin America); and in 2015 Professor Bahgat Korany (North Africa/Middle East). For 2016 the honor must go to an Asian scholar. (Although Prof. Korany's scholarship spanned the Africa and Middle East region, normally the Middle East will be included in the generic "Asia.")
Even though the Executive Committee makes the final decision, we  like to encourage member input into the selection process as indeed in all our operations. If you wish to nominate someone, please send your choice to: jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu by OCTOBER 3.We will then offer all members the chance to comment on the nominees by October 15th, after which the EXCOM will make the final selection. 

EXPLANATION AND CRITERIA

The Global South Caucus’ Distinguished Scholar Award is given annually in recognition of the recipient’s exceptional and sustained contribution to global south international studies (defined within the context of the ISA), as reflected both in published works as well as policy contributions. If the recipient is able to attend the ISA convention at which the award is given, s/he will be expected to give a brief address to members, usually at a luncheon event.


General Information

Recipients must meet the Following Criteria

  1. A distinguished record of scholarship and usually a record of policy contributions reflecting a sustained interest in global south affairs. It is not required that the nominee be a member of the ISA but s/he should be at least familiar with the association and usually will have participated in some way in its activities in the past.

Prize

  • The recipient receives a plaque, which is presented at the ISA Annual Convention.

Selection Process

  • The Caucus Executive Committee will review nominations from the membership at large, and select the recipient.
  • The award will be presented during the ISA Annual Convention.


We look forward to receiving your nominations. All nominations should be accompanied by a note indicating why you consider the nominee to be deserving as well as either a link to the person's bio or an appropriate bio summary.

Call for Nominations- Distinguished Scholar Honoree 2016

Dear Members:

First, as we return from the summer vacation, we wish to apologize for the delay in sending you the summer newsletter. A newsletter combination of summer and fall will be sent to you shortly.

Second, we wish to thank all of you who have submitted panel and paper proposals to ISA 2016 for our sponsorship. During the summer, we worked on the program (thank you, Nanette, Program Chair) and the preliminary program, which was recently sent to us for review, looks very broad and inclusive. More on the program as time goes on.

Third, we are still working on the venue for the Third Global South International Studies Conference and will be sending out information as soon as we can.

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 DISTINGUISHED HONOREE: ATTENTION EVERYONE.

As you know, each year the Global South Caucus has honored a distinguished scholar at a luncheon held during the annual convention.
In  this we respect geographical rotation. During our first year the honoree was Professor Ali Mazrui (Africa); second year: Dr. Jomo Sundaram (Asia); third year: Professor Arlene B. Tickner (Latin America); and in 2015 Professor Bahgat Korany (North Africa/Middle East). For 2016 the honor must go to an Asian scholar. (Although Prof. Korany's scholarship spanned the Africa and Middle East region, normally the Middle East will be included in the generic "Asia.")
Even though the Executive Committee makes the final decision, we  like to encourage member input into the selection process as indeed in all our operations. If you wish to nominate someone, please send your choice to: jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu by OCTOBER 3.We will then offer all members the chance to comment on the nominees by October 15th, after which the EXCOM will make the final selection. 

EXPLANATION AND CRITERIA

The Global South Caucus’ Distinguished Scholar Award is given annually in recognition of the recipient’s exceptional and sustained contribution to global south international studies (defined within the context of the ISA), as reflected both in published works as well as policy contributions. If the recipient is able to attend the ISA convention at which the award is given, s/he will be expected to give a brief address to members, usually at a luncheon event.


General Information

Recipients must meet the Following Criteria

  1. A distinguished record of scholarship and usually a record of policy contributions reflecting a sustained interest in global south affairs. It is not required that the nominee be a member of the ISA but s/he should be at least familiar with the association and usually will have participated in some way in its activities in the past.

Prize

  • The recipient receives a plaque, which is presented at the ISA Annual Convention.

Selection Process

  • The Caucus Executive Committee will review nominations from the membership at large, and select the recipient.
  • The award will be presented during the ISA Annual Convention.


We look forward to receiving your nominations. All nominations should be accompanied by a note indicating why you consider the nominee to be deserving as well as either a link to the person's bio or an appropriate bio summary.