The Council for European Studies (CES) seeks proposals for the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists that explore the quality of resilience in Europe. It encourages proposals from the widest range of disciplines and, in particular, proposals that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. CES invites proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe, broadly defined, and strongly encourages participants to submit their proposals as part of an organized panel. Proposals may be submitted from August 17 to October 1, 2015.

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The World International Studies Committee (WISC) and the Mexican International Studies Association (MISA) invite applications for the one-day workshop “The Current State and Future of IR Studies in the Global South” to be held at the MISA Conference in Cancun, Mexico, in October 2015.

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After careful deliberation, the International Studies Association Nominating Committee (David Capie, Nanette Levinson, Scott Gartner, Mark Crescenzi, Norrin Ripsman, Sabine Carey, Tricia Lynne Sullivan, Birol Yesilada) agreed on a single slate of candidates for ISA Officers: Brett Ashley Leeds for president; Rorden Wilkinson (U. of Sussex, UK), Jennifer Sterling-Folker, and Audie Klotz for vice presidents.  We also selected nominees for at-large representatives to the governing council from outside the recognized ISA regions.  Our charge is to forward five candidates for three positions.  We recommend the following candidates: Belgin San-Akca (Koc University, Turkey), Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), David Hornsby, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa), Gunther Hellmann (Goethe University, Germany), and Omar McDoom (LSE, UK).  

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The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University is now accepting applications for residential fellowships for the 2016-17 academic year.

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Contexto Internacional: journal of global connections will publish in 2016 a special issue on the phenomenon of ‘foreign policy politicization’ in Latin America. The guest editors (Dawisson Lopes, UFMG/Brazil and Carlos Faria, PUCMG/Brazil) are looking for manuscripts – be it case studies, comparative or conceptual-theoretical research articles – that examine the transformations/changes in the processes and institutional frameworks of foreign policy making settings recently observed in the region in order to meet the political demands of their countries’ populations.

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The Global Diplomatic Forum is organising the Fifth Edition of Young Diplomats Forum in London between the 7th and the 11th  of September. The Young Diplomats Forum is a global gathering of diplomats and aspiring diplomats below the age of 35. Previous editions took place in Turkey, Mexico, Greece and the United Kingdom and past participants came from more than 150 countries.

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