BISA: Conference 2009 Draft Programme‏

Dear Colleagues, The BISA Conference Committee has now finalised the draft programme for the 2009 Conference at the University of Leicester. The full details of the draft programme are now available on the BISA website at: http://www.bisa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139-conference-provisional-programme-2009&catid=35-conferences Some of you will understandably be disappointed to find that your proposal is not included in the final programme. We had a large number of panel and paper submissions this year and the Conference Committee had to reject a number of paper submissions for various reasons. We added papers to several existing panels in order to include as many paper proposals as possible and constructed a number of panels out of the many orphan paper proposals we received. In addition to the guidelines already issued at the time of the call for papers, the decisions of the Conference Committee were also informed by the following considerations (in no particular order): 1. The relevance and timeliness of the subject of the panel/paper;2. The configuration of the panel - mix of lecturers/Profs, PhDs; mix of institutional affiliation, participation of activists/NGO reps/ officials etc.;3. Papers/ panels representing new work not previously published; 4. Equitable inclusion of the work of the BISA Working Groups. In the end the Committee believes that we have put in place an interesting and varied programme that is as inclusive as possible and certainly representative of the academic interests and expertise of the current membership. We will shortly be sending you an email about registration for the conference. If you have any queries or questions about the draft programme, please do not hesitate to contact us at bisa-conference@aber.ac.uk. With all best wishes, Richard Jackson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dr Richard JacksonSecretary, British International Studies Association (BISA)Editor, Critical Studies on TerrorismReader, Department of International PoliticsAberystwyth University,Penglais, Aberystwyth,Ceredigion, Wales SY23 3FE, United KingdomTel: +44 (0)1970-621955New Book: Critical Terrorism Studies: A New Research Agendahttp://www.routledge.com/books/Critical-Terrorism-Studies-isbn97804154 Secretary, British International Studies Association (BISA) http://www.bisa.ac.uk/Critical Studies on Terrorism (Routledge journals)www.informaworld.com/criticalterrorism Deputy Director,Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Contemporary Political Violence (CSRV)http://users.aber.ac.uk/mys/csrv/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~