| Geography Colloquia meet on Fridays at 2:30 in Smith Hall 304. |
| 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! |
| 11 January | "The Production of Nature: On Cyborgs, H2O, and Spain's Modernization Process" | Erik Swyngedouw, University of Oxford |
| 18 January | "Indicators, Indexes, and Sustainability: An Ecological Perspective" | James R. Karr, Department of Zoology, University of Washington |
| 25 January | "Measuring What Matters: Charting Progress Toward Sustainability in the Northwest" | Clark Williams-Derry, Northwest Environment Watch |
| 1 February | "City of Seattle Perspectives on Sustainability" | Richard Gelb, Office of Sustainability and Environment, City of Seattle |
| 8 February | "Risk and Road Traffic Accidents: Some Geographical Approaches" | Stig Jorgensen, University of Trondheim |
| 15 February | "How Public Policies Improve Women's Lives" | Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Studies and UW Walker-Ames Professor |
| 19 February
(; Communications 226) |
"Globalism and Tolerance in Early Modern Geography" link to paper (protected) | Denis Cosgrove, UCLA |
| 22 February | "NSF IGERT in Urban Ecology: Progress and Prospects" | coordinator: Craig ZumBrunnen, Department of Geography and Program on the Environment, University of Washington |
| 1 March | "Postmaterial Eco-Logics: Consumption, Law, and Globalities" | Nayna Jhaveri, Department of Geography, University of Washington |
| 8 March | "Urban Region Sustainability: A Faculty Perspective" | Bill Beyers, Jonathan Mayer, and Tim Nyerges, Department of Geography, University of Washington |
| 15 March | "Graduate-Student Perspectives on Sustainability: A Panel Discussion" | coordinator: Jennifer Halfhill, Department of Geography, University of Washington |