RGS-IBG Book Series: Latest News
‘Author Meets Critic’ Panels at the RGS-IBG Conference, Manchester, 26-28 August 2009!
The Book Series is delighted to announce it will be sponsoring panels on four of its recently published titles at the RGS-IBG annual conference. Each session will consist of an introduction by the author, a series of short contributions from the panellists followed by some question and answer time. Exact times to follow and the planned sessions are for:
- Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-Global Networks by David Featherstone
Chair: Kevin Ward
Author: David Featherstone
Panellists: Noel Castree, Joe Painter, Jenny Pickerill and Paul Routledge - Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970 by Avril Maddrell
Chair: Kevin Ward
Author: Avril Madrell
Panellists: Alison Blunt, Linda McDowell, James Sidaway and Charlie Withers - Queer Visibilities: Space, Identity and Interaction in Cape Town by Andrew Tucker
Chair: Kevin Ward
Author: Andrew Tucker
Panellists: Jon Binnie, Gavin Brown, Kath Browne and Alan Ingram - Value Chain Struggles: Institutions and Governance in the Plantation Districts of South India by Jeff Neilson and Bill Pritchard
Chair: Kevin Ward
Author: Bill Pritchard
Panellists: Stephanie Barrientos, Martin Hess, Alex Hughes and Henry Yeung
New books published!
The last six months have seen four new books published in the Series: Complex Locations: Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970 by Avril Maddrell, Value Chain Struggles: Institutions and Governance in the Plantation Districts of South India by Jeff Neilson and Bill Pritchard, Arsenic Pollution: A Global Synthesis by Peter Ravenscroft, Hugh Brammer and Keith Richards, and Queer Visibilities: Space, Identity and Interaction in Cape Town by Andrew Tucker.
New books commissioned!
Books by David Matless, Colin McFarlane and Mark Whitehead have recently been commissioned and will be published over the next couple of years.
One new member of the Editorial Board!
Allan James (University of South Carolina) has recently joined the Editorial Board. He brings a wealth of experience and expertise, and his election reaffirms the international profile of the Series.
Contributions to be published!
At 2007's RGS-IBG annual conference the book series sponsored a panel on the future of research monographs. The contributions by Trevor Barnes, Alison Blunt, Roddy Fox, Matthew Gandy, Ron Johnston, Linda McDowell, Anssi Paasi, Keith Richards, Margarita Serje, Zbigniew Tayor, Henry Wai-chung will be published in a special forum in Progress in Human Geography in early 2009 edited by Kevin Ward.
Meet the editors!
Both Kevin and Jo are regular attendees at conferences. Please feel free to approach them to talk about any future book plans you might have. You can catch them at the following conferences over the next six months:
26-28 August 2009 (RGS-IBG). Kevin Ward (Human Geography Series Editor) will be attending the RGS-IBG annual conference in Manchester. Examples of recently published human geography books in the series will be available for future potential authors to examine, and he will be at the Wiley-Blackwell exhibits a couple of times during the conference. If you would like to arrange an appointment email him at kevin.ward@manchester.ac.uk.
Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th September 2009 (BSG). Joanna Bullard (Physical Geography Series Editor) will be attending the British Society of Geomorphologists conference at Hatfield College, Durham University from 7-9 September 2009. If you would like to arrange an appointment please email her at J.E.Bullard@lboro.ac.uk.
