February 3rd, 2009: This new website is just getting set up. Content from the old website will be added in the coming days. In the meantime, you probably want to head on over to the Annual General Meeting part of the site.
BCPSA 2010 Annual General Meeting – University of Victoria, Victoria BC, May 7-8, 2010.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – CALL FOR PAPERS
Due to many enquiries, we have decided to extend the deadline to submit paper proposals to this year’s BCPSA Conference to March 5, 2010.
We have had a strong response to our call for papers – over fifty papers have been accepted involving more than 60 presenters coming from every region of Canada as well as the United States.
We can also now announce our two keynote speakers for this year’s conference:
Janine Brodie, Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta, and Canada Research Chair in Political Economy and Social Justice
and
James Tully, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Law, Indigenous Governance and Philosophy, University of Victoria
For more information, see below, or our website: http://www.bcpsa.ca/.
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BCPSA 2010 Annual General Conference– University of Victoria, Victoria BC, May 7-8, 2010.
ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PAPERS
The Annual General Conference of the British Columbia Political Studies Association will be held Friday, May 7th and Saturday, May 8th 2010 at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria is the provincial capital of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, and readily accessible by plane or car/passenger ferry from the province’s major city, Vancouver.
The theme for this year’s conference is:
Beyond Hope? From Aspirations to Accomplishments in Contemporary Politics
In interpreting the conference theme, the BCPSA welcomes papers from any theoretical perspective and across the breadth of the discipline. Proposals on all other topics are also welcome.
Participation is open to all political scientists and others with a scholarly interest in politics. Participants from outside Canada are most welcome. Proposals and papers should be submitted to the conference organizers (see below).
Graduate students are encouraged to attend the conference and give papers. Doctoral candidates may submit their proposals and papers directly to the conference organizer; MA students are asked to submit their proposals and papers through a supervising faculty member. The BCPSA is considered a relatively friendly venue for scholars young and old.
If you would like to present a paper or organize a panel, please submit a proposal (150-200 words) by email to:
Dennis Pilon (pilon@uvic.ca) or James Lawson (lawsonj@uvic.ca)
Department of Political Science
University of Victoria
Victoria BC
Note that there will be two other major political science events in Victoria around this time: the European Community Studies Association – Canada meetings (29 April-1May) and a symposium entitled “Canada – Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (CETD) Symposium on Democracy and Participation: What can Canada and the European Union learn from each other? (28 April (afternoon/evening)-29 April). BCPSA Conference delegates are warmly encouraged to consider a longer stay or an earlier visit to Victoria to participate in these events. Details concerning the ECSA conference may be found at the Association website: http://web.uvic.ca/ecsac/ . Participation in the symposium is free, but the organizers ask that you register in advance. More details about the Symposium and registration sign up details can be found here: http://web.uvic.ca/jmc/sym_about.php .