Fall Opening Meeting and Colloquium, 2008

Friday, September 12:  Organizational Meeting, 3-4 pm: All scholars engaged in the academic study of travel and tourism are welcome to attend. 

The organizational meeting will be immediately followed by our first fall colloquium on Las Vegas given by Mahlon W.L. Chute (Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art and Architecture, UC Santa Barbara) at 4 pm. 

Both events will be held in the Gifford Room, 221 Kroeber Hall.

Symposium on Indigenous Tourism

"Cultural Tourism Movements: Articulating and Problematizing Indigeniety"

Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27: This symposium will bring together an international group of participants to discuss the increasing phenomenon of indigenous participation in tourism development around the world. 
Location TBA
More information on this symposium is available here.
Co-sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities

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JOIN THE WORKING GROUP IN 2008-09

The TSWG is always open to new core members. If you are engaged in academic research connected with any aspect of tourism or travel, enjoy cross-disciplinary collaboration, and will be in residence at a Northern California campus for the 2008-09 academic year, please contact us at tourism@berkeley.edu to learn about how you can get involved.

We will begin posting Fall 2008 events in mid- to late-summer. Please check back at that time or enter your email address in the box at left to receive email updates about upcoming events.