Theme and Events Planned Around the Launch of AAG’s New ‘GeoHumanities’ Journal
GeoHumanities, the AAG's new interdisciplinary scholarly journal, co-edited by Tim Cresswell (History and International Affairs, Northeastern University) and Deborah Dixon (Geography, University of Glasgow) will begin publication in fall 2015. GeoHumanitites seeks to publish peer-reviewed articles that span conceptual and methodological debates in geography and the humanities; critical reflections on analog and digital artistic productions;…
Jobs and Careers Center at the 2015 AAG Annual Meeting
In recent years, careers and professional development activities at the AAG’s Annual Meeting have been expanding and broadening. Thanks in part to positive feedback and attendance, the 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago will continue to feature the Jobs and Careers Center, a centralized location where conference attendees can attend panel discussions, participate in workshops, receive…
Pilsen – The Gentrification Frontier
On the night of January 22-23, 2015, the windows of Bow Truss Coffee at 1641 West 18th Street on Chicago’s Lower West Side were covered with handwritten posters declaring “Wake up and smell the gentrification ... ¿Sabes dondes estas? ¡La raza vive aqui! ... Sugar with your gentrification?” An artisanal coffee roaster that has two other…
AAG Announces Centennial Celebration for Professors’ Association (AAUP)
AAUP Centennial Address: Safeguarding Academic Freedom in the 21st Century 2015 AAG Annual Meeting Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 4:40 –6:20 Skyway 260, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois The AAG is pleased to announce a special session at the 2015 AAG Annual Meeting in celebration of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Centennial. Hans-Joerg Tiede, Professor of…
Hyatt, Swissôtel offer hotel discounts for AAG 2015 in Chicago
Discounted hotel room rates for the 2015 AAG Annual Meeting are available at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and The Swissotel Chicago. Attendees are encouraged to reserve as soon as possible to receive the group rate. AAG 2015 events will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Swissotel, and the University of Chicago Gleacher Center. Staying at…
Chicago’s Asian Cultures
The Association of American Geographers (AAG) will be holding its next annual meeting April 21-25, 2015, in the American business hub city of Chicago, which can be reached by a direct flight from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and many other major Asian cities. It is little wonder that many Asian cultures feel at home here…
Show us the best of Chicagoland
Lead a field trip on the geographies of Chicago and the Great Lakes New and returning visitors to Chicago are looking to learn more about Chicagoland and the Great Lakes region. You can guide them through the rich cultural and physical geographies the area has to offer by organizing and/or leading a field trip. Field…
James Newman on Illinois Politics
You might say Quinn/Rauner was a squeaker, and Durbin/Oberweis was a cakewalk. Here’s why you’d be wrong. The outlook was bleak nationwide for Democrats as the nation approached mid-term elections. Despite improvements in employment, troop drawdowns in Afghanistan, and increasing numbers of insured persons under the Affordable Care Act, the public’s confidence in the Obama Administration…
AAG Past President’s Address by Julie Winkler
Julie Winkler will deliver her AAG Past President's Address at the AAG Annual Meeting in Chicago on Thursday, April 23, 2015. Embracing the Complexity and Uncertainty of Climate Change Climate change is one of the defining environmental concerns of our time, and will directly or indirectly affect every sector of society. The complexity of the climate system…
Who’s got your back? Domestic Workers in Chicago
By the early 1980s, the introduction of neoliberal policies across urban America profoundly impacted its already declining industrial base. In Chicago, from 1972 to 2000, manufacturing employment plunged by nearly 260,000 jobs (and thus decent blue-collar wages). Soon the industrial economy was replaced with a service economy that consisted of low-wage service jobs with no…
GIS in Chicagoland
The prevalence of GIS and digital mapping in the Chicago region is nothing new. The footprints of GIS are everywhere. Local government offices were early adopters of mapping technology, using GIS and spatial analysis to maintain or improve their interests. Currently, it is difficult to find a local government office in the region that does…
Geography and Online Education at the AAG Annual Meeting: Call for Participation
For its 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago, the AAG is welcoming abstracts and organized session proposals on topics exploring the multifaceted dimensions of geography and online education. AAG (), Esri (), and the National Center for Research in Geography Education () are co-organizing this special thematic track. Context: It’s sometimes said that online learning “transcends…