FYI... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:56 AM Subject: FW: Call for Papers - Spaces and Flows Conference, 11-12 October 2012, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Dear Colleague, On behalf of the International Advisory Board, I am pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the *Spaces and Flows: Third International Conference on Urban and Extraurban Studies* and the call for submissions to the peer-reviewed journal. http://SpacesandFlows.com/Conference-2012/ 11-12 October 2012 Wayne State University Detroit, USA This interdisciplinary conference aims to critically examine the spatial, social, ideological, and political forces that shape and transform cities, suburbs, and rural areas. The theme of this year's conference, *"Transforming Cities and Communities in Contemporary Times,"* complements the past and recent history of our host city of Detroit, Michigan, USA - a city that exemplifies the complex processes that must be examined and mastered for positive transformations to occur in and around urban and extraurban areas. Plenary speakers include: - Jerry Herron, Professor, English and American Studies, Founding Dean of Irvin D. Reid Honors College, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA - Roger Keil, Director, City Institute and Professor, Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada - France Winddance Twine, Professor, Sociology and Comparative Racial Studies, Feminist Theory, and Critical Race Theory, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA In addition to plenary speakers, proposals for paper presentations, workshops, or colloquia are invited. We welcome proposals from a variety of disciplines and perspectives that will contribute to the conference discourse, and we encourage faculty and students to jointly submit proposals for panel discussions, or colloquia. The *deadline *for the current round of submissions to the conference Call for Papers (a title and short abstract) is *20 September 2012*. Full details of the conference, including future deadlines and an online proposal submission form, may be found on the conference website. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed *Spaces and Flows: International Journal of Urban and Extraurban Studies*. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available, which allows participants to submit papers for refereeing and possible publication and includes a complimentary subscription to the journal. For updates on the Call for Papers, the conference and journal, and the Spaces and Flows Community, visit our webpage at http://SpacesandFlows.com/Conference-2012/. We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Detroit this October. Yours Sincerely, Prof. David Wilson Department of Geography University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
