Meetings

April

London, April 10 - 13. Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, 50th Annual Conference.

Copenhagen, April 14 - 19. European Consortium of Political Research Joint Workshops.

Chicago, April 19 - 23. Midwest Sociological Society. Theme: The Century of the Minority Majority. Send inquiries to Barbara J. Bank, Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.

May

La Londe les Maures, France, May 5 - 10. European Worldview: Narratives of European Life. European Science Foundation. Send e-mail or consult the Web site.

Fredericton, Canada, May 18 - 21. Qualitatives 2000, the 17th annual conference on qualitative analysis, University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. Theme: Social Process and Meaning in Ethnography. For information write to Will C. van den Hoonaard, Department of Sociology, P.O.B. 4400, Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3, or call (506) 453-4849, fax 506.453.4659.

June

Acapulco, Mexico, June 1 - 5. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Theme: ICA: 50 Years of Research in Communication, Culture, and Cognition.

Orono, Maine, June 15 - 17. Public Broadcasting and the Public Interest, University of Maine. For information call (207) 581-1941 or send e-mail.

Washington, D.C., June 22 - 24. NCA Political Communication Summer Conference. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Theme: Communicating Politics: Engaging the Public in Campaign 2000 and Beyond.

July

Seattle, Wash., July 1 - 4. International Society of Political Psychology, Westin Hotel. Theme: Hopes and Fears in the Transition to the New Millennium. The program chair is Kristen Monroe.

Muncie, Ind., July 13 - 15. Communication Technology and Global Culture, Ball State University.Write to K. S. Sitaram, Department of Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-6609, call (618) 453-6995, fax 618.453.6982.

Iowa City, July 14 - 15. NCA Culture Summer Conference, University of Iowa. Theme: Communication & Cultural Politics.

Rochester, N.Y., July 20 - 22. Intercultural Communication Academic Conference. Holiday Inn Airport. Theme: Civic Discourse for the third Millennium. Write to Michael Prosser, conference organizer.

August

Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 9 - 12, 2000. AEJMC convention.

Washington, D.C., Aug. 10 - 11. Culture & Democracy: Acting Locally, Nationally, Globally. Culture Section Mini-conference at George Mason University, Organizer: Paul Lichterman, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.

Washington, D.C., Aug. 11 - 13. American Sociological Association, Renaissance Mayflower Hotel.

Curitiba, Brazil, Aug. 23 - 31. International Conference on Politics & Innovation, at the Catholic University of Paraná. Organizer: Manuel V. Heitor, Center for Innovation, Technology & Policy Research, Instituto Superior Técnico.

Washington, D.C., Aug. 31 - Sept. 3. American Political Science Association, 96th Annual Meeting. Theme: Political Science as Discipline? Reconsidering Power, Choice & the State at Century's End.

November

Seattle, Wash., Nov. 8 - 12. National Communication Association, Convention and Trade Center, Sheraton Seattle. Call (701) 750-0533.

Albany, N.Y., Nov. 9 - 11. Northeastern Political Science Association, Crowne Plaza Hotel. Write to the program chair, Jeffrey Kraus, Department of History, Political Science & Economics, Wagner College, 1 Campus Road, Staten Island, NY 10301.