The 2016 GTU Keynote Lecture was given by Dr. Brian Godfrey, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Vassar College, on October 17, 2016.

“OLYMPIC CITY: Legacies of Athletic Mega-Events in Rio de Janeiro” is a theoretical review and critique of mega-events, along with an empirical analysis of the various socioeconomic, transportation, political, environmental and other impacts of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (and the 2014 World Cup). The talk will highlight the long-term issue of pollution in Rio’s Guanabara Bay, industrialization and informal urbanization (favelas), and sanitation infrastructures generally. It should complement courses on uneven development, urbanization, environmental hazards, Latin America as well as courses on human and nature-society geography more generally.

In addition to attending the banquet/induction ceremony, Dr. Godfrey attended some classes and met individually with faculty and students. He was very generous with his time.

The talk is available on youtube.

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James C. McCann, Professor of History, Associate Director for Development, African Studies Center, Boston University, visited Colgate October 13-14, 2016.

He gave a public presentation on Thursday, titled “Forest Stories and Landscape Realities, Ethiopia, 1668-2015.”

The next day, he participated in an ENST brownbag where he discussed his research and experience in East Africa. He also met with students and researchers from Colgate’s NSF grant on Church Sacred Forests.

A video of the public lecture is located on youtube.

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Associate Professor Simon Forrest, Elder-in-Residence and former director of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Curtin University, gave two talks at Colgate.

The first was “Gnalang Boodjar. Gnalang Nyitting: Our Land. Our Truths.” It was held on November 18, 2015, as a special Environmental Studies Brown Bag in the Ho Visualization Lab.

The second was titled “Carrolup goolanga wirn korl koolark Nyoongar boodjar:* Repatriated artwork and our Responsibities”​ (*translated from Nyoongar: “The spirit of the children of Carrolup have returned home to Nyoongar country”). The talk was a presentation for the public on November 19, 2015, in the Ho Science Building auditorium.

Professor Forrest’s visit was co-sponsored by Peace and Conflict Studies, Native American Studies, and the Environmental Studies Programs.

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