Geography Colloquium – screening of “Standing Rock II: Red Power”
220 Carolina Hall Department of Geography, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIntroduction by Andrew Curley http://politicalecology.web.unc.edu/
Introduction by Andrew Curley http://politicalecology.web.unc.edu/
Dr. Baka will be examining how local and non-local stakeholders impact nationwide hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations on U.S. federal and Indigenous lands.
Dr. Jennifer Baka of Pennsylvania State University will be examining how local and non-local stakeholders impact nationwide hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations on U.S. federal and Indigenous lands. Her talk title is "Making science: How stakeholder coalitions frame scientific claims to influence … Read more
Dr. Jennifer Bair is a sociologist of globalization, with interests in trade and the political economy of development, and the relationship between gender and work. Her research agenda centers on the comparative study of export-led development, and she has conducted fieldwork … Read more
Pavithra Vasudevan, Willie Wright, Charles Scaife, and Sarah Schmitt will present their research.
Xochitl Leyva has been living and working in Chiapas for over thirty years and is an active member of collectives and networks for local and global justice. In this talk, she will discuss the contemporary Mexican crisis, the electoral conjuncture, and … Read more
Robert Haswell was a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Natal: Pietermaritzburg between 1974 and 1989, before entering Parliament in South Africa first as a member of the Democratic Party and then as an African National Congress Member … Read more
Dr. Daniel Exeter Using Big Data to understand the geography of health and deprivation in New Zealand Dr Daniel Exeter, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland Abstract There has been a considerable amount of research into socio-demographic patterns … Read more
Robert McDonald (TNC) Colloquium Title - Conservation for Cities Flyer download Abstract Homo sapiens are now primarily an urban species. By 2050, the world’s urban population will swell by almost 3 billion. All this growth will require new infrastructure, as will … Read more
Amber Pearson (Mich State U) Link to CV. Link to flyer TITLE Quantifying the health benefits of nature in cities ABSTRACT The last decade has seen mounting evidence to suggest that the presence of natural environments in urban neighborhoods … Read more
Heather Randell (SYSYNC) Link to CV TITLE: The impact of climate change on educational attainment: Evidence from the global tropics ABSTRACT: Investments in education serve as an important pathway out of poverty, yet reduced agricultural productivity due to droughts … Read more
Aaron Hipp (NCSU) Link to CV. Title: Spatial Energetics To address current obesity and inactivity epidemics, researchers have attempted to identify spatial factors that influence health behaviors. Technological and methodological developments have led to a revolutionary ability to examine dynamic, … Read more
Eric Delmelle (UNC-Charlotte)
Jaskiran Dhillon (The New School) Title: Reflections on Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention Abstract: Jaskiran Dhillon’s new book Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention (University of Toronto Press, 2017) offers … Read more
Ian Baird (UW-Madison) Title: The Political Ecology of Cross-Sectoral Cumulative Impacts: Modern Landscapes, Large Hydropower Dams and Industrial Tree Plantations in Laos and Cambodia Abstract: Environmental and social impact assessment is now a widely accepted tool in the Mekong Region … Read more
Dr. Eric Tate, U. of Iowa Title: "Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience to Floods" Abstract: Flood disasters are the most frequent and deadliest among natural hazards. Designing and implementing sustainable solutions is somewhat of a wicked problem, due to the dynamic … Read more
Dr. Ryan Emanuel, NC State University
Dr. Tendai Chitewere, San Francisco State University (Click link for CV.) Green Lifestyles and Consumption-based Environmentalism: critical lessons from an ecovillage A growing number of ecological cohousing communities, ecovillages, are attempting to model sustainable ways to live. These efforts concentrate environmentally … Read more
Graduate Student Colloquium: Mental Health First Aid Training
Department of Geography Colloquium Series: "I know what you did last summer" Come learn about your favorite geographers’ summer adventures. Geography undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty will share photos and stories of their research, travel, and fun times. If … Read more
Dr. Tyrell Haberkorn, Asian Cultures and Languages, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eyre Lecture, Dr. Tony Bebbington, Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
Dr. Lisa Campbell, Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Dr. Yulong Zhang, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Institute for the Environment and Geography Department, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dr. Jen Swenson, Associate Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University (host: Aaron Moody)
Dr. Matt Himley, Associate Professor of Geography, Illinois State University (hosts: Gabriela Valdivia and Elizabeth Havice)
Dr. Josh Lepawsky, Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, (hosts: John Pickles and Jessica Tanner) Co-sponsored with Carolina Seminar on the Anthropocene, Social Science and the Humanities: stay tuned for information about an accompanying workshop.
Hello geographers, This is not an ideal semester for any of us. And this week is stressful and disorienting. We are supposed to be starting a semester, not transitioning. But here we are, shifting, re-organizing, moving, caring for each other, … Read more
A departmental welcome for Dr. Dalia Bhattacharjee. Dr Bhattacharjee is visiting UNC for 2-years as a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar. Title of the talk: Reproduction, a shift from home to the market: The Story of Commercial Surrogacy in India. Bio: Dalia … Read more
Date/Time: Friday, March 19th at 3:30 WILLIE J. WRIGHT Assistant Professor Geography and Africana Studies Rutgers University Title: Beyond Geographies of Race Abstract: Enthusiasm for black geographies has grown significantly since it was formalized in the edited volume, Black Geographies and the … Read more
CHOKEPOINTS: TEMPORALITIES OF NAVIGATION IN THE RED SEA Jatin Dua, Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology - Univ. of Michigan Monday, Nov. 1 at 3:35 pm - Alumni 308 and Virtual co-sponsored by the Dept of Anthropology, Dept of Geography, and … Read more
To understand how urban ecosystem services are provided one must understand the "ecological" and "cultural" driving forces that explain how the green spaces in a particular urban morphology are structured or created. The aims of this study is to characterize … Read more
Dr. Diego Riveros-Iregui, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor of Geography, Interim Co-Director of UNC Center for Galapagos Studies, will give a talk on Geography Colloquium Series on Friday, September 9, 2022 during 3:30-5:00pm. Title: A Research Update from the … Read more
Dr. Willie Wright, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Abstract: Third Ward, one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas, is known for its residential demography, its political noncompliance, and its culture of arts. A onetime … Read more
3:30-3:35 pm: Event Introduction Ana Zurita Posas and Luke Francis will introduce colloquium and the Geography Undergraduate Advisory Committee (GUAC) Will also explain to the audience the structure of the event 1. Office of Undergraduate Research 2. Undergraduates, 3. Professors, … Read more
Geography Colloquium: Landscape Genetics of Infectious Diseases: Influenza Etiology and Malaria Vaccine Evaluation Studies
Geography Colloquium: Racial Capitalism, Black Radicalism, and Dual Power: A South African Genealogy of Contemporary Struggles
Sopheak Chann (Michigan State, co-sponsored with Carolina Asia Center)
Shaowen Wang (UIUC, co-sponsed with School of Data Science & Society)
Angel Xu (UNC Public Policy)
Title: Temporary Migrant Workers in (Post-) Pandemic Times: The Spatial Politics of Non-Integration and Prospects for Change Dr. Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore Tuesday, September 26th 12:15 pm-2:00 pm FedEx Global Education Center, Rm 4003 … Read more
This event will feature contributors from the recent special issue of Southern Cultures devoted to Black Geographies. Those contributors include: LaToya Eaves, UT Knoxville Priscilla McCutcheon, Univ. of Kentucky Christy Hyman, Cornell University + Mississippi State University Teona Williams, Rutgers … Read more