UPDATE:
The November 2020 conference has been postponed to 2021. We are currently discussing new options and will update you as soon as we can with a new location and date. The Call for Panels will stay open on this website however the deadlines will be adjusted till a later date in 2021.
The 6th Humanitarian Studies Conference invites panels that address: New Realities of Politics and Humanitarianism: Between Solidarity and Abandonment. The main topic has been divided into 5 sub-themes. Find all theme descriptions here.
Below you can find steps and information on uploading a panel, but don’t hesitate to contact us if you have further questions. We are looking forward to you submissions!
Important Dates
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Steps to Upload a Panel
Useful Information for Panel Organizers
As panel organizer we hope you will actively engage in soliciting papers for your panel.
IHSA aims for conferences that bring together academics as well as reflective practitioners. Your panel can be leaning to one of these audiences, or aim for a mixed participation. Once a paper abstract is submitted to your panel, the submitter will get an automated reply to acknowledge the receipt and you will be notified automatically.
It is up to you to accept or reject paper proposals.
Criteria you may apply are:
– Is the proposal relevant to the theme of the panel?
– Has it potential to become an interesting paper?
– Does it have academic quality? Or in case of a more practical paper: Does it have strong argument and is it based on material evidence or case studies?
– Does it make a reference to methodology?
You can also make suggestions to paper providers on improving their proposal to meet these criteria. Slots for panels during the conference are 90 minutes. This serves for 3-5 papers. In case there are more papers in your panel, you can have more slots. It may be advisable to appoint a chair to the panel and you may choose to have a discussant to the panel.
IHSA aims for a broad geographical participation and especially encourages the participation from countries where humanitarian crises occur frequently. We unfortunately do not have an elaborate budget for sponsored participation. We will highly appreciate any efforts you can make to find sponsorship for participants to your panel if so required.