Undergraduate student event (host: Gabriela Valdivia and UGrad Committee)

Dr. Brenda Yeoh, Raffles Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Geography & Director, Humanities and Social Science Research Office of Deputy President, National University of Singapore (host: Besty Olson) Time and location: TBD

Celebration of Geography Graduate Student Research (host: Sara Smith and Grad Committee)

Kalyanee Mam, Filmmaker, We are co-sponsoring with Communications a screening of her films Lost World and A River Changes Course, Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fedex Global Education Center. Stay tuned for more information about an accompanying workshop.

The Assassination of General Qasem Soleimani: Context and Implications for Iran and the United States, Q&A with Dr. Charlie Kurzman, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies. FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005.

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

Eric Delmelle (UNC-Charlotte)

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, … Continued