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At the upcoming ISA Annual Convention in Chicago (March 2-5 2025), the British International Studies Association (BISA) is proud to sponsor and actively contribute to several panels.
Panel details with articles or videos for further reading, where relevant, can be found below. Where they are not open access, articles shown below are free access until the end of March 2025.
We will be holding a drinks reception on Monday 3 March at 7-8pm at the Chicago Hilton Hotel. We will showcase our two highly-regarded academic journals - Review of International Studies (RIS) and the European Journal of International Security (EJIS), as well as our fantastic book series which consists of over 150 books. The reception venue is one of the official ISA conference venues and therefore very convenient following your last panel of the day.
Come and meet us, and some of our journal and book series editors, over a drink.
Please register for your free place now so that we have an idea of numbers, and don’t forget to put it in your diary! Walk ups on the day are more than welcome to join us also.
SC20: Palestine: The label of ‘terrorism’ and the permissibility of violence
Sunday 2 March 2025, 1.45pm
Where: 20 - Stevens Salon C-6, Chicago Hilton
Abstract/Description:
The Critical Studies on Terrorism sub-discipline was created as a critical response to narratives of the Global War on Terror, to interrogate the ‘productions and constructions of terrorism’ and the violence that is perpetrated to counter it. In light of the current state and non-state violence, occurring in Gaza/Israel, we want to re-open this conversation and reflect on the discursive power of the category ‘terrorism’ and the violence it permits in response to it. Following the attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023, a proscribed terrorist organisation in several countries, unprecedented levels of state violence have been legitimised and justified - violence which the UN has warned runs the risk of constituting acts of ethnic cleansing. Internationally, a broad use of the term ‘terrorism’ is being used to curtail freedoms of speech, expressions of solidarity and the right to protest, confirming previous warnings by the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights. This roundtable discussion brings together scholars for a roundtable discussion on the different framings of terrorism that permeate national and international discussion on Gaza and Israel.
Participants:
These articles are from a forthcoming special issue ‘What the War on Terror Leaves Behind’.
SA45: The role of professional associations in developing the IR discipline and its scholars
Sunday 2 March 2025, 8.15am
Where: 45 - Conference Room 4A, Chicago Hilton
Abstract/Description:
Professional associations are often best known for their conferences, but what else are they doing and how does it benefit the IR discipline and its scholars? The participants of this roundtable represent six different professional associations - BISA, ISA, APSA, UACES, EISA and ECPR. They will each discuss one of the wider aspects of their work including taking forward EDI, professional development for ECRs, advocacy, funding and grants and much more. They will also give some general information on what you can expect from each association. You’ll leave the roundtable knowing much more about all of them, how to get the most from your association memberships, and our participants will be keen to know what else you need from associations to improve and diversify their offering.
Participants:
Further reading:
In discussion: Richard Whitman - The role of professional associations and BISA
SC13: Publishing in leading journals - Meet the Editors, Sunday 2 March, 1.45pm
Andy Hom, one of the editors of Review of International Studies, and Andrew Mumford, the lead editor of European Journal of International Security, will both appear on this roundtable alongside other editors from leading IR journals. You’ll hear about the publishing process, identifying key lessons from the editor's experiences and be able to ask questions.
SB30: Communicating research within and beyond academia, Sunday 2 March, 10.30am
BISA Communications Manager Chrissie Duxson will participate in this roundtable covering what it means to communicate research effectively, why it matters, how to measure the true reach and influence of academic work, and hat tools and methods scholars can employ to broaden their audience? BISA journal Review of International Studies offers all authors the opportunity to record a video abstract to be embedded alongside their article, either in English or in their native language with English captions.
We are delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in our journal the European Journal of International Security (EJIS) from the 9th of September 2024 will be fully open access. The costs of open access publication will be covered through agreements between Cambridge University Press and the author’s institution, or through the payment of APCs from grant or other funds if available. If neither of those routes is possible then the costs will be waived entirely, ensuring every author can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA.
BISA Chair, Professor Kyle Grayson, notes:
“We believe that moving EJIS to fully open access is absolutely the right move at this time. Beyond ensuring that every paper now published by EJIS is accessible to all, we are pleased that colleagues from around the world will be able to continue to publish in the journal regardless of their institutional funding situations. This is a win for researchers in the field and a win for inclusive scholarly publishing.”
With thanks to Pixabay for the Chicago header image.
