Progressive Geographies

We’re exicted about the first Governing Emergencies workshop which is now taking shape – 23/24 September at the RGS in London. We’re going to trace some of the ways in which emergencies are governed today, around four themes: ‘Transformations in the Government of Emergency’, ‘Contemporary Logics and Techniques’, ‘Events and Non-Events’ and ‘Emergency Topologies’. Keynotes from Melinda Cooper and Janet Roitman, and other confirmed attendees/speakers include a bunch of interesting people, with more to follow …: Peter Adey, Louise Amoore, Claudia Aradau, Stephen Collier, Mick Dillon, Aurora Fredriksen, Marieke de Goede, Joe Deville, Stefan Elbe, Micheal Guggenheim, Kevin Grove, Paul Langley, Natrhaniel O’Grady, Stephanie Simon.

Further details to follow …

Last spring (2013) I had the honor and privilege to co-teach the annual Social Theory seminar, with three colleagues, Jenny Rice, Jeff Peters, and Susan Larson. The seminar is a long-standing feature of the Committee on Social Theory, which was founded at UKY in the spring of 1989 by JP Jones, Ted Schatzki, and Wolfgang Natter (see Postmodern Contentions, 1993).

The topic we proposed, “Mapping,” attracted a superb and diverse group of graduate students. Another tradition of the CST is the production of a journal, disClosure, which is totally written and produced by graduate students in CST and the seminar. There is a nice story on this year’s editors, Rachel Hoy and Christina Williams, here.

Issue 23 of disClosure on “Mapping” (2014) is now out. It contains a great selection of content, including poetry, interviews and articles from authors near (Transylvania University, Lexington)…