Meetings
April
Fredericksburg, Va., April 5 - 7. "Civil Society - East and West," conference of the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies, Mary Washington College. Send inquiries to David Ambuel via e-mail: dambuel@mwc.edu For more information see the Web site: http://departments.mwc.edu/clpr/www/LCAS/conference2002.htm
Chicago, Ill., April 25 - 28. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Palmer House Hilton. Information and registration materials at the MPSA Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/conferences/conferences.html
May
Portland, Maine. May 3 –
4. New England Political Science Association. For information, write to Program
Chair Giulio Gallarotti, Department
of Government, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 06459-0519; call (860)
685-2496; or send e-mail: ggallarotti@wesleyan.edu
Seattle, Wash. May 16 –
19. “Shaping the Network Society: Patterns for Participation, Action and
Change,” National Communication Association Summer Conference on Communication
and Technology. For information write to Rod
Carveth: docrod99@hotmail.com
St. Petersburg Beach, Florida.
May 16 – 19. “Strengthening Our Community,” American Association
for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), 57th Annual Conference, in conjunction
with the World Association (WAPOR), TradeWinds Beach Resort. For more information,
consult the Web site:
http://www.aapor.org/conference/ Or write to Richard
A. Kulka, Research Triangle Institute, P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709-2194, call (919) 541-7008; fax 919.541.7004, or send e-mail:
rak@rti.org
June
Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
Bolivia. June 5 – 8. Latinamerican Association of Comunication Investigators
(ALAIC), Sixth Annual Congress. Sessions include Media and Political Comunication,
Political Economy of Comunications, Community Media and Citizenship. For iinformation,
consult the Web
site: http://www.eca.usp.br/alaic/convocatoriaBolivia2002.htm
Honolulu, Hawaii. June 11
– 15. Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Sheraton Waikiki
Hotel. For more information see the Web
site: http://hcsocial.org/
Rabat, Morocco. June 14
– 16. “The Clash of Civilizations Hypothesis: A Reassessment,”
Groupe d’études politiques sur l’Afrique du Nord Contemporaine
(GEPANC), RC-51 of the International Political Science Association. The conference
will ask whether Huntingdon’s hypothesis on the relationship between the
West and Islam will be refined or rebuilt after the events since September 11.
For information, call Lise Garon
at (418) 656-2131 ext. 7709, or send a fax 418.656.7807 or e-mail:
Lise.Garon@com.ulaval.ca
New York City. June 21 –
23. 3rd Annual Media Ecology Association convention, at Marymount Manhattan
College. Write to David Linton dlinton@mmm.edu
or Laura Tropp ltropp@mmm.edu
Tampere, Finland. June 29
– July 2. “Theorizing the Media’s ‘Place’ in Globalization,”
Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference with David Morley, discussant. For
more information, see the Web
site: http://www.crossroads2002.com
July
Barcelona, Spain. July 21
– 26. “Intercultural Communication,” IAMCR/AIECS/AIERI International
Association for Media and Communication Research. For more information, see
the Web site: http://www.barcelona2002.org/
August
Chicago, Illinois. August
16 – 19. “Allocation Processes and Ascription,” American Sociological
Association, 97th Annual Meeting, at the Hilton and Palmer House Hotels. For
more information, consult the conference Web
site: http://www.asanet.org/convention/2002/
Milan, Italy. August 25
– 28. “Globalization of Political Communication Issues” Workshop,
Political Communication Research Committee, International Political Science
Association, at a mountain resort in northern Italy. For more information, see
the Web site: http://ipsa.concordia.ca
November
New Orleans. November 21
– 24. “Communication in Action,” National Communication Association,
88th Annual Meeting, Marriott and Sheraton Hotels. For more information, see
the Web
site: http://www.natcom.org/conferences/nca.htm