This year's 2 day Political Geography Specialty Group preconference will be
held at Virginia Tech's Old Town Alexandria campus, located across the
Potomac river from Washington DC, on Sunday April 11 and Monday April 12
2010. Please submit a paper title, author contact details and a brief
abstract to Jason Dittmer and/or Mat Coleman at [log in to unmask] no later
than March 1 2010. Thanks to Gerard Toal, Gerry Kearns and co for generously
agreeing to host the preconference. A list of accommodations is available at
http://www.planningacademy.ncr.vt.edu/location.html. www.priceline.com and
www.hotels.com offer the best rates for the area. The Virginia
Tech-Alexandria Center is a 10 minute walk from the King Street metro stop.
This year's PGSG preconference is organized in concert with a very special 1
day "GEOPOL 2010" conference at Virginia Tech (for details on presenters and
panel topics, see
http://www.politicalgeography.org/images/newsletters/GEOPOL2010%20Program.pd
f as well as www.criticalgeopolitics.com).
GEOPOL 2010 will take place at the Alexandria Lyceum Hall, 201 South
Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia
(http://oha.alexandriava.gov/lyceum/) on Tuesday April 13 2010.
Dr Jason Dittmer
Lecturer in Human Geography
Department of Geography
University College London
26 Bedford Way
London WC1E 6BT
+44 0207 679 5505
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