Category Archives: APSA Annual Meeting
Call for Nominations for 3 openings on Executive Committee
From the Chair:
The Religion and Politics Section of the APSA is pleased to announce a Call for Nominations for candidates to stand in an upcoming election to serve a two-year term on the Executive Committee of the Religion and Politics section. Three vacancies will be filled in this election. Section members who wish to self-nominate as candidates should forward a one-paragraph biography, including their institutional affiliation, to the Section Chair at e.k.wilson@rug.nl no later than July 15, 2017.
Nominees who do not self-nominate will be asked by the Chair to consent to having their name on the ballot.
This Call for Nominations will close on July 15, 2017. The election will take place at the Annual Business Meeting held during the APSA Annual Convention in San Francisco on Thursday, August 31 2017, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Facility: Parc 55
Room: Cyril Magnin III.
Members who are unable to attend the business meeting in person will be able to vote for nominees via an online ballot from 1 August until 5pm on 31 August. Details of the ballot will be announced following the closure of nominations.
I look forward to receiving your nominations.
Thank you,
Erin Wilson
Section Chair, Religion and Politics, APSA
2016 Editorial Report – Section Journal
2016 Editorial Report
APSA Religion & Politics Organized Section Business Meeting
September 1, 2016
Dear Council and Section Members,
Now in our fifth and final(!) year of editorial operation, we are pleased to report on the health of the journal and our management of it. Submissions are up, we are publishing 4 issues a year, authors receive decisions expeditiously, we receive manuscripts from all over the earth, the journal continues to break into new abstracting databases, and we are proud of the quality of research that has appeared in the journal’s pages. Before we proceed to a review of the life of the journal under our watch, we wish to thank the authors for allowing us to consider their work and the generous and thoughtful reviewers of submissions, including our Editorial Board members, some of whom have reviewed multiple times for us.
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2016 Section Business Meeting – Documents from the Chair
In preparation for the Section Business Meeting on September 1 during the APSA Annual meeting in Philadelphia, members may download and review the documents below:
1) Download R&P Section Meeting Agenda 2016;
2) Download nomination materials for new editorial team for Politics and Religion journal;
3) Download Graduate Committee report;
A roster of candidates for the Executive Council election will be posted in the coming weeks.
Mark your calendars and come to Philadelphia!
Join us in Philadelphia for our annual section business meeting and reception:
Religion and Politics Section Business Meeting
Thursday, September 1
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Facility: PA Convention Center
Room: 104-A
Religion and Politics Section Reception
Thursday, September 1
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Facility: PA Convention Center
Room: 104-B
Please visit the Annual Meeting website for updates and information on this year’s conference. The full online program will be posted next week. Remember to register before July 5th for discounts.
More information and a draft agenda for the meeting will follow in the coming weeks.