Symposium on War and Peace--State and Territory, Temple University, 09/04

On Wed., September 29th, Temple University will be hosting a symposium on the theme of "War and Peace--State and Territory: A Look at Current Ideas in Political Geography. It will be held in the Feinstone Lounge, Sullivan Hall, on Berks Mall (one block north of Montgomery) between Broad and 13th Streets. The symposium begins at 10 AM with a presentation by Al-Hassan Conteh and Marilyn Silberfein on "The Mano River Border Region in a Decade of Conflict", followed by papers by two political geographers--Colin Flint from Penn State and Alex Murphy from the University of Oregon. They will be speaking, respectively, on "The Geography of Terrorism" and The Relationship of Territorial Ideology and Interstate Conflict". In the afternoon, beginning at 1:50 PM, Jeffrey Herbst, Dept. of Political Science, Princeton University will speak on "Boundary Changes in the Context of Conflict Resolution: Examples from Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and the DROC". Discussants include: Geoffrey Herrera (Temple) and Ambassador Joseph Melrose(Ursinus) for the morning sessions and Harvey Glickman (Haverford) and Mark>Pollack (Temple) in the afternoon. You are welcome to attend any or all sessions. If you would like to be included in the official luncheon, 12:45-1:45, please contact Rickie Sanders (rsanders@temple.edu). If you would like
further information, contact Marilyn Silberfein (pawling@temple.edu). This symposium is being organized by the Depts of Geography and Urban Studies, Political Science and African American Studies at Temple and is further sponsored by the Society of Fellows in the Humanities.

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