Dear Marmam Folks:
Please note that we have extended the deadline for submission of
session (i.e., symposia, workshop, panel, roundtable discussion) proposals for
the 2011 conference of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences.
The conference will be held in Burlington, Vermont on June 23-26. The new
deadline is January 23rd and will be followed by the opening of the
call for abstracts for individual oral and poster presentations and the opening
of registration for the conference.
We are also seeking submissions of topics around which we can build
sessions at the conference. When the call for abstracts for individual oral and
poster presentations opens, it will include a list of topics with which folks
may align their abstracts. In this way, we will build sessions by connecting
interested individuals who might not otherwise know of each other’s
common interests. But to do so, we would like to hear from you about the topics
you would like represented at the AESS conference.
Please scroll down for more information on the conference, and
how to submit either a session proposal or a topic idea.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions, and
apologies for cross-postings.
Sincerely,
Rich Wallace
AESS 2011 Program Chair
and
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Ursinus College
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Association for Environmental
Studies and Sciences
2011 Conference
"Confronting Complexity"
June
23-26, 2011, Burlington, Vermont
Hosted by the University of Vermont
We have extended the session proposal deadline to Sunday,
January 23rd. This
is the new deadline for proposals for Symposia, Panel Sessions, Workshops, and
Roundtable Discussions.
For
more information on the conference or to submit a proposal,
visit www.aess.info/2011
We
also seek your ideas for sessions topics! In order to best reflect the
interests of the environmental studies and sciences community, we invite you to
tell us which session topics you’d like to see represented at AESS 2011.
Click here to propose a session topic!
The
resulting list of session topics will be included in the call for abstracts for
individual oral or poster presentations, which will open on Monday, January
31st.
Registration for AESS 2011 also opens on Monday, January 31st.
The 2011 AESS Conference will Feature Plenary Addresses
by
Climatologist Heidi Cullen
and
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (invited)
Also on the AESS 2011
Conference agenda:
-
Exciting
Vermont Field Trips!
-
A
Scrumptious “Taste of Vermont” Banquet!
-
Live
Musical Entertainment!
-
Student
Mixers!
-
A
Celebration of the Life and Work of AESS Founder Bill Freudenburg!
More on the Conference Theme:
AESS recognizes and embraces complexity as the hallmark of our
field. Social, physical, biological and ideological factors in environmental
problems are intricately linked, and environmental problems are so tightly
interconnected that addressing one invariably affects others. This limits
our predictive capacity and challenges the assumptions embedded in our models
of natural and social phenomena. Engaging in dialogues about complexity
presents challenges in both classroom and public sphere. Confronting complexity
is critical to our ability to develop effective responses, thus this theme for
the AESS 2011 annual meeting.
About
the Conference Host:
The University of Vermont, the state’s land grant
institution, is one of the top green universities in the United States.
It offers numerous environmental majors and is home to 10,000 undergraduates,
1,500 graduate students, and 1,300 faculty. Located in Burlington,
Vermont, the campus and green conference venue are perched on a hill and look
west across Lake Champlain to the Adirondacks and east to the Green
Mountains. Downtown is a short shuttle ride or walk from campus with easy
access to shops and restaurants. Burlington is the largest metropolitan
area in Vermont and has received high ratings for livability, sustainability,
and cultural engagement.
To
learn more about AESS or to become an AESS member, click here!
If you
have questions, please e-mail:
AESS
Program Committee Chair Rich Wallace at rwallace@ursinus.edu
or
AESS
2011 Site Host Stephanie Kaza at Stephanie.Kaza@uvm.edu