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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 28 MARCH</span></b><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) 2019 Conference </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">‘Democracy, Sovereignty and Self-Determination in the Pacific Islands’</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">University of New Caledonia, Nouméa, 25-27 June 2019</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Conference Announcement and Call for Papers</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The conference theme draws attention to broad issues and challenges that remain at the centre of political concerns around the Pacific, from the different ways in which democracy is (or is not) practised in the
region to the varied political status of Pacific Island countries and territories and their relations with former or current colonial powers. Democracy, sovereignty and self-determination also raise issues of inclusion and exclusion along the lines of gender,
race, ethnicity and class all of which are implicated in access to political status, agency, influence and ultimately power. Sovereignty and self-determination have particular resonance in the wake of the New Caledonian referendum, the relisting of French
Polynesia on the UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, the forthcoming referendum in Bougainville and the status of West Papua, as well as the existential threats to the Pacific region posed by climate change and rising sea levels. Papers are welcome
on these and any other aspects of politics in the Pacific Islands, whether in the local, domestic, regional or global spheres. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Individual paper proposals should take the form of an abstract of no more than 300 words. Panel proposals should provide a title of the panel as a whole, a panel abstract, and a list of speakers. French language
papers, panels and presentations are welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The deadline for paper and panel proposals is
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Thursday 28th March 2019</span>. Please submit your abstracts through this link:</span></b><span style="color:black">
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FB7SH7W">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FB7SH7W</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Acceptances will be issued as soon as possible after that date. However, those submitting abstracts ahead of the deadline, and wish to apply for travel funds, make early flight bookings etc., may ask for an earlier
response (email <a href="mailto:kerryn.baker@anu.edu.au">kerryn.baker@anu.edu.au</a>). Registration information will be sent out in early 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">There will be travel grants available for Pacific Islander scholars to attend the 2019 PIPSA conference.
<b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">The deadline for travel grant applications is now Thursday 14th March 2019</span></b>. If you wish to apply for a grant, please indicate on the abstract submission form and send a CV to
<a href="mailto:kerryn.baker@anu.edu.au">kerryn.baker@anu.edu.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please circulate this call for papers through your own networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For questions and further information about the conference, please email
<a href="mailto:kerryn.baker@anu.edu.au">kerryn.baker@anu.edu.au</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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