Events

Thinking Mountains 2015

From: 05.05.2015 to: 08.05.2015

This interdisciplinary mountain studies conference organized by the Canadian Mountain Studies Initiative of the University of Alberta, Canada will promote dialogue about mountain places, peoples and activities.

The international conference will bring together academics, experts, authors, artists, activists and practitioners from variety to backgrounds including civil society and governments to discuss and present mountain-focused scholarship in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities to better understand mountain peoples, places, and activities.

The conference will feature sessions on a wide range of topics including  geomorphology, glaciology, atmospheric science; regional studies; past environments and/or peoples; cultural studies; literature and the aesthetic arts; experiential education and pedagogy; tourism, parks and protected areas; the science and medicine of altitude (physiology, human performance, clinical, etc.); mountain ecologies, biological diversity, flora and fauna.

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 14 November 2014.

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