Conferences

PREVIOUS NEPSA CONFERENCE PROGRAMS

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2009 Program
2008 Program
2007 Program
2006 Program
2005 Program
2004 Program
2003 Program

PRIOR NEPSA ANNUAL MEETINGS

2009 Annual Meeting

The 2009 Annual Meeting was a great success. Thanks to 2008-2009 President Wilbur Rich, the Program co-chairs Peter Ubertaccio and Erin O'Brien, and to all section heads, panel chairs and discussants, and participants whose efforts make the annual meeting a vibrant intellectual affair. Congratulations -- and thanks -- to 2009-10 President Fred Lewis (UMass Lowell) and newly elected members of the NEPSA Council.

2008 Annual Meeting

Thanks to 2007-2008 President Christopher Bosso and all who participated in the 2008 meeting, with special recognition to Program Co-chairs Paul Manuel and Anne Marie Cammisa and to all section heads. We also thank our sponsors -- Northeastern University, St. Anselm's College, Cambridge University Press, the Consul General of Canada, Brown University, CQ Press, the University of Rhode Island, and Lanahan Press -- whose support kept the meeting accessible to all. We look forward to a great 2009, marking NEPSA's 60th anniversary!

Paper Awards from the 2007 NEPSA meeting

Robert C. Wood Prize for best paper by a graduate student

Matthew Tattar -- Brandeis University, "Inspiration versus Perspiration: Innovation and adaptation in war."

John C. Donovan Prize for the best paper by a faculty member

Steven Teles -- University of Maryland, "Counter-network: The Federalist Society, 1982-2006."

Congratulations to Matthew and Steven! Nominations for the 2008 NEPSA paper awards are now being accepted. Please forward your nominations the Association.

2008 Luncheon Speakers

Friday, April 25--Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society

Michael S. Dukakis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, "Reflections on the Presidential Nominating Process, 1988 and 2008."

Saturday, April 26--Sponsored by Cambridge University Press

Dianne Pinderhughes, Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Notre Dame, and President of the American Political Science Association, "Dimensions of Representation and the Future of Political Science."