The 72nd Annual MPSA Political Science conference will take place from  April 3-6, 2014 in Chicago at the Historic Palmer House Hotel, and generally attracts some 6000 participants.

Section 30. Gender and Politics
This section welcomes papers and panels dealing with the gender dimensions of a broad range of topics. I am particularly interested in papers and panels that explore the diverse facets of women’s political participation and representation in various institutions (i.e., legislative, executive, or judicial branches of politics) as well as in local, regional, national, and transnational levels, the interplay between descriptive and substantive representation, the development and use of innovative data, theories, and empirical strategies to further gender research, the evolving role of women’s groups and the women’s movement in society, the role of gender in the formation of political identities, and the development of social policies related to women in both developing and developed countries.
http://www.mpsanet.org/Conference/ConferenceProgram2013/SectionDescriptionsContacts/tabid/83/Default.aspx#_30
The deadline for panel submissions is  September 30, and the deadline for paper proposals is October 4. For more information: http://bit.ly/18PRbtX