Acceptances-Singapore

Letters of acceptance have gone out! We have some 100 panels and workshops scheduled for you! Please keep checking the "all you need to know" blog site at http://gscis.blogspot.com/2014/05/preliminary-information-on-second.html. for details from now on!
Conference Team

Update: GSCIS Conference/Singapore

Dear Readers:
We (the Conference Team) know that you are very anxious to have your acceptance letters for the GSCIS conference Singapore in order to be able to make your plans in a timely fashion. As you can see from the ISA website, the deadline for our drawing up the program has passed by a weekend (the deadline was September 5). In part, the delay is due to the wonderful response we received to our call for proposals (thank you all!) and in second part, to the fact that we extended the deadline for receipt of proposals by a week.
Just to update you then: We have been working very hard and are almost ready to upload the preliminary program; at this time we are allocating slots to accepted panels. We expect that the process will be completed by Wednesday 10th, at which time ISA HQ will send out acceptances, with a link to the panels and other information (registration, travel and grants etc.).
We thank you very much for your patience and look forward to seeing you in Singapore.
The Conference Team

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SECOND CALL FROM KEVIN FUNK

Mainstream scholarship in International Relations (IR) and related disciplines has recently come under increasing fire for its unwillingness and/or inability to see the world from the perspective of the Global South. This has led to calls to “decolonize” these fields and rethink them from a Southern perspective, as well as to bring the intellectual contributions of Global South IR scholars to the attention of their Global North counterparts.

Indeed, ISA’s 2015 annual convention is being organized around the theme of creating a “Global IR,” which entails “the acknowledgement of regional diversity and local agency” and a “new, pluralistic universalism” that seeks to incorporate the Global South into a field that has long been considered an “American social science.”

To contribute to these worthy efforts, the GSCIS has decided to compile a bibliography of key books, articles, and projects dealing with Global South (or Third World) international relations, broadly defined. This list is intended as a resource primarily for professors and graduate students, who often ask us for suggested readings, and who may be seeking ways to incorporate the Global South into their own research and course syllabi.

In general terms, the aim is to both foster greater understanding of the role of Global South actors in international politics and economics, as well as to create possibilities for dialogue between Northern and Southern scholarship.  

GSCIS member Kevin Funk (kevin.funk@gmail.com) is coordinating the compilation of this bibliography. Please be in touch with him if you would like to help! The more people who get involved, the better this resource will be. 

Great conference response and info re hotels

Dear Caucus Members:
The response to our upcoming conference in Singapore has been very good indeed and we thank you for your enthusiasm and your help in growing the caucus. The conference team--operating from  Singapore, Qatar and Panama as well as the US) is now working on the complicated process of putting the program together (more than 500 papers have to be put together into panels) so please bear with us if we are a bit tardy in responding to your emails at this time.

As indicated on the ISA site, our deadline for putting the program together is early September. Early registration will then begin on the 15th.  Meanwhile, we have now uploaded data about the hotels many of you have been asking about. As always please check the ISA site or click here for our own site:Second GSCIS Conference.

( or http://gscis.blogspot.com/2014/05/preliminary-information-on-second.html)

 Best,
jbw
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Call for Nominations: Distinguished Scholar Award 2015

Dear GSCIS members:

First of all, thank you for the wonderful response we had to the call for proposals for the Singapore conference. We are in the process of working on the program and will get back to everyone soon.

Now, I hate to disrupt your summer work but if you can spare a moment please attend to this:

As you know every year we have honored a distinguished scholar who has contributed significantly to the study of /policy development in the global south. In our first year of operation, we honored the African scholar Professor Ai Mazrui. In our second we honored Dr. Jomo Sundaram from Malaysia, and in our third Dr. Arlene Tickner from Colombia. I am sure that you will agree that the luncheon at which we give our award is now established as a wonderful highlight of the convention.  It is now time to send in your nominations for 2015. At this time we wish to honor either an Africanist or a Middle East specialist. Please send your nominations to me for consideration by the committee by AUGUST 31^st.

I thank you in advance.

Here are the 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. Recipients must be a current member of ISA.
2. A distinguished record of scholarship and usually a record of policy contributions reflecting a sustained interest in global south affairs.

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.

Apply For This Award

• Members and friends of the Caucus are asked to submit nominations by email to the Caucus’ Chair.
• A note outlining the basis for considering the nominee, as well as a bio/CV (or web link to one) should accompany the nomination.
• Final decisions are made by the Executive Committee.
• The deadline for nominations is August 31^st..

Extension of Deadline: Singapore

Dear Colleagues,

Given the overwhelming interest and response to the ISA-Global South Caucus 2015 meeting, we've decided to leave the submission system open through the weekend to ensure that everyone has had a chance to submit any last minute proposals. We've received a record-breaking number of proposals this year and I very much look forward to crafting an exciting program for Singapore. The system will still allow submissions through Monday, July 21st so be sure you get any final proposals in.
(You can submit your proposals at http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/GSCIS-Singapore-2015/Submissions.)
Best regards,
JBW
GSCIS Singapore 2014 Conference Director

Update on Singapore/Distinguished Scholar Honoree

We issued an update today regarding the GSCIS Singapore conference. Go to http://gscis.blogspot.com/2014/05/preliminary-information-on-second.html for all updates.

Please keep your panel and paper submissions coming!
We know you are concerned about travel grants. We will assess those after submissions are in.

Members: Summer newsletter will be out soon.

We would also like you to begin thinking about who will be our next Distinguished Scholar Honoree (honored via luncheon in New Orleans). We are back to  honoring scholars of Africa or the Middle East this time around! Please send names to the Chair (jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu).