As many of us have experienced, visa applications can be a source of anxiety when traveling for any reason, and ISA wants to help ease that burden as much as possible. To this end, we are committed to releasing the ISA2023 program on September 15 to allow people enough time to submit visa applications. Applications can take anywhere from 12-23 weeks to obtain.

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ISA is excited by the enthusiastic response to the ISA 2023 Call for Proposals from both members and non-members. We had a record of over 3,000 proposals submitted in one day, as well as receiving our highest number of submissions in many years, coming in with the 3rd highest submissions of all time. The program team, led by Drs. Erica Chenoweth at Harvard Kennedy School and Swati Parashar at the University of Gothenburg, is continuously working on building the program for ISA 2023 in Montréal. Thank you for your continued support for the Annual Convention and your help in building ISA’s vibrant research and teaching community and innovative programs.

We look forward to seeing you in Montréal!

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ISA also offers a number of program experiences that go beyond traditional forms of conference participation - check out our special program opportunities for the ISA 2023 Convention in Montréal!

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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much discussion, positive and negative, about the viability of, and prospects for, virtual participation at the ISA annual convention. We have all participated in many different virtual events the past two years – some small, some large (like the April 2021 ISA annual convention), and many in-between.  As a result, we have learned a great deal about what works and what doesn’t. Now as we look to the future, we hope to put that knowledge to work for the ISA membership, within the constraints of time, personnel, and funding. 

In the interests of transparency and good communication across the organization, and with apologies for the lengthy correspondence, we write to you now to lay out what we know about virtual programming, how it applies to ISA, and why the decision was made that ISA 2023 in Montreal will be an in-person-only event.

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Dear ISA Colleagues, For those of you who were able to attend the recent Nashville 2022 Convention, we hope that you found the return to the in-per...

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We hope that you had a fulfilling week at ISA2022 whether you participated in-person in Nashville, as part of the virtual events, or both! It was perhaps the oddest ISA on record, being held across multiple platforms, in masks (for those in-person) and at a venue that was one of the more unique ones to host ISA. With any luck at all, next year in Montreal will be much closer to “normal.”

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