Annette Schavan Resigns as German Education Minister – not a zu Guttenberg
Annette Schavan has done the honest thing and resigned as Federal Minister for Education. Compare and contrast with the zu Guttenberg Saga
German Education Minister Stripped of Doctorate
German Federal Education Minister Annette Shavan has been stripped of her PhD What is it about German politicians and their dodgy doctorates?
Joint Sessions Social Program: Guided Tour of the New Synagogue
One of my colleagues, who is head of the Israel Studies unit here at Mainz, has kindly agreed to organise a guided tour of the new synagogue for the participants of the ECPR Joint Sessions. If you are interested, drop us a line.
ECPR Joint Sessions Accommodation Update
If you haven’t sorted out your accommodation by now, you have a problem. All the rooms we had pre-booked through the Mainz tourist board are gone. There seem to be a few rooms left in Wiesbaden, but they are going fast. On the local website, we have listed a some hotels which run their own…
Bordeaux Extreme Right Panel: Submit Your Paper NOW
Radical Right buffs out there, have you submitted your paper proposal for Bordeaux yet? As you may or may not know, Liz Carter and I have put together a six-panel-section on the New Right for the 7th ECPR General Conference in September. The deadline is February 1, i.e. in just four days – submit your…
Updated ECPR Joint Sessions Excursions Booking Form
Apparently, there was a glitch in the excursions booking system, but that should be ironed out by now. One audacious member of the team took the trouble to book an excursion for herself, so we can confirm that everything works just fine. If you have no plans for Thursday afternoon yet, why not book an…
Joint Sessions 2013 Workshop Room Assignment
It may look like a trivial matter, and that’s because it is an (almost) trivial matter: We have finally found a room for each and every of the 33 workshops, from “Interpreting Foreign Policy” to “What We Talk About When We Talk About Europe”. Go to our quasi-interactive list of rooms and buildings to find…
Retro-Blogging Research: Rhineland-Palatinate, Lakatos, Turkey & Political Opportunity Structure
Every now and then, I spend a merry evening pulling half-forgotten manuscripts/preprints into this not-so-new website. Here is tonight’s potpourri
Call for Papers: Perspectives on the New Right (ECPR General Conference 2013)
Liz Carter and I are organising a rather large section on the New Right (aka Radical Right, Populist Right, Extreme Right) for the 7th ECPR General Conference that will run from September 4 to September 7 this year. With six quality panels, we can accommodate up to 30 papers, which is obviously great. More specifically,…
ECPR Joint Sessions Social Programme Taking Shape
With just two months to go until the 41st Joint Sessions of Workshops at Mainz, the local team is getting super-excited, if not slightly panicky. We have finally found funding for two drinks/finger-food receptions: a welcome bash at the university on Monday evening (5-7), and another reception on Wednesday night at Mainz City Hall following…