Posted on October 9, 2013 by Carol Philipp
The Departments of Geography and Anthropology are pleased to host the following guest lecture: “Mapping Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide” by the award-winning scholar (and CSULB alum!), Dr. James Tyner of Kent State University. Professor of Geography at Kent State University, an political geography, James Tyner’s research centers on war, violence, genocide, particularly in the context of Southeast Asia. His recent travels have taken him to Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and China. He is author of 13 books, including War, Violence, and Population: Making the Body Count, which received the AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Contribution to Geography.
Thursday, October 24th
Place: Beach Auditorium