Summer Institute 2009

Antipode's 2nd Summer Institute for the Geographies of Justice (SIGJ).
Manchester-Leeds

Mon 18 – Fri 22nd May 2009
(in conjunction with the International Critical Geography Group (ICGG)

After Antipode's successful 1st Summer Institute for the Geographies of Justice (SIGJ) in Georgia, USA in 2007 we are delighted to announce that the 2nd Summer Institute will be held in Manchester, UK during the summer of 2009. There will also be additional sessions and field trips in neighbouring Leeds.

Aim

The aim of the Summer Institute for the Geographies of Justice (SIGJ) is to provide an exciting opportunity to engage leading edge theoretical, methodological, and research-practice issues in the field of radical geography and social justice.

This international meeting will be specifically designed to meet the needs of new researchers, taking the form of an intensive, interactive workshop for 25 participants. It will include facilitated discussion groups, field trips, debates and panels, training and skills development modules, and plenary sessions. A day field trip will be hosted in Leeds through the MA in Activism and Social Change.

Speakers and topics

Topics for the 2009 meeting are likely to build on last years conference and include:

radical/critical geographies, activist geographies and scholar-activism, producing relevant public geographies, locating the boundaries of "the geographies of justice," working with and researching social movements, interdisciplinary dialogue and radical geography, teaching and publishing radical geographies, and mapping the future of radical/critical geographies.

Speakers will include leading critical scholars as well as members of NGOs, campaigning and social justice groups and will be confirmed over summer 2008.

Further Details

The local organizers of the meeting are Noel Castree (Manchester) and Paul Chatterton (Leeds).

There will be around 20-25 places on the 2009 Summer Institute for the Geographies of Justice. It  is open to doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and recently appointed junior faculty (normally within 3 years of appointment).

The Summer Institute participation fee will be approximately £120/$240 for graduate students and £145/$290 for faculty and postdoctoral researchers – and exact prices will be confirmed nearer the time. This fee will include your lodging for the week, field trip costs, and fund a reception at the end of the week.

Please send a completed pre-registration form by email to Paul Chatterton, University of Leeds, and Nik Heynen, University of Georgia, by February 16th, 2009. Click here for the form

SIGJ 2009 is supported by:

SIGJ STEERING COMMITTEE:

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