One of my colleagues, who is head of the Israel Studies unit here at Mainz, has kindly agreed to organise a guided tour of the new synagogue for the participants of the ECPR Joint Sessions. If you are interested, drop us a line.
If you haven’t sorted out your accommodation by now, you have a problem. All the rooms we had pre-booked through the Mainz tourist board are gone. There seem to be a few rooms left in Wiesbaden, but they are going fast. On the local website, we have listed a some hotels which run their own…
With just two months to go until the 41st Joint Sessions of Workshops at Mainz, the local team is getting super-excited, if not slightly panicky. We have finally found funding for two drinks/finger-food receptions: a welcome bash at the university on Monday evening (5-7), and another reception on Wednesday night at Mainz City Hall following…
Was your paper proposal successful? Congrats from our end, we’re looking forward to having you with us! If you haven’t done so, can you please confirm your participation with your workshop directors? We need exact numbers (exact numbers, this is Germany, after all) as soon as possible so that we can plan ahead. We would…
Have you already submitted your paper for the Joint Sessions 2013 at Mainz? We have updated the pages that provide local information on transport, accommodation, and the City of Mainz. There is even a neat GoogleMap (also accessible from your mobile) showing the conference hotels, airports and relevant railway stations. We will add further information…
Excellent news: My bid for funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation was successful, meaning that the DFG will cover a sizable chunk of the administrative costs of the conference. So, to repeat myself, go and submit your paper proposals.
Our local website is now online. At the moment, it’s mostly a placeholder, but we will begin adding travel and accommodation information from September 2012. Stay tuned!
O tempora, o mores: to enhance its visibility and to promote communication amongst (prospective) participants, our conference has grown a fanpage on Facebook. So if you want to to join in the conversation (or just register your support), give us a Like.
The list of workshops that have been accepted for the 2013 Joints Sessions at the University of Mainz is now available on the new ECPR site. The call for papers should go out before August, with a deadline of November 1. In the meanwhile, we’re working on getting the local website up and running. Update:…
Believe it or not: My institution will play host to the 2013 instalment of the ECPR’s highly successful Joint Sessions of Workshops conference series.