| Dear Colleagues, We hope that this email finds all of you and your loved ones in good health. The Greek Politics Specialist Group is pleased to share the following news and details about calls for papers, research opportunities, and competitions: GPSG NEWS 1. PSA 2021 Annual Conference – Call for Papers
GPSG cordially invites scholars to submit paper and panel proposals on all aspects of Greek society and politics. We wish to particularly encourage comparative, cross-disciplinary and collaborative proposals, as well as papers featuring original theoretical ideas and empirical data. All methodological and epistemological approaches based on sound social science reasoning are welcome.
The 2021 Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual Conference will take place at Belfast and its theme is ‘Resilience, Expertise, Hope’. For full details regarding all aspects of the Conference, please visit the PSA’s website.
Please send your proposals for papers (consisting of a paper title, 200-word abstract, institutional affiliation and full contact details) or panels (with full details of the papers and authors) to our Panel Convenors Stella Ladi and Athanassios Gouglas, who will be happy to respond to any enquires about this call or the conference.
The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday 2nd October 2020. Applicants will be notified whether they have been included in the GPSG’s panels ahead of the final PSA deadline (before 12 October).
For more information about the call, please click here.
2. PSA 2021 Annual Conference – Joint Call for Papers
The German Politics, Greek Politics, French Politics, Italian Politics, Nordic Politics and Turkish Politics Specialist Groups of the PSA invite paper proposals for joint panels which seek to explore the first reactions to the economic and political challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic by governments across Europe. Papers discussing the EU response and implications for EU member states are also of interest to this call. For full details regarding all aspects of the Conference, please visit the PSA’s website.
We welcome single case studies, comparative papers, and theoretical explorations on the broad theme of ‘The Covid-19 pandemic across Europe: responses, challenges and lessons (learned)’. The joint panels have the objective of bringing together different perspectives and to create a dialogue between the involved Specialist Groups.
Please address all enquiries and e-mail your paper proposal (paper title, 200-word max abstract, institutional affiliation and full contact details) to our Panel Convenors Stella Ladi and Athanassios Gouglas. We specifically encourage doctoral students and early career researchers to contribute to the joint panel. Applicants will be notified whether they have been included in the joint panel proposals ahead of the final PSA deadline.
The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday 2nd October 2020.
For more information about the call, please click here.
3. BSA and GPSG Research Webinar Series GPSG and the British School at Athens (BSA) are delighted to announce a Research Webinar Series on Modern Greek Studies. The online events are convened by Eirini Karamouzi (University of Sheffield) and Lamprini Rori (University of Exeter), and hosted by John Bennet (Director of the British School at Athens). The first event of the series is titled ‘Populism, party politics, and the economic crisis: contrasting the case of Greece with the case of Portugal’, and will take place via Zoom on Monday, 5 October 2020, 17:00-18:00 (UK time). Further access details will be announced closer to the dates. For the full list of events, please click here. | 
