CALL FOR PAPERS
International Geographical Congress
Beijing, 21-15 August 2016
http://www.igc2016.org
Sessions organised by the IGU Gender and Geography Commission
The 33rd International Geographical Congress (IGC) of the International Geographical Union (IGU) will be
held in Beijing, China, on 21-25 August 2016. The theme is Shaping Our Harmonious Worlds, which
highlights today’s common pursuit for harmony between humankind and nature, between environment
and society, and for harmonious approaches to the world’s hazards and conflicts. Under this theme, five
key topics: geographical science and future earth, global change and global understanding, urbanization
and sustainable development, environment-health and social welfare, geography in different cultures will
be focused, parallel to the quadrennial meeting of the IGU commissions and task forces.
The IGU Gender and Geography Commission will be organising the following session:
 Addressing Gendered Insecurities in the Urban Global South
 Dance, Bodies and Embodiment as Constructing Cultures, Economies and the Nation
 Gender in Regeneration Projects: (Dis)Empowerment? Civil Engagement?
 Gendered Aspects of Migration and Multiculturalism
 Gendered Rights: Space, Culture and Society
 Island Bodies
 Mapping Changing Landscapes of Care in Asia: Towards Gendered Theoretical and Empirical
Frameworks
 MART Babies, SMART Cities: From the Intimate Body to the Asian City
 A Woman’s Place is in the City! (with the Urban Geography Commission)
 Conversations between Gender and Political Geographies: Key Concepts, Methods and Themes (with
the Political Geography Commission)
 Understanding Contemporary Dynamics of International Student Mobililties (with the Population
Commission)
The detailed descriptions of each session are attached. If you would like to present a paper in any
of the sessions, please submit an abstract of not more than 250 words to the conference website
by Monday, 15 February 2016. Abstracts are to be submitted at
http://www.igc2016.org/dct/page/70047. Note that: (i) titles should consist of no more than 20
words; (ii) no abbreviations are to be used in titles; and (iii) please be sure to include no more than
10 key words. Do inform the respective session organiser(s) when you have done so.
Queries can be directed to me or to the respective session organisers (whose names and email
addresses are in the attached file).
Shirlena Huang
Chair, IGU Gender and Geography Commission
email: geoslena@nus.edu.sg