The full preliminary program for the 2018 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting has been released here.

The AAG is the largest gathering of geographers in the world, and for the fourth straight year, myself and Dr. Julie Klinger are hosting a session on the Critical Geographies of Outer Space.

Our session will take place at 5:20 PM THURSDAY April 12th in Napoleon A3 at the Sheraton (3rd Floor).

Here are the paper presentations we will have in the session.

Danny Bednar, PhD Candidate & Lecturer, Western University, Department of Geography

• Deconstructing and Constructing the Outer Space Treaty for Critical Environmental Geopolitics

Megan O’Kane, PhD Student, Queen’s University Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment

• The Ludic Geopolitics of Extraterrestrial Videogame Spaces

Dr. Rory Rowan, University of Zurich, Department of Geography

• The NewSpace State: The Commercial Space Sector and State Formation in Outer Space

Dr. Julie Klinger, Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School Of Global Studies

• Discussant

See you in New Orleans!