SECTION OFFICERS

(2008-2010)

President

Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel

VICE-PRESIDENT

(Programs)

Howard Hensel

Vice-President

(Planning)

Dan Papp

Vice-President
(Member Relations)
Adamantia Pollis

Vice President
(Encyclopedia Project)
Raymond Miller

VICE-PRESIDENT
(Sections Relations)
Gregory Raymond

Executive Council
Mika Hayashi
Ioannis Stivachtis
Constantinos Koliopoulos
Thomas Lawton

Gunter Walzenbach

COMPARATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES SECTION

Welcome to the home page of the Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section of the International Studies Association. The Section is dedicated to the application of an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of international, transnational, and regional issues, with special emphasis on sources of conflict, patterns of change and continuity, and the development of societies and institutions within the international system. The Section encourages innovative research and exploration of paradigms and methodologies in analyzing these complex phenomena. CISS actively seeks to bring scholars, policy makers, and practitioners together in a cooperative effort to achieve a synergism between divergent disciplines and perspectives. At the threshold of the new century, recognizing the need to revitalize the interdisciplinary approach and apply it towards understanding the issues arising from a globalizing world, a new leadership initiative undertaken in 1998, established the Millennium Series of conferences and forums to provide an opportunity for members of the international studies community to exchange research on the changing international system. The CISS forums are designed as innovative capsule meetings and outreach to encourage participation in an interdisciplinary dialogue. Previous Millennium conferences have been held in Paris, France (1999, 2008), Washington D.C., USA (2000), Heidelberg, Germany (2001), Brugge, Belgium (2002), Salzburg, Austria (2004), the Hague, Netherlands (2006), and Bucaco, Portugal (2007). The conferences seek to encourage an intellectual exchange transcending disciplinary and professional boundaries. Conference participants have included, scholars as well as professionals, and policy makers. from a wide range of countries and international institutions located across the globe The delegates at previous conferences have represented over 67 institutions and countries including NATO, U.S. Dept. of State, and the United Nations among others. The section encourages participation from all who are interested in engaging in an intellectually stimulating and rewarding dialogue and contributing to our understanding of a complex international system.