Call for submissions

Attention all authors, ABD graduate students, and dissertation advisers. We are preparing the Fall 2015 issue of the PEP Report, the official publication for the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. This is a call to publicize recently defended or forthcoming dissertations as well as recently published or forthcoming books related to presidents and executive politics, broadly defined. We request a 400-500 word summary of your dissertation or book for the next issue of the PEP Report. If interested, please email your synopsis no later than Friday, November 20th to PEPReportAPSA@gmail.com. For those submitting dissertation summaries: Along with the summary of your dissertation, please include a personal photo. For those submitting book summaries: Along with the summary of your book, please include, if possible, the book cover image and a personal photo. We hope you will contribute and inform colleagues with recent/forthcoming dissertations and books about this announcement. Please contact us at your earliest convenience with questions or comments.

Thank you,

Mark Major

Ian Ostrander

Anne Pluta

Co-Editors of PEP Report

Contact: PEPReportAPSA@gmail.com

From the Chair: 2016 Award Committees

Dear Religion and Politics Section Members:

I would like to invite all section members to become a member of our award committees for 2016 awards – the Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award and the Best Paper Award (descriptions below). These awards not only recognize the cutting-edge work being done in the field but actively shape the field and the careers of both emerging and established scholars.

Please email me at eshurd@northwestern.edu to express your interest. Committees will be convened in December and awards will be determined in June and presented at the 2016 meeting in Philadelphia. If you cannot commit to serving this year, please make a note to nominate your best dissertators and paper presenters later this year.

The Best Paper Award recognizes the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous years APSA Annual Meeting.

The Aaron Wildavsky Award recognizes the best dissertation on religion and politics successfully defended within the last two years.

Thank you,

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Chair, APSA Religion and Politics Section
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
eshurd@northwestern.edu

From the Chair: New Members of the Executive Council

Dear Religion and Politics Section Members:

Thank you for participating in our recent online election for three vacancies on the Section's Executive Council. I am pleased to announce that the following three candidates have been elected to a two-year term on the Executive Council effective immediately:

Kevin R. den Dulk, Calvin College
Email: krd33@calvin.edu

Tarek Masoud, Harvard University
Email: tarek_masoud@hks.harvard.edu

Elizabeth Oldmixon, University of North Texas
Email: oldmixon@unt.edu

Congratulations to each of you, and thanks to all who participated in the election.

Beth

 

In addition to the above new members, the Executive Council includes:

Erin K. Wilson, Groningen University – Chair-Elect
e.k.wilson@rug.nl

Matthew Nelson, University of London, SOAS
mn6@soas.ac.uk

Current Officers are:

Chair
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Northwestern University
eshurd@northwestern.edu

Treasurer
Jeremy Menchik, Boston University
menchik@bu.edu

2016 Annual Meeting Program Chair
Matthew Scherer, George Mason University
mschere2@gmu.edu

Communications Coordinator
Ricardo Barrera, Research.Legal
political.science@yahoo.com

See Section Officers and Council Members on the APSA Section Page

Call for Nominations: New Editorial Team for Section Journal, Politics & Religion

The Religion and Politics section of the American Political Science Association invites applications from individuals, pairs, or teams for the editorship of Politics and Religion (P&R) from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2021. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged. The section particularly encourages nomination of pairs or teams of editors where each editor represents a different country and a variety of substantive expertise.

The deadline is March 15, 2016.

Download the Complete Details: Call for Editors, Section Journal