Newsletters: Activist Geographies and other Featured Themes at AAG 2013 - Los Angeles; Plus, Organize a Field Trip or Workshop

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Featured Theme: Activist Geographies

Organize a Field Trip or Workshop

More Emerging Themes

Important Dates

About the Meeting

Activist Geographies at the AAG Annual Meeting in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a particularly appropriate place for "Activist Geographies: Struggles for Social and Environmental Justice," an emerging theme of the AAG Annual Meeting, because LA is known as a place where social and activist movements have undertaken struggles around issues such as immigration, borders, transportation, and environmental justice. The conference will be held April 9-13, 2013. Read the Call for Papers and submit an abstract by Oct. 24 to organize a session. Learn more.

Propose a Field Trip or Workshop for the AAG Annual Meeting

Field trips and workshops offer Annual Meeting attendees unique opportunities to interact with colleagues with similar interests while learning about the rich cultural and physical geography of Los Angeles and Southern California. The AAG invites anyone attending the upcoming conference in April to organize informative field trips in and around the L.A. area. Field trip proposals are due Nov. 1. Learn more.

Emerging Themes

Each year, the AAG identifies a few themes for its Annual Meeting to help focus discussion and provide a fresh and engaging structure to the conference program. Attendees are also invited to develop themes relevant to the meeting's location or influenced by political and intellectual trends within the discipline. Current themes include:

Please take a moment to read the Call for Papers and Abstract Guidelines.

Learn more.

Important Dates

October 24 - Abstract Deadline
(Call for papers ends; Last day for presenters to register and submit abstracts)
March 15 - Early registration discount ends
April 9-13 - AAG Annual Meeting

About the AAG Annual Meeting

The weeklong conference is expected to host more than 8,000 geographers from around the world and feature over 4,000 presentations, posters, workshops, and field trips by leading scholars and researchers. The AAG Annual Meeting is an interdisciplinary forum open to anyone with an interest in geography and related disciplines.

The AAG Annual Meeting is an interdisciplinary forum open to anyone with an interest in geography and related disciplines. All scholars, researchers, and students are welcome to submit abstracts for papers and presentations.

Learn more.

We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles!

Sincerely,

Oscar Larson
AAG Conference Director
meeting@aag.org

David Coronado
AAG Communications Director
geography@aag.org

AAG 2013

LOS ANGELES

April 9-13, 2013

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