Dear EGSG members, We are seeking nominations for the Roepke Lecture speaker for the AAG Annual Meeting 2019 (April 3-7, Washington, DC).
The Roepke Lecture is an opportunity to honor and showcase scholars who have made transformative contributions in the field of economic geography. This year’s speaker is Katherine Gibson from the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University (see for details on her paper please see - https://aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG%20Annual%20Meeting%202018/sessions-gallery/472). Recent lecturers are as follows: 2017 – Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research 2016 – Amy Glasmeier, MIT 2015 – Jamie Peck, UBC 2014 – Linda McDowell, Oxford 2013 – Gordon Clark, Oxford 2012 – Dani Rodrik, Harvard 2011 – Trevor Barnes, UBC The Roepke Lecture is co-sponsored by Economic Geography<http://www.clarku.edu/econgeography/> (EG), the AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group<http://geography.wisc.edu/aag-egsg/> (EGSG), and the University of Illinois. Roepke Lectures are also published as articles in Economic Geography. Please send your nominations DIRECTLY to Jennifer Clark at <jennifer.cl...@gatech.edu<mailto:jennifer.cl...@gatech.edu>> and/or Jim Murphy <jammur...@clarku.edu<mailto:jammur...@clarku.edu>> by Thursday, February 15, 2018. Once nominations are received the EGSG Board and the EG Editors/Editorial Board will select the 2019 speaker from among those nominated. (Note: Please do NOT hit 'reply' to this email message as your nomination will be sent to everyone on this list!) We look forward to receiving your nominations. Sincerely, Jennifer Clark, Georgia Tech (Chair, AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group) Jim Murphy, Clark University (Editor-in-Chief, Economic Geography) James T. Murphy, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief, Economic Geography Associate Professor Graduate School of Geography Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester, MA 01610 USA (508) 793-7687 (phone) (508) 793-8881 (fax) jammur...@clarku.edu<mailto:jammur...@clarku.edu> http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/ Economic Geography – www.economicgeography.org<http://www.economicgeography.org/>
