Proposals approved for #APSA2011 annual meeting in Seattle. http://www.apsanet.org/index.cfm?CFID=13247946&CFTOKEN=71093451
Author Archives: Ricardo M. Barrera
2011 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Dear Colleagues,
I know that many of you are wondering what is happening about our 2011 Annual Meeting. This is the position at present.
I regret that we will not be meeting in San Francisco as originally planned.
A very protracted labor dispute between the service workers of UNITE HERE Local 2 and San Francisco hotels has been taking place and there is no sign of an end. Without any resolution clearly in sight, the APSA Council determined that we could not guarantee that the facilities and environment necessary for our scholarly deliberations would be available.
Acting on Council direction, the Association therefore notified the host hotels in San Francisco that, under these circumstances, we would not be able to hold our meeting there. We have subsequently reached a withdrawal agreement with the San Francisco hotels that will allow us to relocate without paying penalties – for which our staff deserve thanks. We are planning to return to San Francisco soon.
As I write to you, an alternative site for the 2011 Annual Meeting has not yet been selected. Let me emphasize that we are holding guaranteed space while we explore several possibilities. My preference is to find a new location on the west coast and so minimize disruption to everyone's plans. We anticipate that arrangements for a new site will be completed relatively soon now. The allocation of panels for the 2011 meeting will quickly follow.
The decision to move the meeting has not been an easy one, but there was little alternative if we were to ensure the success of the meeting for all participants. The APSA will announce the new venue as soon as the decision has been made. I look forward to seeing you there in 2011.
With best wishes
Carole Pateman
President APSA
Dissertation Award – Message from Joseph Yi
Doctor Yi writes:
I am part of the Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award committee. The section page on the main APSA site lists an incorrect address for sending dissertations to me.
Before Feb 20, 2011, send dissertations to my current address:
Joseph Yi
2041 Christie St.
Fullerton CA 92833
After Feb 20, 2011, email to:
joyichicago "at" yahoo.com
or mail to:
Dr. Joseph Yi,
Assistant Professor Department of Public Administration
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
270 Imun-dong Seoul, 130-791, Korea
joyichicago@yahoo.com
Does Religious Pluralism Require Secularism? – The Hedgehog Review
Despite predictions to the contrary, religion is not disappearing. By now many proponents of the secularization thesis—the argument that with modernity the world is becoming less and less religious on a path to a religion-free world—have admitted their error and acknowledged that religion is well and thriving in contemporary life. The rapidly increasing and deepening religious pluralism in many places around the world raises the problem of how people of radically different faiths can live together.
The essays gathered here suggest that secularism might be part of the answer. Secularism, they argue, is not anti-religious or simply the absence of religion; rather it involves the attempt to create a public realm shaped by respect for others and concern for their rights—a place in which deep differences can coexist. For a secular state is (ideally) one that enforces no one religion; treats people of all religions with equal respect; and preserves a public space for the free exercise and expression of religions. Secularism, in these pages, is thus construed as the friend of all religions, and the foe or champion of none.
What emerges from these pages is actually not one secularism, but rather a range of secularisms—French, American, Indian, and others—that can be compared, evaluated, and improved upon.
Job – Political Science Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
Political Science Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
The Keller Center for the Study of the First Amendment at the University of Colorado and the Political Science Department invite applicants for a three-semester visiting post-doctoral appointment, beginning January 2011.
Applications received by October 4, 2010 will receive priority consideration. Applications are accepted electronically at https://www.jobsatcu.com, posting #811260 and should include a letter of interest, along with a current CV, writing samples, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three letters of recommendation.
Please direct inquiries to Keller Center Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 333 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0333. See www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/Jobs/ for full job description.