Child Care Facilities at 2013 ECPR Joint Sessions
Going to the 2013 Joint Sessions at Mainz? Toddler tagging along? Here is information on on-site child care facilities.
Category: Political Science
Joint Sessions 2013: Local Excursions
Going to the 41st Joint Sessions? Looking forward to the “Social” in Social Science? We’ve posted information on a couple of guided walking tours on the local website, including the “Great Wine Capital” and the “Sparkling Wine” tour. Highly recommended, though the “walking” part could become a bit of a challenge!
Extreme Right Bibliography Updated
It’s that time of the year again: I’ve updated my Extreme Right Bibliography, which now counts 418 titles. Enjoy, fellow anoraks!
New Blog & Data Base on Political Extremism: Extremis Project
If you are at all interested in political extremism, go straight to the (relatively) new hub that is the Extremis Project. Short updates by country experts, lengthy pieces of in-depth analysis, a growing research database – they have it all. Hell, they even ran a sort of birthday special for the FN’s 40th anniversary.My only…
ECPR Gen Conference 2013: Last Chance to Submit Extreme/Radical/Populist/New/etc. Right panel proposals
The 7th ECPR General Conference will be held at Sciences Po Bordeaux in September 2013. This is your last chance to submit your panel proposal for our section “Perspectives on the New Right” (or for any other section) , as the deadline is October 5. Submit your proposal at: http://new.ecprnet.eu/MyEcpr/Forms/PanelProposalForm.aspx?EventID=5
Germany: The Wall in the Head, twenty years after unification
Today is Oscar Gabriel’s retirement/leaving do. Unfortunately, I could not make it to the party, but I wrote a chapter for the super-secret Festschrift that should by now be in his hands. The chapter (in German) deals with an old favourite of his (and mine): cultural-attitudinal differences between East and West Germany (or rather between…
Joint Sessions 2013: Local Information Update
Have you already submitted your paper for the Joint Sessions 2013 at Mainz? We have updated the pages that provide local information on transport, accommodation, and the City of Mainz. There is even a neat GoogleMap (also accessible from your mobile) showing the conference hotels, airports and relevant railway stations. We will add further information…
Conference Poster Preview
Thanks to our very capable Art Director, the Conference Poster for the 2013 Joint Sessions is ready for distribution and will be circulated shortly.
DFG will support Joint Sessions 2013
Excellent news: My bid for funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation was successful, meaning that the DFG will cover a sizable chunk of the administrative costs of the conference. So, to repeat myself, go and submit your paper proposals.
ECPR Joint Sessions 2013: Local Website online
Our local website is now online. At the moment, it’s mostly a placeholder, but we will begin adding travel and accommodation information from September 2012. Stay tuned!