Monat: April 2025

— 2025, Termine —

Bericht zur Tagung „Epistemic Frontiers?“ (Oslo, 22.–24. April 2025)

28. April 2025

Die internationale Tagung „Epistemic Frontiers? Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation“, veranstaltet vom Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History der Universität Oslo, stellte einen wichtigen Impuls für die transdisziplinäre Wissenschaftsforschung dar. 36 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus zwölf Ländern diskutierten intensiv die Entstehung und politische Aufladung von Wissensgrenzen im Kontext arktischer und afrikanischer Explorationen. Im… Read More Bericht zur Tagung „Epistemic Frontiers?“ (Oslo, 22.–24. April 2025)

— 2025, Publikationen —

Kären Wigen (2025): Territorial Imaginaries Beyond the Sovereign Map. University of Chicaco Pres: Chicago.

27. April 2025

This strikingly colorful volume contends that modern mapping has never been sufficient to illustrate the complex reality of territory and political sovereignty, whether past or present. For Territorial Imaginaries, editor Kären Wigen has assembled an impressive slate of experts, spanning disciplines from political science to art history, to contribute perspectives and case studies covering three… Read More Kären Wigen (2025): Territorial Imaginaries Beyond the Sovereign Map. University of Chicaco Pres: Chicago.

— Termine —

Revisiting European Maritime Exploration in the Pacific Ocean (c. 1750–1850), Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia on November 5–7, 2025.

27. April 2025

In 2025, the Estonian Maritime Museum celebrates its 90th anniversary. Opened in 1935, it is among the oldest maritime museums in Europe. With its two buildings – the medieval Fat Margaret tower in Tallinn Old Town and the Seaplane Harbour hangar on Tallinn’s seashore – the museum covers Estonian maritime and naval history from the… Read More Revisiting European Maritime Exploration in the Pacific Ocean (c. 1750–1850), Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia on November 5–7, 2025.

— Forschungsprojekt —

Between mapping and maps: Translocal knowledge in the making of Hochstetter and Petermann’s Atlas of New Zealand (1863)

19. April 2025

The project examines the making of the first atlas of New Zealand, by the Viennese geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829–1884) and the Gotha cartographer August Petermann (1822–1878). It offers novel insights into the production, exchange, and transformation of map knowledge from the field to the printing press. The Geologisch-Topographischer Atlas von Neu-Seeland (1863) was instrumental… Read More Between mapping and maps: Translocal knowledge in the making of Hochstetter and Petermann’s Atlas of New Zealand (1863)

— 2024, Publikationen —

Edward Armston-Sheret (2024): On the Backs of Others. Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln.

18. April 2025

In the Victorian and Edwardian eras British explorers sought to become respected geographers and popular public figures, downplaying or reframing their reliance on others for survival. Far from being solitary heroes, these explorers were in reality dependent on the bodies, senses, curiosity, and labor of subaltern people and animals. In On the Backs of Others… Read More Edward Armston-Sheret (2024): On the Backs of Others. Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln.

— Nachrufe, Termine —

Nachruf auf Prof. Dr. Haim Goren (1946–2025)

13. April 2025

Mit tiefer Trauer nehmen wir Abschied von Prof. Dr. Haim Goren, der am 1. März 2025 im Alter von 79 Jahren verstorben ist. Mit ihm verliert die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft einen herausragenden Historischen Geographen, der durch seine Forschung maßgeblich zur Erforschung der europäischen Einflüsse und wissenschaftlichen Entdeckungen im Nahen Osten beigetragen hat. Haim Goren wurde 1946… Read More Nachruf auf Prof. Dr. Haim Goren (1946–2025)