Dear GEP-ed: Hope your new year has gotten off to a good start in the classroom and elsewhere. I am writing with an update and a crucial request for ESS programming at ISA 2023.
We have been quite successful with our various co-sponsorship requests, which means that the total ESS footprint, including the Co-sponsorships, includes 51 panels, plus one Distinguished Scholars panel. On the other hand, this year has also seen a large number of withdrawals and I am struggling to fill several discussant roles. I'd be grateful if you could accept the several invitations for chairing or discussant roles that several of you have received from the ISA conference system. On the other hand, if you will be at ISA and are able to take on a discussant role, please let me know via email (pkash...@brandeis.edu). I and the entire ISA leadership are super grateful for your contributions. More broadly, we need to think about whether the high rates of withdrawal from in-person conferences is a systemic post-pandemic issue that should prompt us to rethink conferencing and programming in the academy. It looks like other associations, such as the AAG, have addressed these questions in different ways. This has to be an ongoing conversation in this community. My best wishes, Prakash -------------- Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. (Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SRC3hyMAAAAJ&hl>; Website <https://kashwan.net/>) Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Affiliated Faculty, Heller School for Social Policy & Management Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Editor, Environmental Politics Vice Chair/Program Chair, Environmental Studies Section, International Studies Association (ISA) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAGFqAKqsH8GkWo7_VQ7nwUDeX89dQxCZw1bC73-YNZR_oU-aYw%40mail.gmail.com.
