Colloquium Series

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For further information about the Colloquium Series, please contact:

Dr. Ed Carr Dept. of Geography University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 phone: 803-777-1854; fax 803-777-4972 email: email carr@sc.edu.

SPRING 2008 GEOGRAPHY COLLOQUIUM SERIES

Unless otherwise specified, all colloquia will convene at 5:00 p.m. in Callcott 011

The Julian V. Minghi Distinguished Lecture

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Michael Goodchild, Professor, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Citizens as Sensors: WEB 2.0 and the World of Volunteered Geography

Michael F. Goodchild is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Chair of the Executive Committee, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA); Associate Director of the Alexandria Digital Library Project; and Director of NCGIA's Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science. He was elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2002. His research interests center on geographic information science, spatial analysis, the future of the library, and uncertainty in geographic data. His lecture will address the cutting edge developments in GIScience at the present time, and will explore new applications for theory development and practical problem solving.

The Julian V. Minghi Lecture Series is an endowment honoring Dr. Minghi’s accomplishments in the field and caring mentorship of students and junior faculty. The generous support of anonymous donors will make the Minghi Lecture Series an annual event. Dr. Julian Minghi, Distinguished Professor Emiritus of the USC Geography Department., was professor of Geography from 1973 until his retirement in 2000; he served as Department Chair from 1973-1990. During his professional career, he provided extensive service to the University of South Carolina and to a wide range of professional organizations including the International Geographical Union, the Association of American Geographers, the Institute of British Geographers, the SC State Mapping Advisory Committee, and Society for the North American Cultural Survey. His research career has been devoted to political geography, with particular focus on Europe, borderlands, ethnic conflict, and cultural regionalism. In 1993 he was awarded a Fulbright Award, as a senior scholar in the European Regional Research Program. He has published and lectured on political geography themes at fifty different universities around the world and remains active in the discipline.

Light Refreshments at 4:30
Presentation at 5:00 in Callcott 011