Dear All, The deadline for panels and papers for next year's International Studies Association Annual Convention (San Diego 1-4 April) is fast approaching (Wednesday 1 June) and the board of the LGBTQA Caucasus (http://www.isanet.org/lgbtqa_caucus/) is looking to make sure that we are fully represented in the program in terms of our panel allocation. There's been a couple of suggestions for topics and we are looking for people to participate in panels on either: 1) Teaching LGBT issues in IR 2) “Researching Sexuality in Difficult Contexts: Theoretical and Practical Implications.” If you are interested in either panel - or know someone who is/could be - please get in touch with Sandra McEvoy (Chair) at [log in to unmask] and/or me (Vice Chair) at [log in to unmask] as soon as possible. Further details about the 2012 Convention can be found at http://www.isanet.org/annual_convention/. Please also feel free to join the LGBTQA Caucus (details at http://www.isanet.org/lgbtqa_caucus/2010/05/join-lgbtqa.html) or we are Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ISA-Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgendered-Queer-and-Allies-Caucus/161028550622449 Best wishes, Cai -- Dr Cai Wilkinson Lecturer Undergraduate Admissions Tutor (Russian Studies) School of Government and Society University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Muirhead Tower Room 633 (sixth floor, west wing) Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 8242 (direct) Fax: +44 (0) 121 414 3423 http://www.crees.bham.ac.uk/staff/wilkinson/index.shtml Email: [log in to unmask] Skype: cxwilkinson