Colleagues are invited to
the first 2002 seminars in the lecture series:
Critical Studies of Culture, Society & Space
Dr. Derek Gregory
University of British Columbia
"Orientalism and Cultures of Travel"
Wed. Jan. 16, 2.30 - 4.00 pm
Kalamalka Campus Rm A204
Okanagan University College
and
"Postcolonialsm & the Production of Nature"
Thurs., Jan. 17, 1.00 - 2.30 pm
N. Kelowna Campus Rm Arts 116
Okanagan University College
Derek Gregory is Professor of Geography at the University of British
Columbia. He holds a doctorate from the University of Cambridge and
an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Roskilde. He has an
international reputation for his work on social theory in Geography
and has authored or edited 17 books and more than 63 scholarly
articles in Geography. Derek has presented numerous special lectures
and keynote addresses, including the Alexander von Humboldt Lecture,
University of Nijmegen, Netherlands; the inaugural Hettner Lecture,
University of Heidelberg; the RGS/John Wiley Lecture, Canadian
Association of Geographers Annual Conference; and, the inaugural
Progress in Human Geography lecture, Association of American
Geographers Annual Conference. His current research interests
include: Human geography, cultural studies and social theory;
Historical geographies of modernity; Orientalism and imaginative
geographies; Cultures of travel and formations of modernity.
Please contact Lawrence Berg ([log in to unmask]) for further information
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Lawrence D. Berg, D.Phil.
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
& Research Liaison Coordinator, Office of Research Services
Okanagan University College, Vernon, B.C., Canada V1B 2N5
Voice: +1 250 545-7291 ext. 2264
Fax: +1 250 545-3277
E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/geog/berg/Berghome/
Co-editor: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
http://www.acme-journal.org
Co-moderator: Critical Geography Forum
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/crit-geog-forum.html
