Distinguished Scholar Nominee -Please send in vote/comments by October 30.

Dear Friends:
Atlanta 2016 is around the corner and we need to  decide rather quickly who will be our nominee this year. As you know, we rotate geographically so this year we would like a nominee from Asia. Please note that the person can be doing any kind of work that is relevant to the south; in other words, a scholar from Asia does not have to be doing work ON Asia. The idea behind geographical rotation is simply to ensure that IR scholars around the south are recognized.

The following have been nominated this year:

1) Professor Amitav Acharya, for his work on non-Western theories/ perspectives of IR, particularly Asian IR. Link: http://www.amitavacharya.com/

2) Prof. Mine Yoichi (Yoichi MIne, for his work on Africa, human security and development economics. https://kenkyudb.doshisha.ac.jp/rd/html/english/researchersHtml/110005/110005_Researcher.html

complete CV available from me on request.

3) Navrita Chadha Behera, Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi (India). : http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Faculty%20Profiles/July2014/Political%20Science/Nov2014_Polsci_Navnita.pdf[du.ac.in].

3) Professor Akira Iriye, Charles Warren Research Professor of American History, Emeritus, Harvard University (USA).- works on global community in general. His bio can be found here: http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/a_iriye.php[rijs.fas.harvard.edu].

Please note that the person you vote for should be familiar with ISA and likely to be able to get to the Atlanta convention, without any financial support from us!


Please contact jbraveboy-wagner@gc.cuny.edu directly with your vote and comments by October 30 The final decision will be made as usual by the Nominations Committee/Executive Committee. Many thanks.

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.

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.

ATTENTION: WISC-AMEI WORKSHOP PROPOSALS CALL; INFORMATION ON AMEI MEETING

Call for Papers

The World International Studies Committee (WISC) and the Mexican International Studies Association (MISA-AMEI) invite applications for the one-day workshop “The Current State and Future of IR Studies in the Global South” to be held at the MISA Conference in Cancun, Mexico, in October 2015.

The workshop aims to enrich WISC’s collective memory and debates about how to improve the global dialogue at the scholarly and institutional levels in the field of International Relations. While this workshop will focus on IR studies in the Global South, it also seeks to build on and continue with the WISC dialogues previously held in Frankfurt and Singapore.  In order to achieve this goal, the workshop will focus on discussing two questions of primary concern:

a) What should be the key themes and the primary theoretical concerns in International Studies in the Global South?

b) How should individual scholars and professional organizations in the Global South contribute to strengthen IR at the national, regional and global levels?

Participants are expected to submit short memos (approx. 3-5 pages) one week ahead of the conference, which should focus on these questions as to the current state and future of IR studies in the Global South. Approximately 8-10 scholars will be invited to attend the workshop on 16 October 2015, 9:00am- 1pm.

This workshop encourages applications from younger scholars coming from or studying in the Global South and Latin America in particular. However, in principle, everybody could apply. Ideally participants will have diverse backgrounds and come from different scholarly communities. IR scholars participating in the MISA Annual Convention are invited to apply. Other IR scholars who are willing to travel to Cancun, Mexico, at their own cost specifically for attending this workshop would be welcome to apply as well.

WISC/MISA will provide a limited number of travel grants, depending on the number of applications and financial needs of the applicants (see attached WISC Travel Grant Application Form). Normally travel grants will consist of two nights in the conference hotel or a small per diem to cover food.  Travel grants may exceed this sum but would then need to be substantiated.

Applicants must provide an abstract of 150-200 words as to how they wanted to address the overarching theme of the workshop and how they are planning to finance their participation.  Applications (CV and abstract) should be addressed to wisc2014@soz.uni-frankfurt.de and contacto@amei.mx by 30 August 2015. Decisions will be communicated by mid-September at the latest.
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29TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION (AMEI)

Culture, Governance and Globalization:

the crisis of institutions in a complex world

October 15-17, 2015

Cancún Center

CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO

The Mexican International Studies Association (AMEI), the External Relations Commission of thye Mexican Senate, the Secretariat of External Relations, the Government of Quintana Roo, the University of Quintana Roo, the Universidad del Mar, the Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, UNAM and the Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, announce the 29th Annual MEETING of the AMEI: ‘’Culture, Governance and Globalization: the crisis of institutions in a complex world’’, which will take place on October 15 - 17, 2015 in the ‘’Cancún Center”, in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

                Participants

Academics, diplomats, and specialists in International Relations, Law, Politics, Economics, Commerce, International Business and Finance, Social Sciences and Humanities who are interested in international studies, as well as the general public.

Attendees

Students, academics, diplomats, and specialists in International Relations, Law, Politics, Economics, Commerce, International Business and Finance, in Social Sciences and Humanities who are interested in international studies, as well as the general public.

Participation Process

The deadline for submission of proposals was June 15th.

The final versions of the presentations must be uploaded on the AMEI's website by September 30^th, 2015, to be included in the digital version of the Meeting proceedings.

AMEI Membership

Individual membership (academic, professional or student)

AMEI members enjoy the following benefits:

- Proof of Membership with curricular value

- Subscription to a prestigious magazine of International Relations

- 50% discount on registration for the Annual Meeting

- Access to all events organized by the AMEI with 50% discount

- Belong to a group of specialists involved with their opinion at the media that collaborate with the Association

- Being part of the most important academic community of internationalists in Latin America

How to acquire the Individual Membership?

1) Sign to www.amei.mx/membresias, download, complete and send the application form to the following email: membresia@amei.mx

2) Make the payment of the annual fee of $ 700.00 pesos by MercadoPago, credit card or debit card on the website, or electronic transfer to the AMEI bank account:

Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Internacionales AMEI, AC

Bank: SCOTIABANK INVERLAT, Inc.

Account number: 00105316484

CLABE: 044180001053164849

3) Send the payment receipt to email: membresia@amei.mx. If you need a tax invoice, please attach a copy of the RFC. An electronic invoice in PDF and XML file will be sent back.

Institutional Membership

The member institutions will enjoy the following benefits:

- Subscription to a prestigious magazine of International Relations

- Free Stand for display material and institutional publications during the Annual Meeting

- Space on the AMEI web site with a link to the institution webpage

- Continuous updating with information about the activities of the institution in the news section of the AMEI website.

- Dissemination of academic and cultural activities through various communication channels having Association

- Joint organization of events, among other benefits

How to acquire the Institutional Membership?

1) Sign www.amei.mx/membresias, download, complete and submit the separate form to the following email: membresia@amei.mx

2) Make the payment of the annual fee of $ 5,000.00 pesos by MercadoPago, credit card or debit card on the website, or electronic transfer to the bank account of the AMEI:

Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Internacionales AMEI, AC

Bank: SCOTIABANK INVERLAT, Inc.

Account number: 00105316484

CLABE: 044180001053164849

3) Send the payment receipt to email: membresia@amei.mx. Please attach a copy of RFC and fiscal data of the institution. An electronic invoice in PDF and XML file will be sent back.

Meeting Registration

All participants and attendees to the Meeting must register by covering a fee of:

Students with valid ID	·         $450 pesos M.N.
Participants and general public	·         $600 pesos M.N. (paying before august 30th, 2015) ·         $750 pesos M.N. (paying before august 30th, 2015 or during the Meeting)

AMEI members have a 50% discount

Payment through transfer or bank deposit must be made to the following account:

Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Internacionales AMEI, AC

Bank: SCOTIABANK INVERLAT, S.A.

Account number: 00105316484

Standardized Bank Code: 044180001053164849

Once payment has been made, the payment receipt must be uploaded through the web page in PDF format

If for a justified reason any participant is not able to assist to the Meeting, they must inform the Organizing Committee by e-mail in a timely manner.