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Welcome to the International Studies Association-West! We welcome input as we develop our new webpage, and as we establish our conference's home in San Francisco. The 2008 ISA-West conference was an unprecendented success, as attendees listened to addresses by noted scholar Patrick James and ISA Vice President Ido Oren, participated in a number of professional development activities and attended a variety of stimulating panels and roundtables. ISA-West held its third annual ethics-themed conference in 2008, which was successful at drawing interesting scholars and producing stimulating conversations. ISA-West also put together an edited volume, Rethinking 21st Century Security: New Problems, Old Solutions, edited by Amy Eckert and Laura Sjoberg. ISA-West 2009 hopes to continue the growth of ISA-West. In order to facilitate that, ISA-West has a few rules concerning the application to and attendance of the conference. First, like last year, the ISA-West 2009 deadline for submission will be May 1, 2009. Second, you will hear about your acceptance by August 1 if not before. Attendees who drop in the month of September without emergencies will not be invited back to ISA-West 2010. This is for the good of all participants, who suffer when last-minute replacements or panel restructuring has to take place. Finally, all faculty who attend will be asked to serve as a chair or discussant of a panel. This is for two reasons: first, to ensure the quality of our chairs and discussants, and second, to further one of ISA-West's most important missions: mentoring. and contact: Holiday Inn: Golden Gateway When you apply to participate in ISA-West 2009, please include the following: name, contact address, email address, phone number, instittutional affiliation (if any, or independent scholar), title (ph.d. student, ph.d. candidate, associate professor, etc), the title of the paper (you'd be surprised that people omit that), an abstract, and general areas of interest for the purpose of being a chair or discussant. Further, if there is only one day that you can attend the conference, tell us in advance - we are more likely to be able to accomodate you then. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email at: isawest@gmail.com. For more details, see the ISA-West 2009 call for papers and conference/travel details.
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