Call for papers: 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Israel Studies

Sustainable Israel: A Changing Society in the 21st Century

The Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies, Concordia University
June 1 - 3, 2015

Call for Papers

The Program Committee of the 31st Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies invites scholars conducting research on any aspect of Israel Studies to submit proposals for individual papers and organized panels. Proposals relating to the conference theme – “Sustainable Israel: A Changing Society in the 21st Century” are of particular interest.

Sustainability is a pressing global challenge in the 21st century. The growing gap between human needs and the limited availability of resources that are required to meet them has put the responsible collective management of those resources at the center of attention in global and national policy making. Sustainable development has always been central to the Zionist vision as suggested by Ben Gurion’s vision to “make the desert bloom” or Golda Meir’s famous quote: “We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel”. Sustainable development is a multi-dimensional concept and as such it reflects very well the multi-disciplinary nature and concern of the field of Israel Studies. While it centers on issues of environmental protection, social justice, and responsible economic growth, it also encompasses the diversity of ways in which the debates over this collective responsibility get articulated in the historic, social, cultural and political realms. It highlights the intimate connection between past, present and future, both in a global and in a local/national.

Deadline for Submission of all Proposals: December 15, 2014

Submission Guidelines:

• Individual papers and panel proposals should be submitted using the online submission form available on the AIS website: www.aisisraelstudies.org.
• Individual paper proposals should not exceed 250 words.
• The committee strongly encourages scholars to submit panel proposals. These should include information on the panel  theme and on each individual paper and should not exceed 750 words.
• PhD students who have completed their course work are encouraged to apply and should provide the email of their advisor for approval.
• All presenters will be required to register for the conference and be current AIS members. Registration is online.
• Late proposals will not be accepted.

Travel Grants:

All applications should be sent by email to Professor Ilan Ben-Ami, AIS Treasurer, at: treasurer@aisisraelstudies.org.

The travel grant application deadline is December 15, 2014.

• PhD students who wish to apply for travel grants should send a request along with a copy of their proposal and a letter from their advisor.
• PhD holders without university travel support should send an abstract of the proposed paper and a current CV.

Program Committee

Csaba Nikolenyi, Chair