Call for papers: the Midwest Poli Sci conference gets interdisciplinary 

 From  Jeff Segal  via Gary King, we get the following call for papers for the Midwest Political Science Conference. An interesting bit of news here is that the conference is introducing a registration discount for people outside of the discipline.  

 Ask your favorite political scientist what the biggest political science conference is, and she'll tell you it's the American Political Science Association. Ask her what the best political science conference is and she'll tell you it's the Midwest Political Science Association meeting, held every April in the beautiful Palmer House in Chicago.

 The Midwest Political Science Association, like most academic associations, charges higher conference registration rates for nonmembers than to members. Hoping to continue to increase attendance by people outside of political science and related fields at its annual meeting, the Association will begin charging the lower (member) rate to registrants who 1) have academic appointments outside of political science or related fields (policy, public administration and political economy) and 2) do not have a PhD in political science or the same related fields. 

 In addition, the Association grants, on request, a substantial number of conference registration waivers for first time participants who are outside the discipline. 

 The call for papers for the 2009 meeting, due October 10, is at http://www.mpsanet.org/~mpsa/index.html. 

 Hope to see you in Chicago. 

 Sincerely, 

 Jeffrey Segal, President 
Midwest Political Science Association