In recent years the number of scholars in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific studying and teaching international relations and global politics has grown dramatically. And the diversity of work currently underway is greater than ever before.
The first Oceanic Conference on International Studies is designed to bring this growing community together, to help build satisfying and productive networks and relationships, and to showcase the variety of world-class research being conducted in the region.
It will be held on 14-16 July 2004 and hosted by the Department of International Relations in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. The conference is also sponsored by the National Institute of Social Sciences and Law (NISSL). NISSL has generously provided bursaries to the value of $10,000 to support PhD students from around the region to attend the conference.
The Organizing Committee for the conference is a diverse group of scholars, drawn from a range of institutions in Australia and New Zealand. It comprises: Chris Reus-Smit, Alex Bellamy, Robyn Eckersley, Richard Leaver, William Tow, Len Seabrooke, Jacqui True, and Marc Williams.
The Organizing Committee is delighted to call for panel and paper proposals. Proposals are welcomed on any topic within the fields of international relations and global politics, broadly defined. Proposals for panels should include no more than four paper presenters, and no discussants. Submissions for papers may come from individual scholars or collaborators.
Panel proposals must include a panel title, an overview paragraph describing the topic and logic of the panel, a 200 word abstract for each contributing paper, biographical details on each of the participants, and a statement that all proposed presenters have agreed to participate. Proposals from individuals or collaborators should include only the title, paper abstract, and the presenter's biographical details. Full contact details must be included with all proposals. The organizing committee will group individual papers into panels and streams.
The paper and panel proposal deadline closed in February 2004. The Organizing Committee has reviewed all proposals on the basis of topicality and scholarly merit. When reviewing panel proposals, the Committee placed particular emphasis on the diversity of the proposed panel. Panels that include diverse perspectives and approaches, bring together scholars from different institutions, incorporate gender diversity, and include junior as well as senior scholars will be given preference.
A draft program of the conference panels is now available. The final Conference program will be published on the OCIS website by 1 July 2004.
The Organizing Committee will peer review and publish the Conference papers on its website. Presenters who wish their papers to be peer reviewed and published should email them as MS Word documents to Marylouise.Hickey@anu.edu.au by 15 June 2004. The review process will conform will DEST guidelines. As a guide, papers accepted for on-line publication must be of quality equivalent to a conference paper for a prominent international conference; use the Harvard or Chicago referencing styles consistently; and be 6-8,000 words of length.
Christian Reus-Smit (co-chair), ANU
Christian.Reus-Smit@anu.edu.au
Alex Bellamy (co-chair), UQ
a.bellamy@uq.edu.au
Robyn Eckersley, Melbourne
r.eckersley@unimelb.edu.au
Richard Leaver, Flinders
Richard.Leaver@flinders.edu.au
Len Seabrooke, ANU
leonard.seabrooke@anu.edu.au
William Tow, Griffith
W.Tow@griffith.edu.au
Jacqui True, Auckland
j.true@auckland.ac.nz
Marc Williams, New South Wales
marc.williams@unsw.edu.au