RGS-IBG 2017.
Pre-conference workshop: Brexit: a geographical conversation
Date: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Time: Lunch from 12 noon, talks and discussion 13:00-17:15 (immediately before the opening
plenary of the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2017)
Venue : Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
The event:
Brexit is innately geographical, in its causes, reactions, and consequences. This event,
organised jointly by the Economic Geography and Political Geography Research Groups of the Royal Geographical Society, provides an opportunity to further develop geographical conversations about Brexit, with a range of initial provocations being provided by
speakers followed by extended Q&A and discussion periods.
Confirmed speakers to date include:
·
Opening Keynote by David Goodhart (columnist in The Guardian, Financial Times and other media) “Brexit: the road to somewhere”
·
Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones, and David Manley (University of Bristol): ‘The geography of Brexit – what geography? Modelling and predicting the outcome across 380 local authorities’
·
John Bachtler (University of Strathclyde) ‘Brexit and Regional Development in the UK’
·
Ben Anderson (Durham University) and Helen Wilson (Manchester University): ‘(Post)Brexit Futures’
·
Gurminder K Bhambra (University of Warwick and Linnaeus University): ‘The Impossibility of Brexit: The Imperial Nostalgia of a ‘Small Island’’
·
Kathy Burrell (University of Liverpool): ‘Putting Polish Migration in Brexit Perspective: Themes, Issues and Questions’
Registration fees (including lunch and refreshments): Waged: £30; unwaged and students:
£10