PGSG Preconference: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, Feb 22-23 2012
The PGSG is pleased to announce that the 2012 PGSG Preconference will be held at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie NY, north of Manhattan on the Hudson River. The conference will start off with a keynote talk and discussion on Wednesday February 22nd; paper sessions will be scheduled for Thursday February 23rd.
The PGSG is particularly excited to announce that Christian Parenti, contributing editor at The Nation, CUNY visiting scholar, and most recently author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence, will give the preconference keynote address. More details on Dr. Parenti’s work can be found: http://www.christianparenti.com/books/#toc.
Please submit a paper title and a brief 200 word abstract, along with author contact details, to Mat Coleman and Reece Jones at aag.pgsg@gmail.com no later than January 14 2012.
As with our past preconferences, there will be a nominal registration fee for faculty only.
Complete details are available on the Political Geography website:
http://politicalgeography.org/aagannounce.html
