University of Washington
Department of Geography
Geography Colloquium Series, Spring 2005
 
 
 
Geography Colloquia meet on Fridays at 2:30 in Smith Hall 304, unless noted otherwise.
The usual format is a brief introduction, a 40-minute presentation, and 15 minutes for questions.  At 3:30, the formal session is followed by informal discussion over refreshments.  Please join us!

 
1 April General "Town Hall" meeting Students and faculty welcome
8 April
No session
15 April "Risk" for HIV Infection/Reinfection Among Luo Widows in Kenya: Whose Body? Whose Decision? Kawango Agot, University of Nairobi
22 April  Is Avian Flu Really a Threat to Global Health? 

and

SARS in the Media: A Cross-National Content Analysis

Jonathan Mayer, University of Washington Departments of Geography, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Health Services, Family Medicine
Patricia Moy, UW Department of Communication
29 April Certifying the Matrix:  Biodiversity Conservation, Landscape Connectivity, and Certified Agricultural Networks in Southern Mexico Tad Mutersbaugh, University of Kentucky [LJ]
6 May Unfolding Neoliberalisms Gillian Hart, University of California - Berkeley [Lynn Thomas]
13 May Counter-Geographies: The Battle for a New Global Order of Poverty Management Ananya Roy, University of California - Berkeley [KM]
17 May
3:00 p.m., 409 Smith Hall
Long-Wave Macrohistory and American Politics Brian J.L. Berry, Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
20 May Mixed Race Households and Residential Segregation Mark Ellis, University of Washington [JWH]
27 May "Whose Geography? The Politics of a World City" Doreen Massey, Professor of Geography, Open University, and Earl and Edna Stice Lecturer, UW [KE & JWH]
3 June:  all day
Geography Collaboratory, 415 Smith
Geography's Undergraduate Symposium Rick Roth, coordinator
contact:  Professor JW Harrington
revised 13 May 2005