geography
New Mappings Speaker Series: Michael Goodchild
Michael Goodchild is Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of California Santa Barbara. His research focuses around geographic information represented in computer systems, and how communities are involved in producing maps.
The New Mappings Collaboratory at the University of Kentucky is an effort to build partnerships around new spatial media education and research.
Global Sustainability Expert Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food
Internationally renowned scholar and activist Vandana Shiva visited the University of Kentucky to present her lecture on "The Future of Food" and to discuss the many challenges of global sustainability. Shiva has been the author of more than 20 books on sustainable agriculture, development, feminist theory, alternative globalization, and bioengineering.
Global Sustainability Expert Vandana Shiva Lectures at UK
Gabriel’s Map: Cartography and Corpography in Modern War
Dr. Derek Gregory University of British Columbia
January 25, 2013 - Social Theory Lecture "Gabriel’s Map: Cartography and Corpography in Modern War"
UK Archaeologist Helps Unearth Hatfield and McCoy Artifacts
Charting Economic Terrain in Appalachia: Amanda Fickey
Amanda Fickey, a University of Kentucky doctoral candidate was recently granted a year long research fellowship by the Central Appalachian Institute in Research and Development.
Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference Tackles Environmental, Social Issues, Economics, and More
Scholars and students from around the globe have congregated in Lexington for the last two years to discuss nature, the environment, social issues, economics, and more at the Dimensions of Political Ecology Conference. The next conference will take place at the University of Kentucky during the end of February 2013.
UK's Amanda Fickey Earns CAIRD Research Fellowship
Politically Comprehensive with Gwendolyn Schaefer
Gwendolyn Schaefer knew she wanted to study abroad in the Middle East, but the Arab Spring presented a potential threat to her personal security. Her first two choices were Egypt and Syria, but both were deep in the throes of political unrest. Eventually, she landed in Amman, Jordan through Education Abroad at UK with AMIDEAST.