The Global Development Studies (GDS) Section invites you to join a roundtable on February 5, 2021 at 11am ET (4 pm GMT) that celebrates, and...

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ISA Headquarters is composed of a staff of 12 people, many of whom are located at the University of Connecticut. We are excited to introduce you to the ISA HQ staff so that you can get to know us a bit better! This week's staff spotlight is Alexandra Harden, ISA Graduate Assistant.

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The editors of Global Studies Quarterly invite submissions for a special issue on the topic of cruelty and global politics, with a focus on cruelty’s connections with, and as a manifestation of, global injustice and inequality. Interested authors should submit their 300-word abstracts to gsq@utah.edu by February 15, 2021. Successful proposals will be notified by March 1, 2021. Full papers of 8-10,000 words should be submitted for peer review by July 1, 2021.

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In the next installation of the Broadening Engagement with Global Peace and Security series, ISA James N. Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow, Evelyn N. Mayanja, interviews Will Fitzgibbon and Jelena Cosic,  journalists from The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). In this webinar, they examine the impact of extractive industries upon peace and security. Please join their discussion on January 28th, 2021 at 9am ET.

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Calling all storytellers, plant and animal lovers, poets, home office renovators, mixologists, bakers, musicians, hobbyists of all stripes and creatives of all types! We want to make this a virtual conference like none other and we need your help! We're looking for people who want to share some of their favorite pastimes and stories with conference attendees in brief pre-recorded video clips.

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The ISA Human Rights section is pleased to announce that submissions for the next joint human rights conference on the topic Human Rights and Foreign Policy, to be held online 14-16 June, are now open. The conference is held in association with the Human Rights Consortium, University of London; the Human Rights Section, American Political Science Association; and the Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice, European Consortium for Political Research. The conference will explore a wide variety of issues related to the role of human rights in foreign policy, and we invite paper and panel proposals which are theoretically and methodologically diverse. We anticipate multiple publications from the conference, including a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights and an edited volume to be used for teaching. The deadline for paper/panel submissions is 19 February.

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