Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, October 19-20th, 2018

Hosted by Temple University’s department of Geography and Urban Studies, the 25th  Annual Conference on Critical Geography seeks to reflect on the last 25 years of Critical Geography – as an organized conference and a field of inquiry – and to explore where we are headed. In light of this broad theme, the conference seeks to advance six key micro-themes through which we hope to advance the conference’s capacity to build collaborative ties among scholars in the region, as well as between local scholars and activists. These themes are: Provincializing Geographic Theory; Black Geographies; Critical Human-Environment Geographies; Critical Methodologies; Bodies; and Carceral Geographies.

The conference will begin on the evening of Friday, October 19th, 2018, with a keynote by Dr. Carolyn Finney, as part of Temple’s 2018 Department of Geography and Urban Studies Benjamin H. Kohl Social Justice Lecture. The main conference program, with paper and panel sessions, will be held on Saturday, October 20th. An optional workshop will be held on Sunday, October 21st for students and faculty who want to extend the attainments of the conference into active collaborations – e.g. publications and project writing, capacity building, coalition building, methods sharing, conceptual mapping, and regional resource exchange.