{"id":20107,"date":"2015-12-01T17:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T22:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=20107"},"modified":"2021-07-16T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T19:17:02","slug":"pcg-calls-for-2016-conference-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2015\/12\/01\/pcg-calls-for-2016-conference-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"PGC Calls for 2016 Conference Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2015\/12\/PGC_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2015\/12\/PGC_resized.jpg\" alt=\"PGC_resized\" width=\"545\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2015\/12\/PGC_resized.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/files\/2015\/12\/PGC_resized-516x300.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/pardeepride\/pgc\/\">The Pardee Graduate Council (PGC),<\/a> the official graduate student organization of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\">Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University,<\/a> has issued a call for papers for their 2016 student research conference, to\u00a0be held February 19-20, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><span>Each year in the spring semester, the PGC\u00a0organizes a graduate student conference, centered around a theme chosen by the students.\u00a0 The conference draws graduate students from the many colleges and universities throughout the Boston area and beyond. The 2016 conference will be the fifth annual conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The theme of the 2016 conference is &#8220;Shifting Global Systems?&#8221;\u00a0Papers should address the thematic focus of \u201cshifting global systems\u201d by identifying dynamic\u00a0changes taking place globally and assessing their propensity to impact relationships around the\u00a0world. Submissions must be the product of graduate research, either at the MA or PhD level.\u00a0Expected papers should be between 20 and 50 pages double-spaced, and presentations will be 15<br \/>\nminutes with time for questions afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Panels will be organized into themes based on accepted papers. Proposed panel topics include\u00a0trade and finance; media and communication; environmental governance; human development;\u00a0political systems and ideologies; and religion and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 conference was organized around the theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2015\/03\/02\/students-share-ideas-at-grad-student-conference\/\">&#8220;Global Development, Peace and Security: Advancing Human Progress.&#8221;<\/a> It was attended by student researchers from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Abstracts and\u00a0a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 should be sent to <a href=\"mailto:pardeegc.bu@gmail.com\">pardeegc.bu@gmail.com<\/a> by January 8, 2016.\u00a0Final decisions will be announced via email on January 20, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pardee Graduate Council (PGC) has issued a call for papers for their 2016 student research conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2094,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8432,8416],"tags":[8802,8944,9119],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47855,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20107\/revisions\/47855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}