Update for Members Only: Names and Contact Information for EXCOM, 2013

GSCIS Officers Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner, Section Chair April 2011-March 2014 City University of New York Nanette Svenson, Vice-Chair/Program Chair April 2013-March 2015 Tulane University Lisa Richey, Second Vice President-Outreach April 2011- March 2014 Roskilde University Executive Committee Regional Members: Zakia Afrin, Asia Representative April 2012-March 2014 Golden Gate University Imad Mansour, Middle East Representative        April 2011-March 2014  Sciences-Po, Menton/Qatar University H. Ahmed, Africa Representative April 2013- March 2015  University of Khartoum M. Kalil, Latin American Representative April 2013-March 2015 Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Jason Strakes, Developing Eurasia Representative/ Initiative April 2011-March 2014 Ilia State University, Georgia         Administrative: C. Griffin, Secretary April 2011-March 2015 North Carolina State University Seifudein  Adem, Treasurer April 2012-March 2014 Binghamton University Diana Elsada Cassells, Newsletter Editor City University of New York April 2012-March 2014 Delidji Eric Degila, Africa Outreach Initiative April 2013- March 2014 University JEAN MOULIN Lyon III France

 

ANNOUNCEMENT: 

 

NEW JOURNAL: Caribbean Journal of International Relations and Diplomacy

 

This new quarterly journal is now open for submissions.  The first issue along with submission criteria are available at the following website: http://journals.sta.uwi.edu/iir/index.asp?action=guidelines  

Call for Nominations for Distinguished Scholar Award 2014

Dear Members and Friends:

Please send me your suggestions for our third Global South Caucus’ Distinguished Scholar Award. The 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, usually at a members-only luncheon. In fact, our luncheons are fast becoming a signature event!

Because we honored an African scholar( Ali Mazrui) in 2012 and an Asian scholar (Jomo Sundaram) in 2013, we would like to honor a Latin American and Caribbean scholar this time around. We are not obliged to do so but we think that rotation is a good practice. So please send any ideas to me as soon as possible.

Send to the Caucus chair at jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu. You can also nominate via comment to this blog entry.

Election Results

The following persons were elected in the recent elections:
By unanimous vote:
Nanette Svenson for Vice President and Program Chair

Mariana Kahil for Latin American Representative

C. Griffin to continue as Secretary

The following persons were elected by majority vote:

Hassan Ahmed for Africa Representative
E. Delidji-Deguila for Head of our new Africa Initiative.

Thank you for voting,
Seifudein Adem, Treasurer, Chair Nominations Committee

Reminder to Vote/ACUNS Meeting

 This is a reminder that today, June 10, is the deadline for returning ballots for the various executive positions. Please return your ballot to adems@binghamton.edu.


Notice: ACUNS Meeting Coming Up

    2013 Annual Meeting: Leadership in Global Governance



Dear ACUNS Members and Friends,

ACUNS would like to remind you that our 2013 Annual Meeting is swiftly approaching. It will be held at Lund University in Sweden, June 17-19. The keynote speaker is Margot Wallström, Former United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict; and Chair of the Board of Lund University.

The meeting is open to members and non-members to attend. You can register online before the conference, or our registration desk will be open for walk-ins. Passes for all three days or just one day will be available.

•   Please see the ACUNS website for all relevant information. (acuns.org).

Academic Council on the United Nations System

Bios of candidates for 2013-2015

Dear Members

Please remember that if you wish to receive notifications about various issues directly instead of through ISA HQ, you should join our listserv. If you wish to do so, please email the Chair at jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu. We are currently re-compiling our list.

Bios of Candidates for GSCIS Officers

Ballots have been sent to you. Please return to adems@binghamton.edu, NOT to the Chair..


Hassan Ahmed received his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas, Denton. USA, Masters from Dept. of Political Science, University of Missouri, Columbia. USA, and an LLB. from the Faculty of Law, University of Khartoum. He is currently Dean. Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum. He is also the editor of Islam & Contemporary World Studies Journal and was the editor of Middle East & Africa Studies Journal. In 2001- 2005 he worked in the Dept. of Africa and Middle East Studies, Graduate School of International Area Studies, Hankuk University, South Korea. He was an adjunct in theNational Center for Diplomatic Studies, Khartoum, adjunct at the Numairi Military Academy, Khartoum, and Researcher, Strategic Studies Center, Khartoum & editor of Strategic Studies. He has published, lectured and consulted widely on Sundanese affairs and has served on many boards. He has been Deputy President, Sudanese Political Science Association 2008-2010. He is a member of the International Studies Association, Organization for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), and Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern & Southern Africa (OSSREA).

Mariana Alves da Cunha Kalil is Visiting Professor, Institute for Strategic Studies, Fluminense Federal University (INEST/UFF). She has been Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy in Debate http://politicaexternabrasileira.com/; Associate Researcher at the Lab for Brazilian Foreign Policy Studies (LEPEB/UFF); Associate Researcher at GAPCon/UCAM (Group for the Analysis of International Conflict Prevention); and Executive Coordinator for the Sergio Vieira de Mello School (EPAZ). She is working for her Ph.D., She holds a Master's in Comparative and International Politics at IRel/UnB and a Bachelor in International Relations at IRI/PUC-Rio. She is a member of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFF), Women in International Security (WIIS), in the International Studies Association (ISA) and in the Brazilian Association for International Studies (ABRI).

Nannette Archer Svenson teaches at Tulane University. She has lived and worked for the past 20 years in Tokyo, Barcelona and Panama. She has experience in the private sector, international development and academia, and currently works as a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and various Panamanian public and private entities. She received a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from IESE in Barcelona, and an MS and PhD in International Development from Tulane University. Apart from Tulane, she has taught at Panama’s Catholic University (USMA), the Panamanian Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT) and UC Berkeley. She helped found and head Pro Artesana, the leading NGO for Panamanian artisan capacity development and is a member of Panama’s FUDESPA, a private foundation for national economic and social development. She has been a member of the Global South Caucus from its initiation in 2011, serving on the EXCOM as its Latin American representative. She served on the conference committee of the First Global South International Studies Conference in Menton, France, in 2012.

Delidji Eric Degila, holds a Ph. D in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations (Université Jean Moulin, France, a Master's Degree in Public Law (Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin), a Master's Degree in International Security (Université Jean Moulin, France), and is a graduate of ENA (National School of Administration) of Benin, with a specialization in diplomacy.
He worked at the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Benin before joining the University. He is currently an Associate Professor at Sciences Po Lyon and Professor-Researcher at Jean Moulin University. He also serves as Visiting Professor at various universities of Benin and is currently a global south Scholar-in-residence at the Graduate Institute of Geneva where he is doing research on “The role of African States in the contemporary global governance”. He also serves as a consultant for various UN Agencies.

Clifford E. Griffin is Associate Professor,Department of Political Science,School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University. He is also the Director of International Programs and Chair, of the Park Scholarships Advisory Committee. He has published widely and lectured and consulted on Caribbean safety and security issues. He served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Global South Caucus (2011-12) and is now serving as Secretary (2012-13). As per the GSCIS constitution, he is seeking endorsement for a second two-year term.

Notifications

Dear Members:
A reminder that the deadline for submission of proposals for Toronto 2014 is fast approaching (June 1st). Please take some time out of your busy schedules to send in panels and papers.

NOTICE 

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and UBC Faculty Partnerships in  

 International Visiting Research Scholars

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline June 15, 2013

The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has selected 13 partnerships of $10,000 to bring some of the world’s best scholars to UBC in 2013 and 2014, and is sending an additional call for two additional international visiting research scholars to visit between January and April 2014.  Given the selection of the first 13 positions, these two scholars will ideally be women scholars and/or from the global south.

This initiative allows the Peter Wall Institute to partner with UBC faculties, departments and research centres to attract outstanding scholars to work collaboratively with UBC faculty members on innovative research.

Objectives of the International Visiting Research Scholar Partnerships:

·         To bring outstanding international scholars to UBC for extended visits.

·         To foster basic and advanced research in an interdisciplinary research environment.

·         To strengthen interactions between international visiting scholars and their UBC peers.

·         To nurture longer term interdisciplinary relationships through the Institute.

·         To foster partnerships between the Institute and UBC’s faculties, departments and research centres.

Criteria:

·         International Visiting Research Scholars are expected to have a record of outstanding scholarship in the relevant area of research.

·         These highly competitive partnership awards will be selected based on merit and the calibre of both the proposed scholar and the research to be conducted jointly with one or more UBC scholars.

·         The International Visiting Research Scholar must visit at UBC for a minimum of three weeks.

·         Partnering UBC faculties or research centres can nominate international or Canadian scholars.

Application Requirements:

·         Completion of the attached Application Form, including proposed research, biographical note on the scholar’s fields of expertise, and a list of five relevant publications. (Note: Application form was not attached to the announcement sent to us so please contact UBC directly).

·         A UBC faculty member must be designated as primary host and contact person for the scholar.

The Institute’s Expectations:

·         International Visiting Research Scholars will undertake outstanding and innovative research in the sciences or humanities in interdisciplinary collaboration with UBC scholars.

·         Visitors will be designated International Visiting Associates of the Peter Wall Institute during their stay, and afforded all of the privileges accorded to UBC Faculty Associates of the Institute.

·         The International Visiting Research Scholar will give a public talk, suitable to an interdisciplinary audience, on some aspect of her or his current research; the event is to be organized by the UBC sponsoring faculty or research centre and jointly hosted with the Peter Wall Institute.

·         The scholar will attend at least one meeting of the Institute’s Distinguished Scholars in Residence weekly meetings.

·         The UBC faculty sponsor will organize and host a meeting between the International Visiting Research Scholar and graduate students and post-docs in the relevant disciplines.

·         To the extent possible, the Institute will provide shared office space to the International Visiting Research Scholar, in the Institute’s dynamic and highly interdisciplinary research environment.

·         The Institute’s support will be acknowledged in any subsequent publication of the research.

The Institute’s International Adjudication Committee will make a decision in early July 2013.