Final Call For Session and Workshop Proposals
Sixth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI)
International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
25-29 August 2008
Nuuk, Greenland
Proposal Submission Deadline: Thursday, 1 March 2007
For further information, please go to:
http://www.iassa.gl/icass6/icass6.htm
or contact:
Inge Seiding
IASSA Secretary
E-mail: iassa [at] ilisimatusarfik.gl
Session and workshop proposals for the Sixth International Congress of
Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS VI) are being accepted until Thursday, 1
March 2007. Sponsored by the International Arctic Social Sciences
Association (IASSA), ICASS VI will be held on 25-29 August 2008 in Nuuk,
Greenland.
Proposals should include the session/workshop title and brief
description, estimate of anticipated number of participants, and name(s)
and contact information for session/workshop convener(s), and may be
sent to the IASSA Secretariat at:
E-mail: iassa [at] ilisimatusarfik.gl
ICASS VI has been endorsed as an International Polar Year 2007-2008
(IPY) activity and, since it will be held during the second half of IPY,
the congress will offer venues for scholars, northern researchers, and
local participants to analyze the progress of the international effort
in social, human, and related fields. The congress includes special
project sessions, discussion panels, plenary presentations, public
meetings, and invited talks by leading IPY scientists and
representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. Sessions and
panels at ICASS VI will be framed along major IPY research fields and
initiatives, with broad international and interdisciplinary
participation. For many international projects with participants from
different countries and regions who may have limited contact
opportunities, ICASS VI sessions will offer a chance for face-to-face
discussions. Special effort will be made to ensure the presence of as
many project collaborators from arctic communities as possible.
For further information, please go to:
http://www.iassa.gl/icass6/icass6.htm