CfP 2020 – 50th Urban Affairs Conference

  April 2-4, 2020 | Washington, DC USA | Renaissance Hotel Shaping the Future of Urban Research In April of 2020, UAA returns to Washington, D.C. to celebrate its 50th anniversary of annual meetings. The Opening Plenary of the 2020 conference will address the theme, “The State of Urban Affairs and the State of Urban Affairs Research.” This theme sets the stage for the overarching goals of the conference, which are: 1) to better understand our past, 2) to assess current realities, and 3) to create visions for the future that support a global urban research agenda.  The conference will provide opportunities to assess urban …

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CfP: Political Geography Specialty Group

Save the Date 33rd Annual PGSG Preconference— Boulder Colorado, 5 April 2020  Date & time: Sunday, 5 April 2020. Sessions will run from approximately 8 am – 6 pm. Location: Institute for Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder. Abstract submission: A call for abstracts will be issued in fall 2019 detailing instructions for submission. Source: CfP: Political Geography Specialty Group

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NYC Climate Change

Abstracts due 2/8 for New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) 10th Anniversary

This half-day Summit will bring together climate scientists with those who use the outcomes of their research, including city planners, industry experts, policymakers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations engaged in climate mitigation efforts. Topics covered will include the latest findings of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), and their implications for New York City and other cities seeking to identify and mitigate the impacts of a changing climate. Building on the experience of the NPCC, our speakers and panelists will present examples of how research findings have been translated into resiliency policies that are shaping the future …

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#CfP: 25th Annual Critical Geography Conference, Abstract Deadline Extended to 9/17

The deadline to submit abstracts for presentations for the 25th Critical Geographies Mini-conference at Temple University in Philadelphia has been extended. Please submit your abstracts by Monday the 17th of September. You may do so here:  https://tucriticalgeography.wordpress.com The conference will begin on the evening of Friday, October 19th, 2018, with a keynote by Dr. Carolyn Finney, as part of Temple’s 2018 Department of Geography and Urban Studies Benjamin H. Kohl Social Justice Lecture.The main conference program, with paper and panel sessions, will be held on Saturday, October 20th. An optional workshop will be held on Sunday, October 21st for students and faculty who want …

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Call for Participants Prelude to The Shed: Schema for a School

Application deadline: Mar 31, 2018 The Shed, New York’s new multi-arts center designed to commission, produce, and present all types of performing arts, visual arts, and popular culture will open in Spring 2019. Committed to commissioning new work by a range of artists, their building features versatile spaces for the broadest range of performance, music, visual art, multi-disciplinary work, events, and a free experimental lab for local artists and collectives. Before the building opens, The Shed is producing and presenting a series of new works and community engagement programs throughout New York City. The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate …

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AAG2018 EGSG Student Paper Competition Submissions due 3/10!

The Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) is pleased to announce its annual Student Paper Competition. Students who have completed a research paper to present at the 2018 AAG are eligible to submit their research paper for adjudication in this competition. The EGSG Student Paper Committee will evaluate all submissions based on written clarity, methodological rigor, and overall contribution to ethnic geography scholarship. The winner will receive a $250 prize, a certificate, a ticket to the AAG Awards Luncheon, and formal recognition at the banquet and in the EGSG Newsletter. If there is a tie between two papers/students, the prize may be equally …

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AAG2018 SXSSG Student Paper Competition Submissions due 1/15!

The Sexuality and Space Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers is currently accepting submissions for the 2018 Sexuality and Space Student Paper Competition. Winners will be notified prior to the 2018 Annual Meeting of the AAG in New Orleans. First-place winners receive a prize of $155 to cover early-bird conference registration costs, as well as a ticket for the Annual AAG Awards Luncheon, and second-place winners receive a prize of $75. The submission deadline is Monday, January 15, 2018. Potential topics may include: Queer and trans political resistance Community and political formations of queer and trans people of color in …

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CFP Political Ecologies of Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather Events due 11/27.

CFP Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference 2018 Session title: Political Ecologies of Urban Resilience to Extreme Weather Events Organizers: Katinka Wijsman (New School for Social Research), Melissa Davidson (Arizona State University) and Erin Friedman (City University of New York). Motivated by the actual and anticipated occurrence of weather related extreme events, a plethora of actors in urban areas are organizing and participating in planning and design efforts–as well as concrete action–aimed at increasing urban resilience and adapting to climatic change. These efforts focus on post-disaster recovery as well as on minimizing economic losses, deaths, and other negative impacts of future …

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CfP: Thinking and Organizing at the Margins of Traditional Housing. Travel assistance available!

CfP due 12/1. Conference 3/1-3/3 at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA The margins of traditional housing, those precarious or makeshift spaces against which dominant models of property ownership and exclusion are constructed, have long been a powerful site from which to theorize, organize, and resist. Homelessness, eviction, squatters’ rights, and the right to land all find their way into fruitful interdisciplinary scholarship, much of which links these struggles to broader questions of citizenship, governance, and exclusion. Meanwhile many of the same root problems motivate housing activists around the globe. These community organizing struggles create a more grounded, pragmatic critiques …

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Call for proposals : Black Communities: A Conference for Collaboration due 11/14

We are seeking proposals from community members, university researchers, independent scholars and students to actively participate in the conference! Submit a Proposal • Proposals are due by November 14th, 2017 • Proposals should be submitted online at BlackCommunities.unc.edu/submissions • Written proposals should be no more than 250 words • Audio or short video proposals are welcome & should be no more than 5 minutes in length • Multiple proposal submissions from an individual or group are acceptable • All proposals should be accessible to a broad, diverse audience • Selections and notifications will be made by mid-January Types of Proposals Oral Presentation about …

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