WKU Geography Department
Head Travels To Europe
June 16, 2003
Bowling Green, Ky. - Dr. David Keeling, head of Western Kentucky University's Department of Geography and Geology, recently returned from a 15-day educational tour to Eastern and Southern Europe.
Representing the American Geographical Society and WKU, Dr. Keeling helped lead the tour through eight European cities. Dr. Keeling is a national councilor and webmaster of the American Geographical Society (www.amergeog.org).
The 24 participants traveled aboard a private jet through Europe to explore changes in the urban conditions of eight cities and to learn more about European integration, urban redevelopment and the political geography of the region. Cities visited were Budapest, Hungary; Salzburg, Austria; Dresden, Germany; Krakow, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic; and Bilbao, Salamanca and Seville, Spain.
Dr. Keeling gave three formal lectures on the Hidden Urban Treasures of Europe, European Expansion and Integration, and Seville's Role as a Bridge between the New and Old Worlds.
Two highlights of the tour were an exploration of bull raising and training in Andalusia, Spain, and an examination of the impacts of joining the European Union for Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland.
For more information, contact David Keeling at (270) 745-4555. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.
