Dear all,


Please see below deadlines. The deadline for panel/paper submissions for
the PSA annual conference is 14th October.

If you are interested in giving a paper at the PSA conference as part of a
women and politics panel then please can you send me your abstracts by 5th
October and I'll put together panel proposals.

In the meantime it would be very helpful if you could let me know if in
principle you would be interested in giving a paper on a women and
politics panel so I can get a rough idea of numbers.

Best wishes
Liz


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31 July 2012

No.30

Dear PSA Members

To opt out of the newsletter click
here<http://www.psa.ac.uk/Unsubscribe/NewsLetter.aspx>.

Interested in promoting an event, conference or call via the PSA Website?
Please send all such notices to
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> & Jack
Neenan<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (Communications Officer, PSA UK)


1.       PSA 63rd Annual International Conference 2013 – The Party’s Over?

25 – 27 March - Cardiff City Hall


Find out more about the broad themes and the process for proposing both
panels and papers
here<http://www.psa.ac.uk/2013/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f2013%2findex.aspx>.
 The deadline for submission of all proposals for Panels or Papers is 14
October 2012.


2.       A Call for Papers - Silvio Berlusconi and Post-Modern Politics:
One-day Conference

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 14 December 2012

Paper proposals should be submitted by 1 October to Jim
Newell<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and Daniele
Albertazzi<mailto:[log in to unmask]> from either of whom further
details about the conference can be obtained. The event is supported by
the Italian Politics Specialist
Group<http://italianpolitics.blogspot.co.uk/> of the Political Studies
Association (PSA), the PSA, Italian studies at Birmingham and the
University of Salford. A keynote speech will be given by Professor Stephen
Gundle, University of Warwick and international media will be invited to
attend.


3.       A Call for Papers – Political Thought Specialist Group Annual
Conference 2012


The Political Thought Specialist Group of the Political Studies
Association will hold its annual conference on Saturday 24th November 2012
at the LSE. The conference will be sponsored by the LSE Centre for the
Study of Human Rights. The theme for this year is: Human Rights Thought
and Practice in the Contemporary World.
We invite proposals of papers for presentation at the conference. Please
send your proposals to both Dr. Evangelia
Sembou<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and Dr. Zenon
Stavrinides<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, by 15 September 2012.
Proposals should include an abstract of up to 500 words, name and
institutional affiliation, as well as a short biographical note.
For more information on the content of the conference, please visit the
PSA website’s conference pages<http://www.psa.ac.uk/ConfAppt>.


4.       National Teaching Fellowships 2012 Winners Announced


Congratulations to Christopher
Goldsmith<http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/contacts/detail/ntfs/2012/Goldsmith_Christopher_profile_NTFS_2012>
(De Montfort) and Cristina
Leston-Bandeira<http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/contacts/detail/ntfs/2012/Leston-Bandeira_Cristina_profile_NTFS_2012>
(Hull) on being awarded National Teaching Fellowships of the Higher
Education Academy. Both Chris and Cristina have been very influential in
learning and teaching innovations in the discipline and the awards, which
come with £10,000 to be used to further develop their teaching practice,
are richly deserved.

For details about the NTF award and other forms of professional
recognition, go to the Higher Education Academy
website<http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals>.  If you would like more
information about the HEA and what it can do for you and your institution,
please contact Steven Curtis<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, the
Discipline Lead for Politics.



5.       Consultation News

i) Promoting Local Democracy: A Welsh Government White Paper

In line with the Welsh Government’s commitments to consult prior to
introducing legislation, this White Paper seeks responses to the proposed
content of the Bill together with other proposals designed to make
improvements in relation to local democracy.

For full details of the bill and links to further consultation documents,
please visit the Welsh Government’s consultation
page<http://new.wales.gov.uk/consultations/localgovernment/promlocdemocracy/?lang=en>.

Responses must be submitted by 03 August.

ii) A Scottish Government consultation on the proposed Community
Empowerment and Renewal Bill

This consultation sets out a range of ideas designed to meet the aims of
the proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill: to support
communities to achieve their own goals and aspirations through taking
independent action and by having their voices heard in the decisions that
affect their area.

For more information and associated downloadable documents, please visit
the Scottish Government’s
website<http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/06/7786>.

Responses must be submitted by 29 August.


6.       Select Committee News


i) The Foreign Affairs Committee has recently published its report on
‘British Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring’. To see the report, please
visit the committee’s
webpage<http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/foreign-affairs-committee/news/arab-spring---report-published/>.

ii) The Foreign Affairs Committee has launched a new inquiry into ‘the
foreign policy implications of and for a separate Scotland’.  A call for
evidence has been announced with a deadline of 24 September 2012. All the
relevant documentation for the inquiry can be downloaded from the
Committee’s
webpage<http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/foreign-affairs-committee/news/scotland-tor/>.


7.       Follow us on Twitter



The PSA Twitter<http://twitter.com/polstudiesassoc> account now has nearly
1000 followers, and it’s increasing day by day.  If you have written any
articles, why not send them to the PSA and we can promote it on our
Twitter feed and help you reach a wider audience. Send any articles or
blog posts to Jack Neenan<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, PSA’s
Communications Officer.


8.       Did You Know?


The PSA website provides information on; academic vacancies, calls for
papers at PSA and relevant non-PSA Conferences, relevant Seminars, Public
Lectures, Summer Schools and Workshops, studentships and research
opportunities? We currently have links to over 40 such calls.

For further information, click here<http://www.psa.ac.uk/ConfAppt>.



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Dr Elizabeth Evans
Lecturer in Politics
SPAIS
University of Bristol
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