* Apologies for Cross-Posting * West Lakes AAG 2011 DePaul University, Chicago, 10-12 November 2011 Call for Papers
The program committee welcomes papers on any topic in Geography or allied disciplines. Organized sessions are also welcome. Membership in the Association of American Geographers is not mandatory for participation in or attendance at this meeting. We strongly encourage student participation. Instructions for Presenters Abstracts Participants in the 2011 West Lakes Division Annual Meeting who would like to present a paper or poster, or organize a panel session, must submit an abstract of 250 words or fewer that provides a brief overview of the objectives, methods, and conclusions of the presentation. Abstracts must be submitted by September 30, 2011 via the conference website (https://lascollege.depaul.edu/WLAAG2011). Abstracts will not be edited; authors are responsible for any spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors. Paper Presentations Each paper presentation will be limited to 20 minutes for presentation and discussion. The session chair will be responsible for overseeing the timely presentation of papers. A digital projector will be available in each meeting room; however, presenters must furnish their own laptop. Poster Presentations The poster session provides opportunities for individual discussion with poster authors. Posters should contain mostly visual and graphic information; text should be limited to brief statements. Posters should be clearly legible from a distance of four feet and displayable on a 4' (wide) x 3' (tall) panel surface. Panel Sessions Panel sessions typically consist of four to five participants. These sessions are 80-minute discussions among the panel and audience members. Formal presentations are not to be part of panel sessions. If you are organizing a panel session, please indicate this in your on-line registration and contact Euan Hague ([email protected]) by the registration deadline of September 30, 2011 with details of the participants. Organized Sessions Paper sessions are limited to four presentations. Students and faculty are encouraged to plan organized sessions focusing on a specific topic or sub-discipline. If you would like to submit an organized session, please indicate this in your on-line registration and contact Euan Hague ([email protected]) by the registration deadline of September 30, 2011 with details of the participants and their paper titles. For questions or further information, please contact (after 1 August): Euan Hague Chair, WLAAG 2011 DePaul University, Department of Geography 990 W. Fullerton Avenue, ste.4300 Chicago, IL 60614 Email: [email protected] Tel: 773-325-7669 Web: http://las.depaul.edu/geography Facebook: DePaul Geography ***** Alec Brownlow, Ph.D. Department of Geography DePaul University 990 W. Fullerton Avenue Chicago, IL 60614 phone: 773-325-7876 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for Feminism in Geography [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy Trauger Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: query for gender and geography undergrad syllabi Hi everyone! Jennifer Fluri and I just published an article in the Geography of Higher Education on an exercise we use in our gender and geography courses that might be of interest. You can preview it and access it here ://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03098265.2011.552105 Tiffany, send me a compiled list of the syllabi and I will happily post to the website and share the link on the listserve. Amy ________________________________________ From: Discussion list for Feminism in Geography [[email protected]] on behalf of Sapana Doshi [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: query for gender and geography undergrad syllabi Hi Tiffany and all, Thanks so much for all of your responses. Some contributions were sent just to me. I was planning to send out a compilation of syllabi from contributors who were comfortable sharing to the wider group. But the uploading option would be much better. I'll send that compilation on to Tiffany for the GPOW site. Thanks again, Sapana On Jun 29, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Tiffany Muller wrote: > Hello Sapana and all, > > Thank you for re-opening this query, and thanks to JP for > responding. I put > forth a call to collect syllabi on gender & geography and/or feminist > geography, loosely defined, a while back. It may have suffered from > the > same mid-summer timing, but I didn't receive much response from that > query. > (Ann Oberhauser's response to that initial query is located below. > Jennifer > Mandel also submitted syllabi, which I would be happy to pass on, > but I > have not attached them here in case they would be stripped by the > listserv. > Please contact me directly if you would like copies of these.) > > Following Sapana, I'd like to put forth a call for anyone who is > willing to > share their intellectual labour in order to put together a > collection of > syllabi on the GPOW website (and linked to the GFDA syllabi site as > well). > Those willing to share may send syllabi or portions of syllabi (e.g., > readings or topics lists) to me at [email protected]. > > Thanks for considering this request, > > Tiffany Muller Myrdahl > GPOW Chair > > > From Ann: You can access my syllabus via my w
