I stumbled into “INTerrupted Silence,” the DePaul International Studies blog, and found they have a pretty extensive list of upcoming around the city events that I think us Geographers might be interested in! Thought I would share to maybe launch some encouragement for us to expand on this list.
- May 15 (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM): Climate Change and Global Security / Global Policies Driving Cleaner Energy Development
- May 15 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ): Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front
- May 15 (5:30 PM – 7:30 PM): Food, Agriculture, and Development
- May 15 (5:00 PM): African & African-American Movie Night – Paris is Burning
- May 16 (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM): Negotiating the State: Formal and Informal Institutions in Contemporary Kenyan State-Building
- May 17 (4:30 PM – 6:30 PM): Foucault and the Question of Catholic Identity
- May 17 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Sovereigns: What Government’s Must Do
- May 18 (9:30-4:30): The Geography of Southern Baroque Architecture
- May 18 (1:30 PM – 6:00 PM): Defense, Development, & Diplomacy: The Future of Complex Operations in Africa
- May 18 (1:30 PM – 4:00 pm): Political Battles and Iconic Architecture: Controversial Place Marketing Efforts in Contemporary Spain
- May 19 (12:00 PM – 3:00 PM): Defense, Development, & Diplomacy: The Future of Complex Operations in Africa
- May 21 (3:00 PM): Exploring Uzbekistan’s Cultural Revolution, 1917-1927
- May 22 ( 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM): Italian Film Series: Nuovomondo
- May 22 (5:30 PM – 7:30 PM): Governance and Accountability
- May 24 (4:30 PM): “Embeddedness and the Corporate Personality in India: Legal History as Economic History”
- May 30 (TBD): DePaul Interdisciplinary Student Conference: Movements, Migrations, Crossing Borders (support your fellow INT students who are presenting!)
Two events in particular to add to this list: the Geography Department’s Awards Ceremony geographers on May 23rd at 4:30 PM in the Richardson Library Rosati Room #300; and the memorial commemoration for Dick Houk, the founder of the DePaul Department of Geography, in Cortelyou Commons on May 30th from 9-11am.
Enjoy!
