The summer GSCIS newsletter is now available. ISA HQ will be mailing it out to members shortly.
If you do not receive the email, please contact me directly.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
IMPORTANT: FLACSO/ISA Conference: Call for Papers
The call for papers for the FLACSO-ISA Joint International Conference in Buenos Aires on July 23-25th, 2014 is now available. In addition to considering paper and panel proposals from individuals, FLACSO-ISA organizers are interested in sponsoring section-themed panels and roundtables.
Each ISA section and Caucus has been offered four panels for the conference.
The conference theme is Global and Regional Powers in a Changing World.
Caucus members can of course submit proposals directly that are not part of our sponsored panels but if you wish to participate on a GSCIS-sponsored panel, you need to send us your proposal by September 20, 2013, BEFORE the actual October 1 deadline. That will allow us time to select our four panels.
Note: As a highlight to the program, the organizers will be sponsoring graduate student workshops to allow graduate students and post-docs to present their research in a small-group panel setting with detailed feedback from senior scholars, and to allow for greater professional development and networking opportunities.
Additional conference details, including the call for papers, can be found at http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/FLACSOBuenosAires2014.aspx
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Update on Developing Eurasia Initiative
Global South Caucus for
International Studies (GSCIS)
DEVELOPING
EURASIA
INITIATIVE (DEI)
MISSION STATEMENT
While the recently
independent states of the former Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia exhibit many
of the conditions and characteristics associated with post-colonial and
developing nations—including struggles with hegemonic influences, resource
dependency, economic inequality, institutional incapacity and unresolved
internal conflicts—the study of these countries in the U.S. academy has
traditionally been either relegated to a generic "post-communist" or
“Russian and Eastern European” subfield, or framed according to narratives of
an enduring geopolitical dichotomy between competing power centers representing
an objectified "East" and "West". It is thus arguable that
these disciplinary conventions have imposed unnecessary limitations on the
ability of regional scholars to introduce new approaches, and, more
importantly, to generate novel findings regarding the domestic evolution and
international relations of these states. It is in response to these concerns
that the Global South Caucus for International Studies (GSCIS) seeks to
establish a research agenda directed at designing conceptual frameworks that
serve to both integrate theoretical approaches and facilitate comparative
analysis of Eurasian and developing world (Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and
Latin American) regions in IR. One recent empirical example
which highlights the relevance of this endeavor is provided by the case of
Azerbaijan, which in May 2011 became the fourth former Soviet republic
(following Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Belarus) to join the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM), defying the assumptions of observers who have sought to
characterize its foreign policy as being inherently "pro-Western" or
"Euro-Atlantic" in orientation. The introduction of the Developing
Eurasia Initiative (DEI) is intended to attract greater participation by both scholars
and professionals who question prevailing standards of categorization, to
critically analyze current trends in Eurasian studies, and to expand the scope
of regional knowledge within the IR discipline. Membership in DEI is open to
all faculty, students and specialists in the fields of comparative politics,
international relations, development policy and area studies interested in
contributing to these activities. For questions and additional information
please direct correspondence to:
Jason E. Strakes
Researcher and Visiting Lecturer
Ilia Chavchavadze State
University
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
PARTICIPANTS
Murad Ismayilov Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy mismayilov@ada.edu.az
Galmyzhan Kirbassov SUNY Binghamton gkirbas1@binghamton.edu
Dedibatta Aurobinda Mahapatra Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global
Governance, University of Massachusetts at Boston a.mahapatra34@gmail.com
Kazim Mammadhuseyn Sciences
Po Paris Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Campus/University of Nice - Sophia
Antipolis kn233071@yahoo.com
CURRENT PROJECTS
“Situating
the ‘Balanced Foreign Policy’: The Role of System Structure in Azerbaijan’s
Multi-Vector Diplomacy”, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies,
Vol. 15, No. 1, 2013, pp. 1–31
“The Former Soviet South in the Global South: Toward a
Synthesis in Comparative Regional Studies”
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