Delegates are invited to attend the following plenaries, special sessions, performances, panel discussions, workshops and other events. For more information on any of the plenaries or special sessions, please contact AC2012@rgs.org
Chair's plenaries
Geographies of Insecurity - (In)secure states - Session 1 (9am to 10.40am) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - read the abstracts
- Insecurity, extra-legality and the security state: neo-liberal paternalist anxieties and the resurrection of the responsible state
Matthew Hannah (Aberystwyth University)
- Governing vitalities and the security state
Gerry Kearns (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
- Citizenship, civilians and scaling the security state: the gendering of civilian sites of (in)securities
Jennifer Fluri (Dartmouth College, United States of America)
Geographies of Insecurity - (In)secure environments - Session 4 (3.20pm to 5pm) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - read the abstracts
- Climatic (in)security: physical, social and political perspectives, and future challenges
Charles Williams (University of Reading)
- Water (in)security: Securing the right to water
Alex Loftus (Royal Holloway, University of London)
- Energy (in)security: world-making in the age of scarcity
Gavin Bridge (University of Manchester)
Geographies of Insecurity - (In)secure peoples - Session 1 (9am to 10.40am) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - read the abstracts
- Asylum-seekers, immigrants and new governmentalities: global security scapes and the regulation of marginal flows
Patricia Noxolo (University of Sheffield)
- Multiply vulnerable/precarious populations: creating a politics of compassion from the ‘capacity to hurt’
Louise Waite and Gill Valentine (University of Leeds)
- Insecure selves/feeling insecurities: exploring boundaries, spaces and liminalities psychoanalytically
Liz Bondi (University of Edinburgh)
Geographies of Insecurity - (In)secure spaces - Session 2 (11.10am to 12.50pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - read the abstracts
- Food (in)security: the new geopolitics of food
David Nally (University of Cambridge)
- Biosecurity: securing circulations from the microbe to the macrocosm
Kezia Barker (Birkbeck, University of London)
- Health in/security: from crisis to diplomacy?
Alan Ingram (University College London)
Security and Insecurity at Home: A Spatial Financial Paradox - a lecture given by Susan Smith (University of Cambridge), sponsored by Transactions of the IBG - Session 3 (1.10pm to 2.50pm) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - read the abstract
Environmental (In)securities – a lecture by Simon Dalby (Carleton University, Canada), sponsored by the 30th IGU fund - Session 3 (1.10pm to 2.50pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - further details
Geography and Education- a plenary session with Rita Gardner (RGS-IBG); Stephen Royle (Queens University Belfast); Michael Woods (Aberystwyth University); University); and a representative from The Royal Scottish Geographical Society - Session 4 (3.20pm to 5pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - further details
The Enlightenment and Geographies of Cosmopolitanism - the Scottish Geography plenary lecture given by Charles W. J. Withers (University of Edinburgh) - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Thursday 5 July 2012 - read the abstract
Journal-sponsored sessions
Forensic Architecture: The deep surface of the earth – a lecture by Eyal Weizman sponsored by the journal Society and Space - Session 4 (3.20pm to 5pm) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - read the abstract
Hoyle Lecture in Transport Geography: Transport shaping space before and after Peak Oil – a lecture by Richard Knowles sponsored by Ashgate Publishing - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - read the abstract
Sovereignty, place and security: Latin American and Caribbean geographies session sponsored by the Bulletin of Latin American Research - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - read the abstracts
Take Back the Economy, Any Time, Any Place: Pedagogies for Securing Community Economies – a lecture by Katherine Gibson and sponsored by the journal Antipode - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Tuesday 3 July 2012 - further details
Popular geopolitics and the geographies of (in)security – a lecture by Klaus Dodds and sponsored by the journal Geopolitics - Session 4 (3.20pm to 5pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - further details
Bringing terrorism home: fear, security and domestic violence – a lecture by Rachel Pain and sponsored by the journal Social & Cultural Geography - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - read the abstract
Securing Physical Geography in a Globalising World – a lecture by Nick Clifford, sponsored by the journal Progress in Physical Geography - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - read the abstract
Towards securing a future for geography graduates – a lecture by Rachel Spronken-Smith sponsored by the journal Journal of Geography in Higher Education - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - read the abstract
The Progress in Human Geography journal lecture will be given by Kirsten Simonsen - Session 3 (1.10pm to 2.50pm) on Thursday 5 July 2012 - further details
Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power – a lecture by Stuart Elden and sponsored by the journal Political Geography - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Thursday 5 July 2012 - read the abstract
Performances, exhibitions and other special sessions
The conference opening drinks reception will feature a performance of musical psychogeography works composed by Drew Mulholland, University of Glasgow. Brief welcoming presentations will also be given - Playfair Library, 6pm to 8pm) on Monday 2 July 2012 - more information on conference receptions
Translating Research into Testimonial Theatre presents a script reading of Nanay, a testimonial play developed in a collaboration between geographers, theatre artists and community activists from the Philippine Women Centre of British Columbia - Session 5 (5.20pm to 7pm) on Wednesday 4 July 2012 - read the abstract
Civic geographies: securing geography in civic life – an exhibition and panel discussion to highlight and debate the possibilities, prospects and problems for engaging with civic geographies, for ‘securing’ them as a subject-matter worthy of study and as a practice beyond the academy - Exhibition: Session 1 (9am to 10.40am) and Panel discussion: Session 2 (11.10am to 12.50pm) on Thursday 5 July 2012 - read the abstracts
The Social and Cultural Geographies of Impact session will provide a forum for debate and discussion on the social and cultural geographies of ‘impact’ and both academic and non-academic participants will present their short, critical ‘impact statements’ - Session 3 (1.10pm to 2.50pm) and Session 4 (3.20pm to 5pm) on Thursday 5 July 2012 - read the abstract
Workshops and meetings
Postgraduate Forum Annual Conference Training Symposium (PGF-ACTS) - Monday 2 July 2012, 12.30pm to 6pm
This will focus on key skills and knowledge for postgraduates, with particular attention this year to building PhD confidence and publishing and careers in academia. Led by established geographers, the workshop combines short presentations with practical activities to help build postgraduates’ skills and confidence with subject-specific advice. Find out more about PGF-ACTS.