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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C0504D'>On Behalf of Dr. Rod Wing:<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Plant Science Faculty, Staff, Students and Postdocs, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please see email below from Professor Paul Robbins (Director of UA’s School of Geography and Development) as an introduction to Dr. Judith Carney, our upcoming seminar speaker this Tuesday (October 18<sup>th</sup>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hope you can make it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rod <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Robbins, Paul F - (robbins) <a href="mailto:[mailto:robbins@email.arizona.edu]">[mailto:robbins@email.arizona.edu]</a> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 10, 2011 3:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:SGDGRADS@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">SGDGRADS@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:SGDFACULTY@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">SGDFACULTY@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:sgdaffil@listserv.arizona.edu">sgdaffil@listserv.arizona.edu</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Rod Wing<br><b>Subject:</b> Judith Carney on campus next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Next week, world-famous scholar and long-time friend of SGD – Judith Carney – will be giving a talk on campus, hosted by The School of Plant Sciences. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>As you probably recall from her recent visit here in Geography, Carney’s research on trans-Atlantic food exchanges is rigorously historical, theoretically sophisticated, and extremely widely-known (“Black Rice” received a terrific revue in the NYTs). Her new book – “In the shadow of slavery” – is a powerful extension of this earlier research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The occasion of her visit is that our brothers and sisters in Plant Sciences here on campus have recently generated a reference genome sequence of the O. glaberrima genome – the West African Rice so central to Carney’s story about genetic and cultural exchange during the antebellum period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>That’s a terrifically interesting connection across campus. Don’t miss it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Details of her talk are attached, but are appended here as well:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dr. Judith Carney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Department of Geography<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>University of California at Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>“African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) in Historical Context”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Tuesday ~ October 18, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>4:00 - 4:50pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Marley 230 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hosted By<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Dr. Rod Wing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/pls/sems.html">http://ag.arizona.edu/pls/sems.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I’m afraid I’ll be out of town, but I would strongly recommend this to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#1F497D'>****************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#1F497D'>Paul Robbins<br>Professor and Director<br>School of Geography and Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#1F497D'>University of Arizona<br>Harvill Building, 453E<br>Tucson, AZ 85721</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#1F497D'><br>phone: (520) 626-7062<br>fax: (520) 621-2889<br><a href="http://www.u.arizona.edu/~robbins/">http://www.u.arizona.edu/~robbins/</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>