MPSA Annual Conference

In the spring of each year, the MPSA holds one of the largest political science conferences in the discipline. In 2013, more than 5,700 presenters from the United States and 55 countries throughout the world presented more than 4,700 papers. Conference presentations are organized by topic in more than 70 sections based on different subfields or areas of study. Many of these are interdisciplinary and draw scholars from different fields, providing a variety of perspectives. As our attendee survey and comments from past attendees attest, this is a popular conference.

72nd Annual Conference

Thursday, April 3, through Sunday, April 6, 2014
At the historic Palmer House Hotel in Chicago

The conference kicks off with the Welcome Reception on Wednesday evening. Other highlights are the Exhibitors' Reception on Thursday night and the President’s Reception on Saturday evening. As always, the hub of activity at the conference is the Exhibit Hall, open Thursday through Saturday.

Proposals must be submitted online.

Future Conference Dates

72nd Annual Conference, April 3-6, 2014
73rd Annual Conference, April 16-19, 2015
74th Annual Conference, April 7-10, 2016
75th Annual Conference, April 6-9, 2017