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Dear all
The following events are being hosted as part of the Tabula Rasa seminar series at the School of Earth, Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham:
4th October, 1.30 - 3 PM, GES 125
Geographies of international higher education and transnational (im)mobilities
Dr Johanna L. Waters (Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool; Senior Lecturer in Urban Resilience at GEES, University of Birmingham, from December 2010)
11th October, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 125
Real and imagined geographies of communalism: lessons for the mainstream
Dr Helen Jarvis (Senior Lecturer in Social Geography, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle)
22nd October, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 311
Putting the 'sustainable city' in its place
Dr Rob Krueger (Assistant Professor of Geography, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
25th October, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 125
Title tbc
Dr Frans Schjiver (Teaching Fellow, GEES, University of Birmingham)
3rd November 4.15 – 5 PM*, LT E102, Biosciences (Shared with School Seminar)
The geographies of soft paternalism: exploring the re-scientisation of decision-making in British public policy
Dr Mark J. Whitehead (Reader in Political Geography, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University)
8th November, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 125
The nature of everyday life
Dr Alex Loftus (RCUK Academic Fellow, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London)
15th November
Film evening (details tbc)
22nd November, 2 – 3.30 PM*, Ground floor seminar room
Political geographies of youth in times of war: polycultural citizenship, dissent and the war in Iraq
Kathrin Hörschelmann (Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Durham)
29th November, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 311
Knowledge transfer for low-carbon cities: the UN Economic Commission for Europe's action plan for energy efficient housing
Dr Oleg Golubchikov (Lecturer in Urban Resilience, GEES, University of Birmingham)
6th December, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 311
Green space, health and well-being: relationships and resilience
Dr Stephen Cummins (Senior Lecturer and NIHR Fellow, Department of Geography, Queen Mary University of London)
13th December, 1 – 2.30 PM*, GES 311
Academic staff-postgraduate student workshop (details tbc)
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* Coffee, tea and biscuits available from 2 PM
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