PSAI 2009 Call For Papers

The headline theme for this conference will be “Political Relationships between Britain and Ireland”, and we particularly welcome paper and panel proposals which address topics related to this theme. However, as is the tradition of the PSAI Annual Conference, paper and panel proposals are welcome in all areas of politics and international relations, not just on the conference’s headline theme and not just those with an Irish dimension. This can include (though is not confined to):

• political theory and philosophy

•  political parties and elections

• government and policy making

•  peace and conflict studies

• international relations

• local government and administration

• political communication

•  political history

Procedures for submitting a proposal

Please forward an abstract of no more than 300 words to the conference convenor, Dr Michael Holmes, at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The abstract should be submitted as a word attachment, together with a covering email stating the title of your paper, your institutional affiliation and your contact details.

Before submitting your proposal, you might want to consider assembling a panel. You can do this by rounding up other potential panellists yourself, or by contacting the appropriate PSAI specialist study group (see www.psai.ie). Panel proposals must include abstracts for each paper.

The deadline for the receipt of proposals is Friday 29 May 2009. The conference programme will be issued by the end of June.