Fifth Global International Studies Conference: 1-3 April, 2017 | National Taiwan University
Dialogue Across Borders in Turbulent Times: Addressing Global Challenges
http://www.wisc2017.org/
http://www.wisc2017.org/call-for-papers/
15 April 2016: Deadline for submissions of sections
1 July 2016 : Deadline for submissions of panels, roundtables, and papers
31 July 2016 : Deadline for Research Workshop Proposals
The theme of the conference highlights the dynamics that contribute to the turbulent times actors are facing today globally and the need to create spaces for dialogue across borders to tackle them. To satisfy this demand, we particularly welcome papers that engage with some of the following global challenges: global economic slowdown and increasing socio-political inequalities; migration and social unrest; or concurrent types of security (from regional level including China and its neighbors, North Korea, Japan, and the disputes in the Pacific to global level including ISIS). We welcome papers that tackle these issues as well as others at the global, regional, or local levels to help us understand, explain, or describe their underlying causes and various mechanisms built to deal with them.
Panel and paper proposals can be submitted to any one of the sections listed below:
Section ID number/Title
Chair/Contact information
S01 China’s regional interests
Central Asia, China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization
China and Latin American relations
(for China and South Asia/Central Asia)
Gusev, Dr. Leonid
Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russian Federation
lgoussev@yandex.ru
and
(for China and Latin America)
Soliz de Stange, Ana
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Germany
ana.soliz@giga-hamburg.de
S02 Hybrid Warfare – What Next?
International security, hybrid war, hybrid threats, war, strategy
Raitasalo, Dr. Jyri
Finnish National Defence University, Finland
jyri.raitasalo@mil.fi
S16 Theorizing historical change in International Relations
Historical and sociological approaches to study world politics Historical IR, Change, Social Evolution
Albert, Mathias
Bielefeld University, Germany
mathias.albert@uni-bielefeld.de
S23 Chinese and Japanese geopolitical strategy in East Asia
International Relations in (South) East Asia, strategy, China, One Belt and One Road, PLA modernization, Japan, TPP
沛璇, 吳
中正大學, Taiwan, Republic of China
flowerpower73a@gmail.com
S34 Theories, debates and practices at the intersection of peace and security studies
Regional cooperation mechanisms (e.g. ASEAN), The nexus of regional/international/local, Human rights and international norms, international security, peace, norms, case-studies
Freire, Prof. Maria Raquel
CES | FEUC, University of Coimbra, Portugal
rfreire@fe.uc.pt
S42 Problematizing Global Challenges: Recalibrating the „inter“ in IR Theory
The nexus of regional/international/local, Turmoil in the Middle East and its spillover effects, The Possibilities of a Global IR, International Relations in (South) East Asia, Historical and sociological approaches to study world politics
Section chair:
Roesch, Dr. Felix
Coventry University, United Kingdom
ab3522@coventry.ac.uk
S43 Global IR in Asia
The Possibilities of a Global in Asia, Global IR, Chinese IR, Balance of Relationship, Non-Western IR
Yuan, Prof. I
National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Republic of China
yyuan@nccu.edu.tw
S46 Resurgence of China: A Historical and Comparative Perspective
Resurgence of China, world order, historical and comparative perspectives on world order
Section chair:
Wu, Prof. Yu-Shan
National taiwan university, Taiwan, Republic of China
yushanwu@gate.sinica.edu.tw
S48 South China Sea Session
South China Sea, Spratly Islands, UNCLOS, Non-traditional security, sea lane of communication
Wang, Prof. Kuan-Hsiung
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, Republic of China
khwang@ntnu.edu.tw
S 49 U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations
U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Taiwan relations, US-China-Taiwan relations, cross-Strait relations, U.S.-led Asian policy
Chen, Prof. I-hsin
Tamkang University, Taiwan, Republic of China
chened8852@yahoo.com.tw
S45 Taiwan and the World
Taiwan and regional situation.
Wang, Prof. Kao-Cheng
Tamkang University, Taiwan, Republic of China
kcwang@mail.tku.edu.tw
S50 Human Security and Peace: Different Regions, Multiple Dimensions, and Plural Methods
Human Security, Negative Peace, Positive Peace, Peacebuilding, Conflict
Tang, Prof. Chih-Mao
Soochow University, Taiwan, Republic of China
cmt@scu.edu.tw
S51 Europe and Asia as Regional International Societies
Regional cooperation mechanisms (e.g. ASEAN), The nexus of regional/international/local, regionalism, international society, English School, solidarism
Thomas Diez
University of Tübingen
thomas.diez@uni-tuebingen.de
S52 Quantitative Research Methods and East Asian International Relations Theories
International Relations in (South) East Asia, studying peace and conflict using large-n data
Chang, Prof. Wen-Yang
National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Republic of China
wychang@nccu.edu.tw
S53 Governance of Global Economy: Trade and FinanceRegional cooperation mechanisms (e.g. ASEAN), The nexus of regional/international/local, International Relations in (South) East Asia, Other, global economic governance, global financial governance, global trade governance, WTO, TPP
Jędrzejowska, Dr. Karina Joanna
University of Warsaw, Poland
k.jedrzejowska@uw.edu.pl
S54 Histories and Sociologies of IR and the Postcolonial Challenge
The geographies and imaginations of the postcolonial challenge, the politics of translating, how to write histories and sociologies of IR from a postcolonial perspective, how is disciplinary knowledge constructed, how can interdisciplinarity be conceptualized, how does the postcolonial perspective enable/disable the rethinking of theories and concepts considered central to critical IR such as emancipation, cosmopolitanism, in/security and violence.
Capan, Dr. Zeynep Gulsah
Bilkent University, Turkey
zgulsah@gmail.com
S56 Dialogue across Borders in Turbulent Times: Addressing Global Challenges
How International Relations are studied, published and taught, as well as discussions about theory and approaches that may include discussions on the epistemology, methodology and ontology of the discipline.
De Alba-Ulloa, Dr. Jessica
Universidad Anáhuac México, Mexico
jessica.dealba@anahuac.mx
S17 Exploring Global South Contributions in International Relations
Present IR pedagogy, its curriculum in the Global South, and how it compares, differs and relates to Global North’s IR overall pedagogy; explore publishing experiences and/or difficulties of Global South IR scholars in leading English-IR publishing houses and journals; analyze contributions of Post-Colonial IR scholarship in the contemporary period; and; discuss theorizing efforts of Global South IR scholars in contemplating about the ‘international’.
Adiong, Dr. Nassef Manabilang
Philippine International Studies Organization (PhISO), Philippines
info@nassef-m-adiong.com
S57 Realist Visions of World Order and Foreign Policy in Times of Global Power Shifts
Realism, neoclassical realism, foreign and security policy, Eurasia, South East Asia.
Reichwein, Dr. Alex
Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany
alexander.reichwein@sowi.uni-giessen.de
S79 Africa and World Politics
What are potential African contributions to a Gobal IR? Can African history, norms, values and institutions provide alternative pathways for a more inclusive expansion towards a global community? Can African understandings of security or community and its recent regionalism efforts offer new insights beyond the African Continent? Offer African (colonial) experiences and (traditional and post-colonial) politics new insights for a more comprehensive understanding of world politics?
Roesch, Dr. Felix
Coventry University, United Kingdom
ab3522@coventry.ac.uk
S20 The regional and global implications of the Arab Spring and crises in the Middle East
The impact of the Syrian civil war on its neighbours, Refugee crisis in the EU and elsewhere, the consequences of violent versus non-violent change, establishing the link between social movements and international relations scholarship
Section chair TBA, contact:
Esra Cuhadar
Bilkent University
esracg@bilkent.edu.tr
S87 The European Union and Asia: Bilateral and Inter-regional Relations
European Union, regionalism, free trade, and foreign policy
Section chair TBA, contact
Dominguez, Dr. Roberto
Suffolk University, United States of America
robdomri@yahoo.com
S86 Climate Change, Energy and Environment After Paris
Governance, environment, energy, common goods, carbon trading systems
Dominguez, Dr. Roberto
Suffolk University, United States of America
robdomri@yahoo.com
S85 Pivots of Security Governance in a Polycentric World
Security, governance, emerging powers, stability and regionalism
Dominguez, Dr. Roberto
Suffolk University, United States of America
robdomri@yahoo.com
Proposals for sections:
We invite participants to submit section proposals. A section may consist of between five and ten panel sessions during the conference. While the section proposals may address the conference themes, proposals for sections in other themes are also welcome. A section chair can upload section proposals to the registration system here. A section chair is responsible for proposing a section around a theme; identifying preliminary panels at the proposal stage; composing the rest of the section’s programme, by selecting papers that were proposed in response to the call for papers; identifying panel chairs and discussants; and taking overall responsibility for the actual implementation of their section in the conference programme.
Proposals for panels, roundtables and papers:
We invite participants to propose papers, panels or roundtables by registering as a user and uploading the respective proposals to the conference registration system accessible here. A panel consists of four or five papers (minimum/maximum), one or two discussants and a chairperson. Linked panels on a common theme can also be proposed and should be marked accordingly. Up to four panels can be linked in this fashion. A roundtable consists of up to 8 participants and a chairperson. Each panel and roundtable lasts for 105 minutes. Paper-givers will have approximately 12 minutes for their presentation, as will the discussant(s). Chairpersons of both panels and roundtables should leave approximately 30 minutes for discussion from the audience.
Papers will be given in English and will have to be uploaded on the conference registration system. Powerpoint presentation is possible. A paper will be allocated by the Programme Committee to an appropriate panel, tabled, or rejected. A tabled paper is an official contribution to the Conference but one that will not be discussed in a panel due to the exigencies of time, space or topic. Panel proposals should include an international element among its participants or the Programme Committee may exercise its prerogative to include such an element. It is expected that paper givers will circulate their papers to all other participants on their panel in a timely fashion.
The Conference is open to all members of any WISC member organization and to others with similar interests in the scholarly and practical aspects of international studies. The Programme Committee reserves the right to refuse permission to participate. Decisions of the Programme Committee are final.
15 April 2016: Deadline for submissions of sections
1 July 2016 : Deadline for submissions of panels, roundtables, and papers
31 July 2016 : Deadline for Research Workshop Proposals
1 October 2016: Latest date for communicating acceptance / rejection decisions
1-3 April 2017: 5th Global International Studies Conference, Taipei
