Archive for March, 2009

Poverty Action Conference at UMW

News of a very interesting event that will take place on the CGPS campus on April 4th. According to the conference website, the Poverty Action Conference will “provide a platform for students and experts to present their work, share best practices and create new strategies for reducing global poverty.”
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My Cambodia Visit

Angkor Wat at sunrise (Photograph by Donald N. Rallis.)

I spent Spring Break in Cambodia on a short visit to make plans for a UMW summer study abroad program there in 2010. I began my visit in the city of Siem Reap, near the northern end of Cambodia’s ‘Great Lake,’ Tonle Sap. From Siem Reap I [...]

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The Middle East

Setting the Scene
We begin our discussion of the Middle East this week with the observation that this part of the world has been the focus of a tug-of-war among regional and world powers for millennia. The animated map Imperial History of the Middle East shows this vividly (if not always entirely accurately.)
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About Thoughts and Notes

Thoughts and Notes is part of the website for Geog 101, World Regional Geography, at the University of Mary Washington. This is the place where I will post items I hope will be of interest to students in the class, as well as recommended readings, useful links, and questions and ideas for discussion.
Debate, discussion, argument, [...]

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