U.S. Institute of Peace scholars, fellows and staff will attend this month’s International Studies Association (ISA) Convention in Montreal, reflecting USIP’s central role in this field. The convention runs from March 16-19, 2011.
A number of U.S. Institute of Peace scholars, fellows and staff will attend this month’s International Studies Association (ISA) Convention in Montreal, reflecting USIP’s central role in this field. The March 16-19 convention draws thousands of participants from around the world and represents the most significant annual gathering of those working on international relations, peace and security, and conflict management.
Founded in 1959 by scholars and practitioners, the ISA annual convention has long been a focal point in the field, and a forum for developing practice and knowledge. USIP personnel this year are presenting several analytical papers relating to peace, security and international relations. Senior Program Officer Lawrence Woocher, from USIP’s Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, is presenting a paper, “The Responsibility to Prevent: Toward a Strategy,” which lays out steps to help operationalize this key concept. Linda Bishai, a senior program officer who led USIP electoral violence prevention workshops in Sudan, is offering a timely paper titled “Secessionist Narratives and the Displacement of Politics: The Case of Southern Sudan.”
Pamela Aall, a USIP senior vice president and provost of USIP's Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, notes that the ISA convention presents an opportunity “to learn from the collectivity of scholarship.” The gathering also provides a large forum for USIP Press to highlight the Institute’s books to the field’s college professors and others.