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Home News About Students Awards & Grants Listserv Annual Meeting Features Landscapes AAG	[news] [newsletter archive] Do you have news to share with the group? Contact Anita Peterson with a description of your item. 19 March 2008. The 2008 CGSG Newsletter is now available by clicking here. 18 October 2007. New Journal – Call for Papers: Emotion, Space, & Society (EMOSPA). Emotion, Space and Society provides a forum for interdisciplinary debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional intersections between people and places. The journal aims are conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes. Questions of emotion are relevant to a variety of disciplines, and submissions will be sought from across the full spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. For possible publication in 2008, submissions to Emotion, Space and Society MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 15, 2008. Please consult the journal's website, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa. 18 October 2007. The Third International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, 22-25 July 2008. The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences examines the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of 'real world' applications. It also interrogates what constitutes 'science' in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 November 2007. Proposals are reviewed within four weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.SocialSciencesConference.com 17 October 2007. Inaugural Conference on the Inclusive Museum. National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, the Netherlands, 8-11 June 2008. At this time of fundamental social change, what is the role of the museum, both as a creature of that change, and perhaps also as an agent of change? The International Conference on the Inclusive Museum is a place where museum practioners, researchers, thinkers and teachers can engage in discussion on the historic character and future shape of the museum. The key question of the Conference is 'How can the institution of the museum become more inclusive?' The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 November 2007. Proposals are reviewed within four weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.Museum-Conference.com. Please contact Amareswar Galla with questions or for more information. 4 October 2007. New Academic Resource for Geography Educators from First Run/Icarus Films. First Run/Icarus Films is a small, independent documentary distribution company in Brooklyn, New York in business for nearly thirty years. We recently launched a Geography subject page that showcases our catalog of films from around the world that those teaching, researching and studying cultural and political geography may find useful. We make free preview copies of the films available to educators for review in professional publications. Please contact Gary Crowdus (Director of Marketing & Publicity) for more information or to request a title. 2 October 2007. Environmental Geographer: Birmingham-Southern College, a selective national liberal arts college, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor position to begin Fall 2008. Click here for full job description (PDF file). 17 September 2007. PENNSYLVANIA, GETTYSBURG 17325. Gettysburg College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Environmental Humanities in the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Department to begin Fall 2008. Click here for full job description (Word file). 10 August 2007. Job opportunity available in Nanjing, China. Yangtze International Study Abroad (YISA). YISA, in collaboration with the University of Arizona's Study Abroad Program and the Department of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Arizona (UA), invites applications for a lecturer in the Geography of China. The position is open until filled, with applications reviewed on a continual basis. Send applications electronically as ms-word or PDF files to Scott Bird, sbird@yisa-china.org. Questions may be directed to Bird at his email address or to John Paul Jones III, Professor and Head, Department of Geography and Regional Development at jpjones@email.arizona.edu. 13 July 2007. The guidelines and application forms for the 2008 CGSG student paper and grant competitions are now available. The deadline for the grant competitions is 17 December 2007 and the deadline for the paper competitions is 14 January 2008. 1 June 2007. We are pleased to announce that Joseph Wood (University of Southern Maine) will be our marquee speaker for the 104th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, Massachusetts. Wood will reflect on the connections between geography and eduction in "The New England Village, Cultural Geography, and Liberal Education." 1 May 2007. Our secretary-treasurer Anita Peterson has produced a wonderful newsletter covering CGSG activities over the 2006-07 academic year. Click here to see it (see below for an archive of newsletters from previous years). 17 April 2007. The results are in! It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the 2007 Cultural Geography Specialty Group competitions: CGSG PhD Research Grants Michelle Brym (University of Tennessee) The European Union Integration of Borderlands. Advisor: Lydia Pulsipher. Emily Murai (University of Minnesota) Computing Technologies and Technologies of the Self. Advisor: George Henderson. Caroline Faria (University of Washington) Gendering Peace in the New Sudan. Advisor: Lucy Jarosz CGSG Masters Research Grant Soyini Aida-Ashby (University of the West Indies) Beyond Language: The Construction of Caribbean Identity. Advisor: Susan Mains. CGSG Paper Award, Masters Level Ramin Zamanian (Louisiana State University) A Material/Conceptual Analysis of the Virgin Guadalupe Pilgrimage Site in Mexico City, Mexico. Advisor: Andrew Sluyter. CGSG Paper Award, Undergraduate Level Erin Gorman (Wittenberg University) Aboriginal Cultural Ecology and Architecture: A Study of Four Tribes. Advisor: Artimus Keiffer. Congratulations to all our winners, and many thanks to all those who entered this year's competitions. Top
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19 March 2008. The 2008 CGSG Newsletter is now available by clicking here.

18 October 2007. New Journal – Call for Papers: Emotion, Space, & Society (EMOSPA). Emotion, Space and Society provides a forum for interdisciplinary debate on theoretically informed research on the emotional intersections between people and places. The journal aims are conceived to encourage investigations of feelings and affect in various spatial and social contexts, environments and landscapes. Questions of emotion are relevant to a variety of disciplines, and submissions will be sought from across the full spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. For possible publication in 2008, submissions to Emotion, Space and Society MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 15, 2008. Please consult the journal's website, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/locate/emospa.

18 October 2007. The Third International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, 22-25 July 2008. The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences examines the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of 'real world' applications. It also interrogates what constitutes 'science' in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 November 2007. Proposals are reviewed within four weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.SocialSciencesConference.com

17 October 2007. Inaugural Conference on the Inclusive Museum. National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, the Netherlands, 8-11 June 2008. At this time of fundamental social change, what is the role of the museum, both as a creature of that change, and perhaps also as an agent of change? The International Conference on the Inclusive Museum is a place where museum practioners, researchers, thinkers and teachers can engage in discussion on the historic character and future shape of the museum. The key question of the Conference is 'How can the institution of the museum become more inclusive?' The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 November 2007. Proposals are reviewed within four weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.Museum-Conference.com. Please contact Amareswar Galla with questions or for more information.

4 October 2007. New Academic Resource for Geography Educators from First Run/Icarus Films. First Run/Icarus Films is a small, independent documentary distribution company in Brooklyn, New York in business for nearly thirty years. We recently launched a Geography subject page that showcases our catalog of films from around the world that those teaching, researching and studying cultural and political geography may find useful. We make free preview copies of the films available to educators for review in professional publications. Please contact Gary Crowdus (Director of Marketing & Publicity) for more information or to request a title.

2 October 2007. Environmental Geographer: Birmingham-Southern College, a selective national liberal arts college, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor position to begin Fall 2008. Click here for full job description (PDF file).

17 September 2007. PENNSYLVANIA, GETTYSBURG 17325. Gettysburg College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Environmental Humanities in the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Department to begin Fall 2008. Click here for full job description (Word file).

10 August 2007. Job opportunity available in Nanjing, China. Yangtze International Study Abroad (YISA). YISA, in collaboration with the University of Arizona's Study Abroad Program and the Department of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Arizona (UA), invites applications for a lecturer in the Geography of China. The position is open until filled, with applications reviewed on a continual basis. Send applications electronically as ms-word or PDF files to Scott Bird, sbird@yisa-china.org. Questions may be directed to Bird at his email address or to John Paul Jones III, Professor and Head, Department of Geography and Regional Development at jpjones@email.arizona.edu.

13 July 2007. The guidelines and application forms for the 2008 CGSG student paper and grant competitions are now available. The deadline for the grant competitions is 17 December 2007 and the deadline for the paper competitions is 14 January 2008.

1 June 2007. We are pleased to announce that Joseph Wood (University of Southern Maine) will be our marquee speaker for the 104th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, Massachusetts. Wood will reflect on the connections between geography and eduction in "The New England Village, Cultural Geography, and Liberal Education."

1 May 2007. Our secretary-treasurer Anita Peterson has produced a wonderful newsletter covering CGSG activities over the 2006-07 academic year. Click here to see it (see below for an archive of newsletters from previous years).

17 April 2007. The results are in! It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the 2007 Cultural Geography Specialty Group competitions:

CGSG PhD Research Grants

Michelle Brym (University of Tennessee) The European Union Integration of Borderlands. Advisor: Lydia Pulsipher.
Emily Murai (University of Minnesota) Computing Technologies and Technologies of the Self. Advisor: George Henderson.
Caroline Faria (University of Washington) Gendering Peace in the New Sudan. Advisor: Lucy Jarosz

CGSG Masters Research Grant

Soyini Aida-Ashby (University of the West Indies) Beyond Language: The Construction of Caribbean Identity. Advisor: Susan Mains.

CGSG Paper Award, Masters Level

Ramin Zamanian (Louisiana State University) A Material/Conceptual Analysis of the Virgin Guadalupe Pilgrimage Site in Mexico City, Mexico. Advisor: Andrew Sluyter.

CGSG Paper Award, Undergraduate Level

Erin Gorman (Wittenberg University) Aboriginal Cultural Ecology and Architecture: A Study of Four Tribes. Advisor: Artimus Keiffer.

Congratulations to all our winners, and many thanks to all those who entered this year's competitions.

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Issue 6, 2007 [pdf]
Issue 5, 2006 [pdf]
Issue 4, 2005 [pdf]
Issue 3, 2004 [pdf]
Issue 2, 2003 [pdf]
Issue 1, 2002 [pdf]

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