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2013
Dear Members and Friends of the Western Political Science Association:
WPSA President Peregrine Schwartz-Shea and Program Chair Gary Segura are planning the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association scheduled for March 28-30, 2013, at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California. We hope you will participate in the program.
Information regarding the program and additional WPSA news is found at our website: http://wpsanet.org. Please note that the deadline for submission of participation forms is September 17, 2012. The forms will be available in early June for submission.
A number of items are highlighted here for you to access on the website:
1. A Call for Papers from Program Chair Gary Segura.
http://wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/call.php
2. Listing of the 2013 Program Committee.
http://wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/sectioninfo.php
3. WPSA Executive Council Roster for 2012-2013.
http://wpsa.research.pdx.edu/about/officers.php
4. WPSA Awards Announcement and submission instructions.
http://wpsa.research.pdx.edu/awards/
2012
Tentative Schedule
EPT Workshop - WPSA - Mar 21, 2012 - Portland, OR
9:00-9:15 Introductions and Information/Updates (Andrew)
9:15-10:30 Session 1 - New Issues/Developments in EPT (Andrew)
10:30-10:45 BREAK
10:45-12:15 Session 2 - Jane Bennett's Vibrant Matter (Justin)
12:15-1:30pm LUNCH
1:30-3:00 Local Activist Panel: Guest Speaker(s) w/ Q&A (Sean)
- Ralph Bloemer, CRAG Law Center
- Lauren Regan, Civil Liberties Defense Center
- Representatives from Portland Rising Tide
3:00-3:15 BREAK
3:15-4:30 Session 3: Pedagogy
4:30-5:00 Wrap-Up/Organizers/Tasks for 2013
6:30pm DINNER Venue TBA
2011
ANNOUNCING THE TENTH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
Wednesday April 20, 2011, 9.00 – 5.00 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency at Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
The Environmental Political Theory Workshop addresses the intersections between political theory and studies of the environment. The workshop is held annually, one day prior to the Western Political Science Association meetings. It covers a broad range of topics:
--- green theories
--- environmental relevance of ‘traditional’ or ‘canonical’ political theory texts
--- environmental justice and activism
--- animal rights
--- linkages among race, gender, class, and environment
--- indigenous perspectives on ecosystems
--- tensions between science and democracy within environmental governance
--- analysis of current politics in light of conceptual alternatives (and vice versa)
The workshop also provides an opportunity for networking with scholars sharing your interests, and provides a forum to discuss recent publications, current scholarship, research opportunities, teaching strategies, syllabus development, publishing in environmental political theory, and other news and reflections from theorists working in this field. Younger scholars, including graduate students, are especially welcome.
In the past all workshop participants have sat around a single table for an entire day of open discussion. We expect that this tradition will continue this year. Light refreshments are provided courtesy of the WPSA.
This year’s event is especially significant as it will be our tenth annual workshop. In the ten years of the workshop, most participants have found the workshop invaluable in stimulating research and teaching in this exciting field. Please consider joining us in San Antonio this April!
2011 Environmental Political Theory Workshop
Tentative Schedule
Hyatt Regency East 1, Ballroom level
Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
9.00a Welcome
9.10a Introductions and brief statements about current research, around the table
9.45a Brief presentations about current research in EPT, with discussion (15 minutes apiece)
Steve Gardiner
Cheryl Hall
Kimberly Smith
10.30a 15 minute break
10.45a General discussion on EPT: theory and practice (discussion)
Where’s the “political theory” in EPT?
How important is the political theory “canon” to work in EPT?
Are we an “applied” field, with all that implies?
How significant should be our commitment to intellectual/political pluralism?
What are our responsibilities in the current political climate/situation?
12.15p Lunch (on your own)
1.45p Teaching/pedagogy (discussion led by Joe Lane, Sheri Breen)
What are key/new books in the field? Online resources?
What is the appropriate place of “canonical” political theory in EPT courses?
Teaching EPT and climate change (including skepticism): how should we go about it?
Teaching EPT in the current political climate?
Teaching and activism: how should they relate?
3.00p 15 minute break
3.15p Awards committee report (Sheri Breen)
Other members: Rafi Youatt, Cheryl Hall
3.45p Publishing in EPT (discussion led by Joel Kassiola)
New publishing venues
Journals (including a possible EPT journal?)
Publishing strategies?
Audiences?
4.30p Past and future directions (discussion led by John Meyer, Harlan Wilson
What has the workshop accomplished over 10 years, and what about the next 10 years?
Organization of next year’s workshop in Portland
5.00p Adjournment
6.30p Dinner for workshop participants
2010
2010 information will be posted soon.
2009
All,
I'm sending this message to all of the presenters, discussants, and chairs of the environmental policy and environmental political theory sections of the upcoming WPSA meeting in Vancouver, as well as the full EPT listserve, so apologies for multiple postings.
Liz Shanahan and I have been organizing the day-long workshop on environmental politics and theory scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, before the WPSA meeting, and we would appreciate RSVPs from those of you plan to attend. Thanks to the generosity of the WPSA and some friends, we'll start with a breakfast, but we need a number to give the hotel.
Our tentative workshop program, in the Stanley Room of the Hyatt:
8:30-9 Breakfast
9-9:30 Introductions
9:30-10:45 Canadian Environmental Politics (and funding opportunities)
10:45-11 Break
11-12 Working Session: Discussion of current projects
12-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Business/announcements, including discussion of EPT paper award
1:45-2:45 Environmental Politics in the Age of Obama
2:45-3 Next year
3:30-5:30 Urban hike, led by urban ecologist and U of Victoria Professor Val Schaefer (www.urbanecology.ca)
7:00 Dinner (Locals: suggestions for restaurants that could take a party of 30 or so are welcome!)
Again, please RSVP if you plan to attend. I look forward to seeing many of you there.
David Schlosberg
Director, Environmental Studies
Northern Arizona University
Spring 2009:
Barron Visiting Professor of Environment and Humanities
Princeton Environmental Institute
Guyot Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
2008
Dear Colleagues,
Below is our schedule for the EPT workshop at WPSA. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at the conference hotel, the Manchester Hyatt in San Diego from 9:00- 5:00.
Many thanks to our volunteers for this year's pre-conference meeting! We would also like to thank WPSA, David Schlosberg and Andrew Biro for their donations for the morning coffee service. We are looking forward to seeing you all very soon!
** If you were unable to attend this year's workshop, but would be willing to serve in some capacity next year, please let us know!
Workshop Schedule
9:00-10:30 Round the Table Introductions and Announcements
Highlighted Participants: Breena Holland, Jeff Sinn, and Sheri Breen
10:30-11:45 Organizing and Mobilizing EPT
1. Creating a pool of funds for EPT expenses and a prize paper
Discussion led by John Meyer
2. Publishing in EPT
Discussion led by Peter Cannavo with Andrew Biro and Joel Kassiola
11:45-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:00- 2:45 Science and EPT
Discussion led by Michael Nordquist, Tim Luke, and Rafi Youatt
If EPT brings together questions of political and normative commitments, the relations among humans and their environments, and knowledge we have about these environments and relations, then it is conceivable that questions about the status of scientific knowledge might be central to EPT concerns. What is the relation between EPT and scientific knowledge and practices? At a time when scientific objectivity seems naive, when science is routinely 'corrupted' by private interests, and when scientists are explicitly uncertain about the conclusions of their research, what is a non-scientist to do with the ever-growing amount of information, approaches, and controversial claims that form the object of their study, that is, EPT?
This roundtable is designed to provide a forum for EPTers to share their own accounts of how they use or avoid scientific knowledge, what successes and problems they've had, and what resources--theoretical and practical--are out there to guide us and our work in this set of questions. To have an effective discussion, please read the following three relatively short readings before the workshop:
1) Pielke, Jr., R.A., 2006. "When Scientists Politicize Science," Regulation, Spring, pp. 28-34.
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-2454-2006.05.pdf
2) David P. Robertson and R. Bruce Hull. "Public ecology: an environmental science and policy for global society", Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 6, Issue 5, October 2003, Pages 399-410. (Available online via libraries; let me know if you need a copy)
3) DEMERITT, D. 1998 "Science, Social Constructivism, and Nature," in B. Braun and N. Castree (eds.), Remaking Reality: Nature at the Millennium. New York: Routledge, 177-97.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c4/97/11/DemerittRemakingRealitycompressed.pdf
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 EPT and the Curriculum
Discussion led by Steven Vanderheiden
• EPT and the Political Science major/minor
• EPT and the Liberal Arts core curriculum
• EPT and Environmental Studies
• EPT and Environmental Ethics: Contested Territory?
4:00-5:00 Planning for EPT Workshop 2009
Discussion led by Teena Gabrielson
** If you were unable to attend this year's workshop, but would be willing to serve in some capacity next year, please let us know!
6:30 (or so?) Dinner: As always, we have options. Offer feedback, or Michael will decide for us all.
Best regards,
Teena Gabrielson and
Michael Nordquist
2007
ANNOUNCING THE SIXTH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
Wednesday March 7, 2007, Las Vegas
Held in conjunction with Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting
The environmental political theory workshop is designed to introduce or reintroduce scholars to people, concepts, and research focused on the intersections between political theory and studies of the environment. Our workshop is held annually at the Western and covers a broad range of topics such as green theory, animal rights, social-ecological systems, ancient and modern political philosophy as applied to environmental subjects, theories of nature, environmental activism, linkages among race, gender, and environment, indigenous perspectives on ecosystems and more. The workshop is an opportunity to network with scholars sharing your interests and provides a forum to share information about syllabus development, research opportunities, teaching strategies, and the latest news from environmental political theorists. Please consider joining us in Las Vegas this Spring - the location provides an excellent venue for considering the political theories of the environment!
2006
ANNOUNCING the FIFTH ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
Wednesday March 15, 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Held in conjunction with Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Overview: We invite the participation of all scholars and students interested in the relationships among social and political ideas and conceptions of the natural world, the normative challenges raised by environmental concerns, and political theory texts concerned with these issues. The Wednesday workshop provides an informal setting for discussion with other scholars in this emerging field. An environmental political theory section will again be a feature of the WPSA meeting (March 16-18) this year, with eight panels: www.oir.csus.edu/wpsa/browse.asp?sectionID=2#link2
Draft Workshop Schedule:
9:00 am Welcome, Introductions
9:15 am Teaching EPT: Organizing Themes for syllabi and courses
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Getting EPT Published (and read!)
12:30 pm Lunch Break (on our own)
2:00 pm New Directions and the Challenges of Interdisciplinarity
3:30 pm Radical Environmentalism: Video and Discussion
4:30 pm Evaluation and Planning for next year
5:00 pm End
6:00 pm Dinner (all workshop participants invited)
2005
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP
Western Political Science Association
Wednesday March 16, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Marriott, Oakland City Center
Oakland, California
Overview: We are pleased to announce the fourth annual workshop on environmental political theory on Wednesday, March 16, 2005, featuring roundtable sessions on teaching and research in environmental political theory, as well as a joint session with the Feminist Political Theory workshop. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Western Political Science Association's annual meeting, held Thursday, March 17 - Saturday, March 19, 2005. For the second consecutive year, the Environmental Political Theory section of the WPSA meeting will be a feature of this year's WPSA conference. The workshop precedes the conference.
We invite the participation of all scholars and students interested in the relationships among social and political ideas and conceptions of the natural world, the political challenges raised by environmental concerns, and political theory texts that are concerned with these issues. The Wednesday workshop will provide a collegial, informal setting for discussion and interchange with other scholars in the emerging field of environmental political theory. We
encourage everyone who attends the workshop to participate actively in the discussions and share his or her ideas.
Workshop Description: The first session of this year's workshop will focus on new books and research in the field. What new work has been published in the last year, and what is in the pipeline? What new books or articles might be useful in teaching environmental political theory as well as for future scholarship?
The second session will feature a discussion based on the question: "What's the 'T' in EPT?" In other words, how central are the canon of political theory (e.g. from Plato to Arendt), and, generally, the reading of political theory texts, for environmental political theory? What is, or should be, the place of environmental political theory within political theory and political philosophy as well as in relation to other established fields?
In the afternoon we will join the Feminist Theory group in a third session for a presentation and discussion of a published paper by Ingrid Bartsch, Carolyn DiPalma, and Laura Sells, "Witnessing the Postmodern Jeremiad: (Mis)understanding Donna Haraway's Method of Inquiry," Configurations 9: 127-164. (This paper is available online for those whose libraries subscribe to Project Muse, online journals from Johns Hopkins University.) Professors DiPalma and Kathy Ferguson will be discussants. The authors of this paper comprise a political theorist (DiPalma), a biologist, and a specialist in rhetorical theory. We expect a stimulating conversation to take place.
In the fourth session we will look at environmental movements and strategies in the face of the outcome of the 2004 presidential election and other political events and trends. Discussion of an online paper by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, "The Death of Environmentalism," should stimulate some provocative reactions. The link as as follows:
http://www.thebreakthrough.org/images/Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf
The workshop will conclude with a brief meeting for the purpose of organizing next year's workshop at the WPSA meetings in Las Vegas.
A dinner afterwards will be arranged for workshop participants. If you would like to be included in the dinner reservation, please e-mail one of the coordinators in advance of the workshop.
Submission Information: If you are interested in attending the Wednesday workshop, please send your name and contact information, along with any questions, suggestions, or offers to facilitate discussions, to one of the workshop coordinators.
Mark Somma
Department of Political Science
Fresno State University
530 N. Campus Dr.
MS/SS19
Fresno CA 93740-8019
559/278-5230
markso[at]csufresno.edu
Harlan Wilson
Department of Politics
216 Rice Hall
Oberlin College
Oberlin OH 44074
harlan.wilson[at]oberlin.edu
All scholars with interests related to environmental political theory are urged to attend panels at the WPSA Environmental Political Theory section. Consult the WPSA website for information: www.csus.edu/org/wpsa/mtgs.stm. The Section Chair is Peter Cannavo of
Hamilton College: ( pcannavo [at] hamilton.edu ).
A limited number of rooms at the special WPSA conference rate will be available for workshop participants on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. See: www.csus.edu/org/wpsa.hotel.stm.
Schedule
Environmental Political Theory Workshop, March 15, 2005
- 9:00 am Introductions
- 9:20 am Discussion about new books and research in environmental political theory
- 10:45 am Break
- 11.00 am Discussion on "What's the T in EPT? How important is the political theory canon to environmental political theory?
- 12.30 pm Lunch [participants are on their own]
- 1.30 pm Joint session with Feminist Theory Workshop: discussion of paper by I. Bartsch, C. DiPalma, and L. Sells, "Witnessing the Postmodern Jeremiad: (Mis)understanding Donna Haraway's Method of Inquiry," Configurations 9: 1 (2001), 127-164. *
- 3.15 pm Environmental politics, the 2004 election, and environmental activism, including discussion of "The Death of Environmentalism" (online paper by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus). **
- 4.30 pm Organization of next year's workshop and other activities
- 5.00 pm End of workshop
- 5.30 pm Dinner for workshop participants
* This paper is available online for members of institutions who subscribe to Project Muse (online journals from Johns Hopkins University Press). A copy has been downloaded and will be made available by the workshop coordinators to individuals who request it.
** This paper is online and public at the link in the announcement.
2004
ANNOUNCEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY WORKSHOP and CONFERENCE SECTION
Western Political Science Association
Wednesday, March 10 - Saturday, March 13, 2004
Portland, Oregon
Overview: We are pleased to announce the third annual workshop on environmental political theory on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, featuring roundtable sessions on teaching and research in environmental political theory, as well as a guest speaker. The workshop will coincide with the inauguration of a new Environmental Political Theory Section of the Western Political Science Association's annual meeting, held Thursday, March 11 - Saturday, March 13, 2004. All events will be held at the Marriott Downtown Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
We invite the participation of all scholars and students interested in the relationships among social and political values, conceptions of the natural world, and the challenges raised by environmental concerns. The Wednesday workshop will provide a collegial, informal setting for discussion and interchange with other scholars in the emerging field of environmental political theory; a dinner will follow.
During the conference weekend, we will also host a tour of Portland by foot and streetcar, exhibiting the city's distinctive planning and environmental features.
Workshop Description and Call for Participants: We welcome any suggestions and are seeking volunteers for each of the workshop's four roundtable sessions.
The first session will focus on strategies for teaching Environmental Political Thought. We invite offers to facilitate, as well as 2-3 participants who will share a brief account of their syllabi and teaching methods.
The second session will focus on key books and articles for understanding Environmental Political Thought. In particular, we are interested in brief presentations on works that have been particularly useful in explaining key concepts to students or in placing key issues of political theory in the context of environmentalist concerns.
A third section will focus on participants' current research. We are interested in presentations that will offer possibilities for collaboration and contributions from others in the field.
If sufficient interest, we will also offer a session for graduate students entering the field of Environmental Political Thought. We invite presentations by both new Ph.D.'s and experienced faculty members to discuss topics such as picking a dissertation topic, working with an advisor, and navigating the job market in what may be perceived as a "highly specialized" field.
Submission Information:
1) All those interested in attending the Wednesday workshop should send their name and contact information, along with any questions, suggestions, or offers to facilitate or present, to one of the workshop coordinators:
Joe W. Bowersox
Department of Politics
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
Phone:503-370-6220; FAX: 503-370-6720
jbowerso[at]willamette.edu
or
Tim Luke
531 Major Williams Hall
Department of Political Science
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6633; Fax: (540) 231-6078
twluke[at]vt.edu
2) All scholars with interests related to environmental political theory are encouraged to submit academic paper or panel proposals for the WPSA Environmental Political Theory Section. See the WPSA Call For Papers at:
www.csus.edu/org/wpsa/callpapers.stm
WPSA - Environmental Political Theory Section Co-chairs:
Sheryl D. Breen
Political Science Department
103B Holland Hall
St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
Phone: (507) 646-3530 Fax: (507) 646-8089
breens[at]stolaf.edu
John M. Meyer
Department of Government and Politics
1 Harpst Street Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 826-4497 Fax: (707) 826-4496
jmm7001[at]humboldt.edu
WPSA SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003.
2003
Denver EPT workshop March 26
You are invited to the second-annual workshop on environmental political theory on Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, Colorado, in conjunction with the Western Political Science Association's annual meeting March 27-29. Facilitators will lead three roundtable sessions:
- Teaching Environmental Political Theory (9-11:30 a.m.) Course descriptions, syllabi, teaching approaches, assignments, etc.
- Research and Collaboration (1-3 p.m.) New, provocative or still-undeveloped areas of research in environmental political theory and possibilities for collaborative projects
- Looking Ahead (3:15-4:30 p.m.) Ways to strengthen communication among environmental political theorists and increase the presence of EPT at national and regional conferences
The workshop is free and open to all interested participants. Attendees are encouraged to bring teaching and/or research materials in paper or electronic form, and technology for computer display will be available.
Workshop participants (as of 3/15/03):
Bill Chaloupka, Colorado State University
Sheri Breen, St. Olaf College
Joe Lane, Emory and Henry College
David Schlosberg, Northern Arizona University
John Meyer, Humboldt State University
Amy Lauren Lovecraft, University of Alaska Fairbanks (afternoon only)
Kim Smith, Carleton College
Gus DiZerega, Whitman College
Doug Nilson, Idaho State University
Stephen Woolpert, St. Mary's College
Joel Kassiola, San Francisco State University
Greg Domin, Mercer University
Harlan Wilson, Oberlin College
Peter Cannavo, Hamilton College
Martin Adamian, Colorado State University
Tim Luke, Virginia Tech
After scouting the area's restaurants, our plans are to continue discussions over lunch at the hotel's buffet ($12). This also should minimize complications for those arriving late.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Sheri Breen at breens@stolaf.edu or Bill Chaloupka at williamc[at]colostate.edu.
See you in Denver!
2002
Agenda for EPT Workshop, Thursday, March 21, 2002, Long Beach California
Please note that all sessions are intended to encourage participation by all attendees.
8:45-9 Coffee and Light Breakfast
9-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
9:30-11:30 SESSION 1: "Teaching Environmental Political Theory"
Facilitator: John Meyer, Humboldt State University
Presenters: Sheryl Breen, St. Olaf College
Joel Kassiola, San Francisco State University
Harlan Wilson, Oberlin College
11:30-1 Lunch
1-2:30 SESSION 2: "What IS Environmental Political Theory?"
Facilitator: TBA
As a discussion starter, everyone is encouraged to read: Peter Christoff, John S. Dryzek, Robyn Eckersley, Robert E. Goodin, Val Plumwood, "Symposium: Green Thinking From Australia" Environmental Politics Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter 2001, pp. 85-102.
2:45-4:15 SESSION 3: "Research Agendas and Works-in-Progress"
Facilitator: David Schlosberg
4:30-5: Where Do We Go From Here?
DINNER???