The University of Sheffield
Department of Geography

Human Geography Seminar Series, Spring 2012

Seminars are held at 4:15pm, Tuesdays in the Department of Geography.
Seminars are open to all interested people; staff and postgraduates are especially encouraged to attend.

Tuesday 7 February The new 'reality' of being there: towards mediated transnational community
Pat Noxolo (Geography, University of Sheffield)
4:15pm, Room B8
Tuesday 14 February Situating 'Rising Asia' in the development imaginary: challenges for migration research
Dr Parvati Raghuram (Open University)
4:15pm, Ron Johnston Research Room
Tuesday 21 February tbc
Jess Dubow (Geography, University of Sheffield)
4:15pm, Room B8
Tuesday 28 February Beyond a boundary: is electoral redistricting in the UK still cricket?
Charles Pattie (Geography, University of Sheffield)
4:15pm, Ron Johnston Research Room
Tuesday 6 March tbc
Adam Whitworth (Geography, University of Sheffield)
4:15pm, Room B8
Tuesday 13 March Celebrity and Development
Daniel Brockington (University of Manchester)
4:15pm, Ron Johnston Research Room
Tuesday 20 March Using maps in academic research
University of Sheffield Map Librarians
4:15pm, Room B8
Tuesday 27 March Informality, security and neighbourhood development: formalising downtown Kingston, Jamaica
David Howard (University of Oxford)
4:15pm, Ron Johnston Research Room
Tuesday 24 April The importance of predicting waste prevention behaviour to decrease solid waste generation
Ana Paula Bortoleto (Geography, University of Sheffield)
4:15pm, Room B8
Tuesday 1 May Playing Geopolitics: Utopian simulations international relations
Jason Dittmer (University College London)
4:15pm, Ron Johnston Research Room
Tuesday 8 May Department of Geography/Sheffield International Development Network Workshop
Cities in the Global South

Susan Parnell (University of Cape Town), Owen Crankshaw (University of Cape Town), Dan Hammett (Sheffield), Glynn Williams (Sheffield), Paula Meth (Sheffield)