Organizers for the Urban in Alaska: Examining the Urban Frontier of the Last Frontier conference are looking for planners and participants for a March 2013 conference.  The conference will be held at the University of Alaska Anchorage, March 1, 2013 (tentative date) and is organized by Bree Kessler, UAA Department of Health Sciences.

About the conference
For most people, Alaska conjures up images of wild and vast wilderness; yet, over half of Alaskans actually live in urban areas. The Urban in Alaska conference will bring together scholars from the UA system as well as professionals working in the field for a one-day workshop and conference to present and to discuss topics relevant to urban studies in Alaska. Topics may include, but are not limited to: homelessness, public housing, food security in cities, identity-based politics, migration and urban subcultures. Organizers are planning four panels throughout the day (determined by theme) and will include a moderated discussion at the end of each panel. The day will end with a keynote speaker who will discuss "The Future of Studying the Urban in Alaska."

The events will be free and open to the public. The goal of the conference is to create an edited volume of the conference papers to be used as a text in classrooms and as a tool for future research in this field. If interested in assisting with conference planning, please contact Bree Kessler at bckessler@uaa.alaska.edu by Nov. 1, 2012. If interested in presenting, watch for an upcoming CFP (to be submitted by Jan. 15, 2013).