Dear all,
* The nights are drawing in up here in northern Sweden, and that can only mean one thing: yes, it's time for the Scandinavian Politics Specialist Group to submit its applications for panels at the 2004 PSA annual conference. It's at Lincoln University, on April 5th-8th (www.psa.ac.uk/2004/default.htm).
A couple of topics have been suggested to me over recent months, from multiculturalism in Scandinavia to general "developments" in the region. I myself have written stuff recently on the EMU referendum in Sweden, plus the rather odd pattern of governing and semi-governing parties that has developed here over the last few parliamentary terms, so I could chip in with something on either of those. But we need other ideas and proposals for panels and papers. If these are forthcoming, I'll do the applying and co-ordinating. So if you fancy presenting something at the conference, or if you know someone who might, please contact me. The deadline for panel proposals is just a fortnight away, on November 28th.
* By the way, talking of the Swedish EMU referendum, if you're interested in reading a fairly concise report of it, you can collect something that I've written for the European Parties Elections and Referendums Network, based at Sussex University (www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/1-4-2.html). Click on EPERN Elections and Referendum Briefing down on the left, then go to the end of the list.
Best,
Nick Aylott.
