Monat: Mai 2024

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Hans Renes (2022): Landscape, Heritage and National Identity in Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham

17. Mai 2024

This book describes the way in which landscape and landscape heritage have been – and still are – used to define national identities. It shows how national narratives use different types of landscapes. Some nations use nature as their main point of reference, partly to circumcise conflicts between different ethnic groups. Other nations use agrarian… Read More Hans Renes (2022): Landscape, Heritage and National Identity in Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham

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Workshop. Mapping the Red Sea, Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection, Gotha, 22.–24.05.2024

17. Mai 2024

Vom 22. bis 24. Mai 2024 findet am Forschungskolleg Transkulturelle Studien / Sammlung Perthes in Gotha der Workshop „Mapping The Red Sea” statt, der von der Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung gefördert wird. Der Workshop „Mapping the Red Sea“ wird die Kartographien des Roten Meeres sowie seiner weiteren Umgebung im langen 19. Jahrhundert in den Blick nehmen. Den Auftakt… Read More Workshop. Mapping the Red Sea, Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection, Gotha, 22.–24.05.2024

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CfP. Imagined Geographies: From Past to Future at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 02.10.2024 – 03.10.2024

17. Mai 2024

The New Area Studies Research Centre, the East Centre and the School of Global Development at the University of East Anglia are calling for papers between 5000-8000 words to be presented at a symposium on 2nd and 3rd October 2024 on the topic of Imagined Geographies: from Past to Future. It will take place at… Read More CfP. Imagined Geographies: From Past to Future at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 02.10.2024 – 03.10.2024

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Pratik Chakrabarti (2020): Inscriptions of Nature. Geology and the Naturalization of Antiquity. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.

9. Mai 2024

In the nineteenth century, teams of men began digging the earth like never before. Sometimes this digging—often for sewage, transport, or minerals—revealed human remains. Other times, archaeological excavation of ancient cities unearthed prehistoric fossils, while excavations for irrigation canals revealed buried cities. Concurrently, geologists, ethnologists, archaeologists, and missionaries were also digging into ancient texts and… Read More Pratik Chakrabarti (2020): Inscriptions of Nature. Geology and the Naturalization of Antiquity. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore.

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CfP. 18th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Shanghai, 14-18 July 2025

7. Mai 2024

The International Conference of Historical Geographers(ICHG 2025) serves as an important platform to promote the development of historical geography in various countries all over the world and enhance the exchange and communication among international historical geographers. Under the organization of the Standing Committee of International Historical Geography, Fudan University and the Geographical Society of China… Read More CfP. 18th International Conference of Historical Geographers, Shanghai, 14-18 July 2025

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100 Jahre Forschungsschifffahrt. Zur Geschichte der METEOR I Symposium am Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum / Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte, Bremerhaven, 16.05.2024 – 17.05.2024

7. Mai 2024

Wilhelmshaven, 16. April 1925. Nach mehrjähriger aufwendigster Vorbereitung sticht das deutsche Forschungs- und Vermessungsschiff „METEOR“ in See. Die METEOR wird 777 Tage unterwegs sein und schließlich am 2. Juni 1927 wieder in Wilhelmshaven einlaufen. Während der zwei Jahre bereisen, erforschen und vermessen die Wissenschaftler an Bord den Atlantik und seine Tiefen. Zur Vermessung der Tiefsee… Read More 100 Jahre Forschungsschifffahrt. Zur Geschichte der METEOR I Symposium am Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum / Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte, Bremerhaven, 16.05.2024 – 17.05.2024