CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION RESEARCH COMMITTEE # 12
(BIOLOGY AND POLITICS)
This is a call for papers and participation for Research Committee # 12 for one panel to be held at the 2005 American Political Science Association meeting, to take place September 1-4 in Washington , DC .
Paper proposals should be in the form of a detailed abstract, sent to both of the panel organizers. Those who are interested in serving as panel chair or discussant should also inform the organizers.
Please send appropriate information (name, address, e-mail) to:
Dr. Albert Somit
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
256 Lesar Law Building
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale , IL 62901
E-mail: a.somit@att.net
Dr. Steven A. Peterson
Director, School of Public Affairs
Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown , PA 17057
E-mail: sap12@psu.edu
For paper proposals, topics within any area of biopolitics will be considered. The deadline for proposing a paper or proposing other forms of participation is December 31 st , 2004.
CALL FOR PAPERS: RESEARCH COMMITTEE # 12 PANELS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION CONGRESS, 2006, FUKUOKA , JAPAN
Research Committee # 12 (Biology and Politics) is organizing up to four panels for the 2006 International Political Science Association (IPSA) meeting, to be held in Fukuoka, Japan, July 9-14, 2006. We invite proposals for papers as well as offers to serve as panel discussants and chairs.
As you perhaps know, the overall theme of the 2006 IPSA meeting is “Is Democracy Working?” We especially welcome proposals on the theme of “Biology, Democracy, and Nation-Building,” in line with the overall Congress theme. However, we also welcome other paper proposals, on subjects such as biology and public policy or biobehavioral approaches to the study of politics.
We project the structure of the Research Committee # 12 program as follows:
Panel # 1: Biology, Democracy, and Nation-Building: Panel 1
Panel # 2: Biology, Democracy, and Nation-Building: Panel 2
Panel # 3: Biobehavioral Approaches to the Study of Politics
Panel # 4: Biology and Public Policy
Please send an abstract of your paper proposal, with your name, address, academic affiliation, e-mail (if you have access to the Internet) to:
Dr. Steven A. Peterson
School of Public Affairs
777 W. Harrisburg Pike
Middletown , PA 17057
Phone: (717) 948-6154
Fax: (717) 948-6484
E-mail: sap12@psu.edu
Please send your proposal by no later than March 31 st , 2005. That is the deadline that has been established by the International Political Science Association.
ANNOUNCEMENT: ELECTION RESULTS
After having conducted an election of its international membership, a new Council has been elected. Please go to the page featuring the organizational structure of Research Committee 12. There was a tie for the final spot on the Council, so all of those who tied in the balloting were added to the Council.