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Paul Blank

Professor

Contact Information:
Office: Founders Hall 127
Phone: (707) 826-4115
E-mail: pwb1@humboldt.edu
Web Site: https://www.humboldt.edu/~pwb1

Personal Statement:

Specialty Area: Cultural, economic, historical geography, Middle East, Pacific Basin

Courses Taught:
•Geography of the Mediterranean.
•Migrations & Mosaics
•Model Arab League
•Economic Geography
•Global Awareness

Education/degrees:
Ph.D. Geography, University of Texas, 1989
MS Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1977
AB Sociology -Anthropology, Oberlin College, OH 1972

Research Interests:
Eurasia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean and Pacific Basins. Re-conceptualizing area studies to incorporate sea and ocean basins (particularly the Mediterranean and Pacific Basins), as well as new pedagogies involving large-scale floor maps (the "Big Map" project) and interdisciplinary teaching.

Publications:

“The ‘Curse of the Tropics’ in the Writings of Humboldt and the Scientific Travelers of the Nineteenth Century.” Homenaje a Alejandro de Humboldt: Literatura de Viajes Desde y Hacia Latinoamérica, Siglos XV-XXI. Oaxaca: Carteles Editores (2005), pp. 87-95.

"Concluding Remarks." Homenaje a Alejandro de Humboldt: Literatura de Viajes Desde y Hacia Latinoamérica, Siglos XV-XXI. Oaxaca: Carteles Editores (2005)), pp. 20-22.

"The Journey as Metaphor: Teaching the Geography of the Silk Road"  Paper presented to the Alexander von Humboldt Conference, Xi'an, China (June 2006)

 In Progress:

 "Shifting Orientations in Mediterranean History" article under prepublication review, The California Geographer (2006)

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