Geography

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Juan De Lara
2018-10-29 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Race, Capital and the Politics of Space in Southern CaliforniaJuan De LaraAssistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Stephanie Pincetl
2018-11-26 14:30 - 15:30
The Future of Cities in a Post Carbon AgeStephanie PincetlFounding Director California Center for Sustainable Communities and Professor-in-Residence at IoES, UCLA

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Paul Loikith
2019-01-28 14:30 - 15:30
Applied climate research in the Portland metro regionPaul LoikithAssistant Professor, Department of Geography, Climate Science Lab Director, Portlant State University

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Ju Hui Judy Han
2019-02-11 14:30 - 15:30
Not yet, not now, maybe later: Queer futurity and feminist politics in South KoreaJu Hui Judy HanAssistant Professor, Gender Studies, University of California Los Angeles

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Shunlin Liang
2019-02-25 14:30 - 15:30
Generating Global Land Surface Satellite Products for Environmental Change StudiesShunlin LiangProfessor, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland College Park

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Asa Rennermalm
2019-03-11 14:30 - 15:30
Meltdown in the Arctic: A perspective from the Greenland Ice SheetAsa RennermalmAssistant Professor, Department of Geography, Rutgers University

Special Colloquium: David Kaplan
2019-03-15 12:00 - 13:30
How Geography has Changed Over the Last Century: Evidence from Doctoral DissertationsDavid KaplanProfessor of Geography, Kent State UniversityIncoming President of the AAG

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Brad Udall
2019-04-22 14:30 - 15:30
The 2019 Colorado River Drought Contigency Plan: why it was needed, what it will do, and what’s next?Brad UdallSenior Water & Climate Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute / Water Center Colorado State University

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Nathan Sayre
2019-04-29 14:30 - 15:30
Does Weather/Climate Make Us Non/Human?Nathan SayreProfessor, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jessica Cattelino
2019-05-13 14:30 - 15:30
Watershed: Rural Political Belonging and Ecosystem Restoration in the Contemporary United StatesJessica CattelinoAssociate Professor, Lens P.I. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Marik Shtern
2019-05-20 14:30
Between the Wall and the Mall: Israelis and Palestinians in post-Oslo JerusalemMarik ShternScholar in Residence, Department of Sociology. University of California, San Diego

Special Colloquium: Pierre-Alexandre Balland
2019-10-18 11:00 - 12:30 | Bunche 1261, 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Spatial Inequality and Innovation Policy in a Complex World
Pierre-Alexandre Balland
Utretch University and MIT

Geography Colloquium: V. Kelly Turner
2020-10-26 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Cooling the City: Regulating Microclimate through the Built Environment
Dr. V. Kelly Turner
Professor, Luskin School of Public Affairs
UCLA

Geography Colloquium: Jennifer Greenburg
2020-11-09 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
At War with Women: Military Humanitarianism and Imperial Feminism in an Era of Permanent War
Jennifer Greenburg
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford University

Geography Colloquium: Marilyn Raphael
2020-11-16 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Antarctic Sea Ice: Variability, Change, and Linkages with the Atmospheric Circulation
Marilyn Raphael
Professor of Geography and Interim Director of Institute of Environment and Sustainability
UCLA

Geography Colloquium: Glen MacDonald
2020-11-30 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
California Wildfires in the 21st Century – Days of Future Past?
Glen Macdonald
Endowed Chair and Professor, Geography
UCLA

Geography Colloquium: Mohammed Rafi Arefin
2021-01-25 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
From Threat to Frontier: The Commodification of Waste in Cairo, Egypt
Mohammed Rafi Arefin
Assistant Professor, Geography
The University of British Columbia
Recorded lecture and Q&A.

Geography Colloquium: Alvaro Montenegro
2021-02-08 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Using Voyaging Simulations to Study the Prehistory of the Pacific
Alvaro Montenegro
Associate Professor, Geography & Director of Atmospheric Sciences Program
Ohio State University

Geography Colloquium: Meredith Palmer
2021-02-22 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Termination’s Creeds: Race, Health Science, and Spatial Matters in US Colonialism
Dr. Meredith Palmer
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Science and Technology Studies
Cornell University

Geography Colloquium: Laureano Gherardi Arbizu
2021-03-08 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Precipitation Variability Effect on Ecosystem Functioning: Experimentation, Modelling and Data Synthesis from Local to Global Scale
Dr. Laureano Gherardi Arbizu
Senior Manager, Global Drylands Center
Arizona State University
Recorded lecture and Q&A.

Geography Colloquium: Charmaine Chua
2021-04-12 14:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Fast Circulation, Slow Life: The Racial Fix of Logistics
Dr. Charmaine Chua
Assistant Professor of Global Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara

Geography Colloquium: Miriam Marlier
2021-04-19 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Fires, Smoke Exposure and Public Health
Dr. Miriam Marlier
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Fielding School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles

Geography Colloquium: Michael Mendez
2021-04-26 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Climate Change from the Street
Dr. Michael Mendez
Assistant Professor of School of Social Ecology
Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy
University of California, Irvine

Geography Colloquium: Katherine Ennis
2021-05-10 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Climate consequences for pest predation, production and producers in coffee
Dr. Katherine Ennis
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Departments of Plant and Microbial Biology and Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley

Fall 2021 Colloquium Schedule
2021-10-06 00:00 - 2021-11-29 00:00 | Los Angeles, CA, United States

Geography Colloquium: Deshonay Dozier
2021-10-25 14:30 - 15:30 | Bunche 1261, 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Forming Skid Row: Redevelopment, Policing, and Indigenous Sites of Care in Downtown Los Angeles, 1950s to 1980s
Dr. Deshonay Dozier
Assistant Professor
Departments of Geography
California State University, Long Beach

Geography Colloquium: Dr. Brandi Summers
2021-11-08 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Spatial Temporalities: The Future-Pasts of Black Dispossession
Dr. Brandi Summers
Assistant Professor
Department Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies
University of California, Berkeley

Geography Colloquium: Dr. Danya Al-Saleh
2021-11-15 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Land-Grant University Geographies between Qatar and Texas
Dr. Danya Al-Saleh
ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow
Department Geography
University of California, Los Angeles

Winter 2022 Colloquium Schedule
2022-01-24 14:30 - 2022-03-24 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States

Geography Colloquium: Dr. David Stein
2022-02-14 14:30 - 15:30 | Los Angeles, CA, United States
Jobs or Jails: Superintending Neoliberalism in Reagan’s America
Dr. David Stein
UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of African American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
