The annual PSAI Postgraduate Conference will take place at University
College Dublin's School of Politics and International Relations on the
25th and 26th of April.
Papers are welcome on all areas of politics and international relations, as well as related disciplines, and complete panel proposals will also be considered. Panels and paper proposals are particularly encouraged in the following areas:
1) Politics of Northern Ireland
2) Politics of the Republic of Ireland
3) International Relations
4) European Politics
5) Political Theory
6) Political Economy
7) Comparative Politics
8) Political History
9) Human Rights
10) The Politics of Development
11) 1968: Protest and Activisim
2008 will be the 40th Anniversary of a year of global protest and political activism, including student protests against the Vietnam War in the USA; the American civil rights movement and the death of Martin Luther King; the Northern Irish civil rights movement; and student and workers strikes in France. We would particularly encourage paper proposals that reflect any aspect of the politics of protest or activism in 1968 in any of the above areas.
LOCATION
The Conference will be held in the Newman Building at University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4. For detailed information on how to get to UCD please visit http://www.ucd.ie/gettingtoucd.htm.
SUPPORT
The Political Studies Association of Ireland has established a scheme to support postgraduate members of the Association (in politics departments or departments of cognate subjects). For more details please visit http://www.psai.ie/news/postgraduate.asp.
SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
If you have any questions or comments, we’d be happy to hear from you. Just email psai2008@gmail.com. Please forward abstracts of no more than 300 words as a word attachment, together with an email stating the title of your paper, institutional affiliation and contact details (name, address, email address) to Jessie Blackbourn, Maire Brophy and Michael Breen at psai2008@gmail.com. General enquires to the same address.
The submission deadline for abstracts it the 25th of January 2008
LINKS
The Political Studies Association of Ireland www.psai.ie
UCD School of Politics and International Relations www.ucd.ie/politics