Author: Jessica Ty Miller
Summer School on Post-Soviet Space Call for Applications
International and Interdisciplinary PhD Summer School: Urban economic development and Urban governance in post-Soviet space Call for applications The Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig (Germany) and the Ural State University of Economics, Yekaterinburg (Russia) invite to the International PhD summer school 2015. Time: 14.06.2015 – 21.06.2015 Venue: Ural State University of Economics in Yekaterinburg, Russia The summer school for PhD students in urban-related disciplines will be organized within the project ira.urban “Urban Reconfiguration in post-Soviet Space” (www.ira-urban.de). The summer school will take up the main objective of ira.urban project: the analysis and explanation of the multi-dimensional processes and patterns …
Dresden Conference on Energy Landscapes: Submission Deadline Feb. 28
“Energy Landscapes: Perception, Planning, Participation and Power” in September 2015. With this email I want to inform you that the call for papers has been published The Landscape Research Group has organized a European conference on Energy Landscapes: Perception, Planning, Participation and Power. The conference is hosted by the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development and will take place on September 16-18, 2015, in Dresden, Germany. This is a wonderful time to be in this part of the world. Moreover, it is close to many energy landscapes that may be visited. Key questions to be discussed are: · Perception – How is …
Post-Doctoral Position in the Urban Futures Center at Durban University of Technology
CALL FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS IN THE URBAN FUTURES CENTRE AT THE DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY The Urban Futures Centre at the Durban University of Technology (UFC@DUT) is an exciting interdisciplinary laboratory located within the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment. The UFC@DUT focuses on theory building, but is also actively engaged in testing out ideas and interventions in ways that are not prescribed and determined by dominant stakeholders, be they Government Officials, Academics or large social movements. The UFC@DUT serves as the central node for a network of projects, institutions, practitioners and academics interested in the future …
The Graduate Center Pre-Dissertation Summer Fellowship
Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship Deadline for Applications: Monday, March 16, 12pm The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the following pre-dissertation fellowship competition for doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences. These summer awards provide $4,000. This fellowship program has two objectives: · To allow students to conduct pre-dissertation research and training following completion of the first exam. · To support the development of a dissertation research proposal suitable for submission to an external funding agency. This program seeks to facilitate the transition from coursework to advanced individualized research. Early research awards allow students to strengthen their proposals by: …
Spring Colloquium on Feb. 19th: People, Space and Place Reader Book Launch
Book Launch! People, Space and Place Reader with Jen Jack Gieseking, William Mangold, Cindi Katz, Setha Low, Susan Saegert, and others The People, Place, and Space Reader is the bestselling Planning & Urban Design title of 2014! For more information on the book: http://peopleplacespace.org
Tech Workshop Resources
It’s almost spring, and everyone is hosting tech workshops! Here are links some of the GC groups that have upcoming events and trainings: Interactive Technology and Pedagogy: <http://itpworkshops.eventbrite.com/> GC Digital Initiatives Calendar: <https://gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/> GC Library: <https://gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/> GC Office of Career Planning: <https://careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/categories/all-events/on-campus-events-2/> Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Events: <http://www.hastac.org/events> NYC Digital Humanities: <http://nycdh.org/calendar/>
Student Research Colloquium: Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College
Tomorrow! 2/4 Brown Bag with Jennifer Adams: Using A Place-Attachment Framework in STEM Teacher Learning in Jamaica Bay, NPS
Wed. 2/4 Brown Bag Jennifer D. Adams Using a place-attachment framework in STEM teacher learning in Jamaica Bay, NPS
Help Wanted: Human Geography Course Fill In
I am looking for someone to help me out with an Intro to Human Geography course that I am teaching this semester at Medgar Evers College. I am excited to be teaching the class, setting up the syllabus, and organizing the course. However, I am pregnant with a due date in the middle of the semester, so I am going to need someone to take over the class for a few weeks after the baby is born (and I don’t know exactly when that will be.) I assume that I will need two weeks of coverage for a class …
