2023, Publikationen

Alexander Sievers (2023): Die Ökonomisierung der Kartografie: Kartenhandel im 19. Jahrhundert in Deutschland (Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Beihefte, 31), ‎De Gruyter Oldenbourg: Berlin.

Kartografiegeschichte erforscht Karten und die Akteure, welche die Karten erstellen. Die Kultur des Produzenten spielt dabei eine ebenso große Rolle, wie auch die Bedeutung des Karteninhaltes für den (vermeintlichen) Rezipienten. Dabei wurde in der Vergangenheit häufig außer Acht gelassen, dass die Kartenproduktion der Neuzeit keinesfalls eine Freizeitbeschäftigung einiger Weniger war, deren herausragende gesellschaftliche Stellung erst… Read More Alexander Sievers (2023): Die Ökonomisierung der Kartografie: Kartenhandel im 19. Jahrhundert in Deutschland (Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Beihefte, 31), ‎De Gruyter Oldenbourg: Berlin.

2023, Publikationen

Shellen Xiao Wu (2023): Birth of the Geopolitical Age: Global Frontiers and the Making of Modern China. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

From the 1850s until the mid-twentieth century, a period marked by global conflicts and anxiety about dwindling resources and closing opportunities after decades of expansion, the frontier became a mirror for historically and geographically specific hopes and fears. From Asia to Europe and the Americas, countries around the world engaged with new interpretations of empire… Read More Shellen Xiao Wu (2023): Birth of the Geopolitical Age: Global Frontiers and the Making of Modern China. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

2023, Publikationen

David Baillargeon and Jeremy E. Taylor (eds.) (2023): Spatial Histories of Occupation: Colonialism, Conquest and Foreign Control in Asia. Bloomsbury Academic: London and New York.

This open access book explores how different spatial geographies emerged, adapted or were transformed in various occupied and colonial settings around Asia, showing how the experiences of those living under occupation shaped and was shaped by new interpretations and typologies of ’space‘. With case studies across South, Southeast and East Asia and through a variety… Read More David Baillargeon and Jeremy E. Taylor (eds.) (2023): Spatial Histories of Occupation: Colonialism, Conquest and Foreign Control in Asia. Bloomsbury Academic: London and New York.

2023, Publikationen

John Keay (2023): Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World. Bloomsbury: London and New York

History has not been kind to Himalaya. Empires have collided here, cultures have clashed. Buddhist India claimed it from the south, Islam put down roots in its western approaches, Mongols and Manchus rode in from the north, and, from the east, China continues to absorb what it prefers not to call Tibet. Hunters have decimated… Read More John Keay (2023): Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World. Bloomsbury: London and New York

2023, Publikationen

Ferenc Jankó (2023): The Geographical Discovery of Burgenland: Science, Geopolitics, Identity and Progress in the Twentieth Centur, Central European University Press: Vienna.

The area that constitutes the Austrian federal province Burgenland belonged to the Hungarian part of the Habsburg empire until the end of World War I. This book helps us realize that geographical knowledge does not come ready-made. Instead, it is created by knowledge makers: geographers, historians, statisticians etc. This knowledge making helped to legitimatize the… Read More Ferenc Jankó (2023): The Geographical Discovery of Burgenland: Science, Geopolitics, Identity and Progress in the Twentieth Centur, Central European University Press: Vienna.

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Netzwerk topografische Bildmedien (NtB) / Network Topographic Visual Media. Online Conference, 24.03.2023 – 30.06.2023

Topographic visual media are produced and used in a wide variety of fields, such as science, art, the military, administration, jurisdiction and tourism. The Network Topographic Visual Media aims to understand and examine the functions, applications, and interconnections of topographic representations. Thus, it provides a public platform for academic debate and exchange between research projects… Read More Netzwerk topografische Bildmedien (NtB) / Network Topographic Visual Media. Online Conference, 24.03.2023 – 30.06.2023

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Histories of Earth Sciences: Visual and Interdisciplinary Approaches amid an Environmental Crisis, Center for the History of the Mountains, Material Culture and Earth Sciences, University of Insubria (Vares, Italy), 6 June 2023

For decades now, the history of Earth sciences has been a ground for the development of interdisciplinary research. Historians and scientists from different disciplines have been contributing with methodologies coming from the history of institutions, art history, visual studies, material studies, geoscientific fields (such as integrating geoscientific iconography or retreating historical fieldwork), philosophy, gender studies,… Read More Histories of Earth Sciences: Visual and Interdisciplinary Approaches amid an Environmental Crisis, Center for the History of the Mountains, Material Culture and Earth Sciences, University of Insubria (Vares, Italy), 6 June 2023

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Residues of the Past: (De)constructing urban histories. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS), Erkner, 24.07.2023 – 27.07.2023

The focus of the summer school is to examine how historical strata have been understood, constructed, and interpreted in different European cities from the post-war period to the present day. Residues of the Past: (De)constructing urban histories On the one hand, the participants will learn how historic buildings were integrated into the post-war reconstruction plans… Read More Residues of the Past: (De)constructing urban histories. Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS), Erkner, 24.07.2023 – 27.07.2023

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CfP. Die Zukunft der Geographischen Landeskunde? Regionalgeographische Beiträge in den Area Studies. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2023, Frankfurt am Main, 19.09.2023 – 23.09.2023

Die Fachsitzung beim Deutschen Kongress für Geographie 2023 in Frankfurt am Main nähert sich der Frage, ob die Arbeit von Geograph:innen im Kontext der Area Studies als Fortentwicklung regionalgeographischer Ansätze in der Traditionslinie der Geographischen Landeskunde betrachtet werden können. Die Zukunft der Geographischen Landeskunde? Regionalgeographische Beiträge in den Area Studies Die Vorträge geben Einblicke in… Read More CfP. Die Zukunft der Geographischen Landeskunde? Regionalgeographische Beiträge in den Area Studies. Deutscher Kongress für Geographie 2023, Frankfurt am Main, 19.09.2023 – 23.09.2023

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CfP. Knowing the planet: Environment, technology and development in the 19th and 20th centuries. European University Institute, Firenze, 26.01.2024 – 26.01.2024

This one-day workshop will interrogate the relationship between environment and technology in developmental projects, practices, and discourses during the 19th and 20th centuries. While histories of environment and histories of technology have each moved in exciting, interdisciplinary directions in recent years, there has been little work analysing the relationship between environment and technology in global… Read More CfP. Knowing the planet: Environment, technology and development in the 19th and 20th centuries. European University Institute, Firenze, 26.01.2024 – 26.01.2024