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Geography and
Regional Development
Speakers Series
2007-2008
Friday Colloquia meet from 3:30 to 4:45 in Harvill Room 404. The series brings prominent scholars and professionals from across a range of geographical perspectives, including human geography, spatial analytic methods, regional science, physical geography, and human-environment research. Coffee, tea, and snacks are served from 3PM.
January 18th
Leila Harris
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Making New Citizens: Turkish accession to the EU, investments in 'civil society', and geographies of environmental politics
January 25th
Jenny Lee
University of Arizona
Departmental climate and student experiences in graduate geography programs
February 1st
Deborah Thien
California State - Long Beach
Dis-affecting Geographies: considering the spaces of emotion
February 7th (Thursday)
Cecilia Bitz
University of Washington
Predicting Artic Sea Ice Retreat
Please note different time and location: 4 pm, Chavez Building, Room 111
February 8th
Gary Nabhan
NAU & University of Arizona, Southwest Center
The Geography of Endangerment: Ecoregional Analyses of Place-Based Foods at Risk
February 15th
Margaret Wilder
University of Arizona
From Geopolitics to Local Practices: Water Conservation, Climate and Communities in the Colorado Delta
February 22nd
Sarah de Leeuw
Queen University / U of A
Producing Indians: Colonial Constructions of Aboriginal Children and the Geographies of Residential Schooling in British Columbia, Canada
February 29th
The Janice Monk Visiting Distinguished Professor Lecture
Geraldine Pratt
University of British Columbia
Circulating Sadness
Note: this special lecture will be held at the regular colloqium time (3:30-4:30) in the
Optical Sciences Bldg. Rm 307
Reception to follow
March 7th
Dawn Wright
Oregon State University
Spatial Reasoning at Sea and Ashore: Directions and?hallenges in Ocean Informatics
March 14th - Canceled
Neil Smith
City University of New York
March 21st
No colloquium
Spring Break
March 28th
No colloquium
SAGA Speaker Week
April 4th
Alan Murray
Ohio State University
Sex Offender Exclusion Laws: Spatial Analytical Methods to Support Policy Evaluation and Formulation
April 18th
No colloquium
AAG Boston
April 25th
Ellen E. Wohl
Colorado State University
What Should These Rivers Look Like?
May 2nd
Carl Bauer
University of Arizona
Rivers and Power in Chile
The 2007-2008 series is administered by the speakers committee, including:
Jennifer Rice, Mike Cline, J.P. Jones III, Alison Macalady, Derek Eysenbach
and Paul Robbins (chair).
For questions: robbins@email.arizona.edu.
2007-08 Colloquium Schedule (pdf)
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