Middlesex Community College’s Global Education and Bridging Cultures will host popular author and former geography editor of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Harm de Blij in a special program titled “The Power of Place: A Personal Geography,” at noon Thursday, Sept. 19, in Bedford Campus Center’s Café East, 591 Springs Road. Admission is free and open to the public.
For all we hear about the “flat world,” ours is still a very bumpy planet. How can geographic insights help us better understand ourselves? Geography expert Harm de Blij (pronounced “duh blay”) will lead a discussion centered around geopolitical and environmental issues to help audience members better understand why geography matters.
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De Blij has served as a geography analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and editor at the National Geographic Society. He has published more than 30 books, including “Why Geography Matters” (2012), in which he argues that America’s persistent geographic illiteracy constitutes a national security risk. His textbook “Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts” is the most widely used college geography textbook.
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For more information about Harm de Blij’s presentation at Middlesex, contact Dona Cady, MCC Dean of Global Education, at globaled@middlesex.mass.edu.
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