Call for Roundtable participation on: “Leveraging Innovative Scholarship for Progressive Social Transformation”
International Studies Association 60th Annual Convention March 27th - 30th, 2019, Toronto, Canada Several ISA members are collaborating to propose a roundtable for ISA 2019 in Toronto that encourages scholars to think creatively about how we can use our specialized academic knowledge and skills in the service of progressive social change, broadly construed. If you are interested in speaking on this roundtable, please send a brief proposal indicating how you would engage the themes outlined in the proposed roundtable abstract below to Peter (Jay) Smith at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by May 24. The roundtable organizers will notify prospective participants about whether their proposal seems to fit the roundtable by May 26. Abstract This roundtable brings together innovative scholars who have successfully deployed their academic knowledge and skills in order to advance progressive politics. Panelists will reflect on what it means to be a scholar-activist today and how best to use academic tools in the service of global social, economic, and environmental justice, human rights and democracy. How can scholars shape policies and outcomes, both inside and outside of established institutions? How can scholars engage with social initiatives at local, national, and transnational levels to challenge broad structures of oppression? Presentations will share concrete accounts of how scholarly engagement contributes to promoting human rights and global justice and present generalized observations about how those working in academic settings can contribute particular skills and resources that are essential to social emancipation and the elimination of structural violence. Included here is attention to the ways universities reinforce unjust social relations and how those in the academy can work to redirect the university and appropriate university spaces for the broader society. Dimitris Stevis Professor Department of Political Science Colorado State University 200 West Lake Street Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1782 USA office: Clark C340 phone (office): +970-491-6082 fax: +970-491-2490 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://polisci.colostate.edu/author/dimitris/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
