Call for Papers -- 2009 Midwest Political Science Ass'n Annual Meeting

Jeff Segal (SUNY--Stony Brook, Poli Sci) reminded me about the following Call for Papers.

"Ask your favorite political scientist what the biggest political science conference is, and she'll tell you it's the American Political Science Association. Ask her what the best political science conference is, particularly for empirical work, and she'll tell you it's the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, held every April in the beautiful Palmer House in Chicago.

The Midwest Political Science Association, like most academic associations, charges higher conference registration rates for nonmembers than to members. Hoping to continue to increase attendance by people outside of political science and related fields at its annual meeting, the Association will begin charging registrants who 1) have academic appointments outside of political science or related fields (policy, public administration and political economy) and 2) do not have a PhD in political science or the same related fields, conference registration rates equal to member registration rates.

 In addition, the Association grants, on request, a substantial number of conference registration waivers for first time participants who are outside the discipline.

 The call for papers for the 2009 meeting, due October 10, is at http://www.mpsanet.org/~mpsa/index.html.

 Great seeing everyone at CELS, and hope to see you in Chicago."

Comments

[Eileen Braman]

As head of the Judicial Politics Section for the 2009 conference, and in conjunction with Nancy Scherer, head of the Section on Law and Jurisprudence, I'd like to reiterate our interest in getting smart, innovative proposals from scholars of various backgrounds. Also please consider applying to serve as a chair or discussant. Those roles are extremely important in shaping the intellectual exchange at the conference. The more strong proposals we get, the better the Midwest will be. We look forward to reading proposals submitted on the MPSA site (link above) and seeing many of you in Chicago!