WHO CAN SUBMIT

We welcome proposals from faculty members, practitioners, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and non-academics.

• SUBMISSIONS FROM STUDENT MEMBERS

  • PhD students proposing papers must INDICATE the name of their academic supervisors when submitting their proposals.
  • Master-level students proposing papers must SUBMIT their proposals in conjunction with an academic supervisor –i.e., a co-authorship with an academic supervisor is required when submitting their proposals.

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SUBMISSION TO A SPECIFIC SECTION

• Submit your proposal to a specific section. There is also an option to indicate a secondary section.
• Graduate Student Three-Minute Thesis Competition proposals must be submitted to the Teaching section.

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ONE PARTICIPANT*, ONE EMAIL ADDRESS

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* submitter of a proposal, single paper, poster or 3MT presenter, panelist, roundtable and workshop participants.

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OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

The Programme Committee welcomes proposals in both official languages.

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ABSTRACTS

The 250-WORD abstract should outline the argument or inquiry to be developed, identify the method of analysis to be used (if applicable), and show the theoretical significance of what is proposed in relation to existing scholarship in the field.

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ACCESS – CHANGES TO PROPOSALS

• Once a proposal has been submitted (see TYPE OF PROPOSALS below), the submitter will be able to access it until November 6, 2023 @ 11:59 pm PST (Pacific Standard Time).
• To make any changes, select 'Review/Edit my Proposals' from the 'Submissions' Menu.
• If the proposal is accepted, your abstract will be made available in the programme.

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DISCUSSING OR CHAIRING A PANEL

Presenters will be considered as possible chairs or discussants. Given that a successful conference depends on having, not only paper-givers, but chairs and discussants, the CPSA strongly encourages participants to proactively offer their services in either/both of these roles to any of our 21 section heads and/or be willing if a request is made.

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SUBMISSION PROCESS

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1. Only proposals submitted through the call’s submission system will be considered.
2. Receipt of Proposals
• You will receive a notification acknowledging receipt of the submitted proposal. If you do not receive this notification, check your SPAM folder. If the notification is not there, contact the CPSA Conference Team
3. Criteria for Acceptance
• The content of the proposal must demonstrate a clear question, analytical rigor, originality and a scholarly contribution.
• Section heads will group and assign presentations to sessions, considering the type of session desired by the presenters and the overall programme balance.
• If a proposal details a study that would clearly be better presented as a poster, it will be considered for the poster session.
4. Outcome of the submission
• Section heads will acknowledge acceptance/nonacceptance of proposals in December 2023.
• If you have not received a notification about the outcome of the submission by January 8, 2024, check your SPAM folder. If the notification is not there, contact the CPSA Conference Team.
5. Presentation at the Conference - Confirmation
• When you receive the acceptance of your proposal, you and the other panelists will be required to confirm your intent to present it at the conference.
6. Proposals Accepted as Posters
• If you submitted a single paper proposal and received a poster acceptance for the same title, note that sections heads have considered that your proposal would be better presented and publicized as a poster. Please accept or decline the poster offer.

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TYPES OF PROPOSALS

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Single Paper

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These papers are assigned by section heads to panels with other papers on related issues.

A single paper proposal must include:

• the title of the paper;
• a 250-word abstract.

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Panel

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Panel organizers are responsible for securing any required financial assistance to cover registration, travel and/or accommodation expenses from their own sources/sponsorships for all invited special panelists or guest speakers.

Panels are pre-organized and include a maximum of four papers on a single theme. The panel organizer submits the completed panel.

Prior to submitting the panel, each panelist must provide all of the details listed in point 3 below to the panel organizer. If the panel includes a confirmed chair and/or discussant, the latter must provide all of the details listed in point 4 below to the panel organizer.

The panel proposal must include:

• the title of the panel;
• a 250-word abstract providing an overview of the panel;
• the name, e-mail, job title/status, department and university/institution/organization, paper title and 250-word abstract for each panelist;
• the name, e-mail, job title/status, department and  university/institution/organization of the confirmed chair and discussant;
• the full name of the sister association that co-organizes the panel (applicable to interdisciplinary panels ONLY).

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Author Meets Critics’ Session

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Author Meets Critics’ sessions organizers are responsible for securing any required financial assistance to cover registration, travel and/or accommodation expenses from their own sources/sponsorships for all invited publishers, authors and special guest speakers.

These sessions involve a discussion between the author(s) or editor(s) of a book published/to be published between 2021 and 2024 and 2-3 'critics' about the contribution of the book to the field. The session should include a confirmed chair.
The organizer submits the completed session.

The session proposal must include: 

• the title of the session; 
• a 250-word abstract providing the title and an overview of the book; 
• the name, e-mail, job title/status, department and university/institution/organization for each participant and the confirmed chair.

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Roundtable Proposal

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Roundtable organizers are responsible for securing any required financial assistance to cover registration, travel and/or accommodation expenses from their own sources/sponsorships for all invited special panelists or guest speakers.

These are among the most flexible formats offered at the conference, and may look different from session to session. In roundtables, formal papers are often not prepared in advance. This format allows for extended discussion among a small group of panelists and is typically less formal than a traditional paper panel.

A roundtable proposal must include:

• the roundtable title;
• a 250-word abstract providing an overview of the roundtable; and
• the name, e-mail, affiliation and rank for each participant and the chair. 1

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¹If a presenter has collaborators, book contributors, co-researchers, etc. who are not attending the conference, they cannot be listed as co-presenters. These individuals can be acknowledged in the abstract.

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Poster Proposal

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A poster proposal must include:

• the title of the poster;
• a 250-word abstract.

These presentations are an excellent way to disseminate work in a visual, rather than completely textual way. Posters are welcomed from any CPSA member wishing to present material in this format at the conference.

Full information about this competition can be found in the POSTERS Terms of Reference [ download pdf ↓ ] .

Prizes are awarded to the winner and first and second runners up.

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Graduate Student Three-Minute Thesis Competition Proposal

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In this format, participants present their graduate research in three minutes (or less) to a panel of non-specialist judges. This competition is only open to students who are currently registered in a graduate program. Students who participate in the competition should have made substantial progress on their graduate research and analysis.

• a title, and
• a 250-word abstract that should outline the main argument, method of inquiry, method of analysis (if applicable) and theoretical significance of the MA thesis, MRP, or doctoral thesis that will form the content of the presentation.

These proposals must be submitted to the Teaching section.

Full information about this competition can be found in the 3MT Terms of Reference [ download pdf ↓ ] .

Prizes are awarded to the winner and first and second runners up.

To provide broader exposure and connection with scholars working on similar topics, submitters to the Graduate Student Three-Minute Thesis Competition are welcome to submit a single paper proposal on the same topic as their Three-Minute Thesis proposal.

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Questions? Contact the CPSA Conference Team.

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