Dear colleagues,

The Global Network on Financial Geography (FINGEO) is organizing the Fifth Global Seminar and First Spring School at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, respectively on 28-29 May and 30 May-2 June 2018.

The FINGEO Global Seminar deals with the theme of “European Spaces of Financialization” and offers keynotes by:

·        Kavita Datta (Queen Mary University of London)

·        Julie Froud (The University of Manchester)

·        Bob Jessop (Lancaster University)

·        Andreas Nölke (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

The FINGEO Spring School offers an Early Career program aimed at advanced methodological training and reflexive peer debate that intends to aid the consolidation of an emerging global community of financial geographers. Therefore, the FINGEO Spring School offers an intense engagement with the research themes, theoretical perspectives, and methodologies that those studying the intricate relations between finance and space may encounter. On the programme are Methods Master Classes, Reading and Discussion Seminars, Peer Review Sessions, Career Development Sessions, Visits & Fieldtrips, and Social Events.

Application deadline for both events 15 January 2018. More information about the program and application procedure in annex and via:

http://www.fingeo.net/20180528-20180602-brussels-belgium-5th-fingeo-global-seminar-and-1st-fingeo-spring-school/ for the Global Seminar

http://www.fingeo.net/20180530-20180602-brussels-belgium-1st-fingeo-spring-school/ for the Spring School