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CfP: Decolonial histories of geography. IGU Thematic Conference: Connecting Geographies from the Global South, Quito 15-17 May 2024.

19. Dezember 2023

Contemporary scholarship in historical geography and in the histories of geography is increasingly informed by decolonial, pluriversal, feminist, antiracist and anticolonial approaches. However, we still see too many academic and non-academic historical narratives in our discipline that uncritically address past (or worse present) geographies that are strictly associated with colonialism, patriarchy, legacies of slavery or… Read More CfP: Decolonial histories of geography. IGU Thematic Conference: Connecting Geographies from the Global South, Quito 15-17 May 2024.

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RadioWissen: Die Politik der Landkarten – Über Macht und Größenverhältnisse, BR podcast, Bayern 2, 4.10.2023.

19. Dezember 2023

Landkarten – Bilden sie unsere Welt ab? Oder gestalten sie sie? Karten sind nützlich, aber limitiert. Ihre Entstehung ist Ausdruck von Macht, Geld und Zugang zu Bildung. Deswegen ist es sinnvoll zu wissen, welche Geschichte hinter Karten steckt – und welches Potential. Autorin: Julia Fritzsche 23 Min. | 4.10.2023 VON: Julia Fritzsche Ausstrahlung am 5.10.2023… Read More RadioWissen: Die Politik der Landkarten – Über Macht und Größenverhältnisse, BR podcast, Bayern 2, 4.10.2023.

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Zeiten – Räume – Wissen: Aktuelle Perspektiven der Geographiegeschichte │ Times – Spaces – Knowledge: Recent Perspectives in the History of Geography, Department of Geography at the University of Bonn on 28 and 29 June 2024

11. Dezember 2023

Der Spatial Turn in den Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften ist längst erwachsen geworden. Seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten beschäftigen sich Forschende mit geographischen Aspekten bei der Untersuchung vergangener Lebenswelten. Die Geographiegeschichte ist keine reine Disziplingeschichte mehr, sondern hat sich im weiten Feld der Wissenschafts- und Wissensgeschichte weiterentwickelt. Auch Historikerinnen und Historiker sowie Forschende im Kontext der… Read More Zeiten – Räume – Wissen: Aktuelle Perspektiven der Geographiegeschichte │ Times – Spaces – Knowledge: Recent Perspectives in the History of Geography, Department of Geography at the University of Bonn on 28 and 29 June 2024

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John Mortimer, Tom O’Donoghue (2021): The Making of Geography as a Secondary School Subject. A Perspective from Australia. Cambridge Scholar Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne.

18. November 2023

No work has ever been produced previously that shows how historically geography has been constructed as a subject for the senior years of secondary schooling in Western Australia from 1917 to 1997. In doing so, this book contributes to the existing corpus of international research on the history of curriculum and particularly the history of… Read More John Mortimer, Tom O’Donoghue (2021): The Making of Geography as a Secondary School Subject. A Perspective from Australia. Cambridge Scholar Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Paul Moon (2023): A Draught of the South Land: Mapping New Zealand from Tasman to Cook. Lutterworth Press: Cambridge.

18. November 2023

The story of how the map of New Zealand emergedis a fascinating one. The first full map of the islands was published in Londonin 1773, which might seem the natural starting point, but over the preceding150 years, fragments of charts and intelligence about New Zealand ricochetedaround various parts of the world.  In ADraught of the… Read More Paul Moon (2023): A Draught of the South Land: Mapping New Zealand from Tasman to Cook. Lutterworth Press: Cambridge.

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Ruth Craggs, Hannah Neate (2024): Decolonising Geography? Disciplinary Histories and the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1948-1998. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.

18. November 2023

How did a generation of academic geographers engage with constitutional decolonisation during the end of the British empire in Africa? In Decolonising Geography? Disciplinary Histories and the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1948-1990, Ruth Craggs and Hannah Neate explore how the teaching, research, administration and activism of geographers in Africa shaped the decolonisation… Read More Ruth Craggs, Hannah Neate (2024): Decolonising Geography? Disciplinary Histories and the End of the British Empire in Africa, 1948-1998. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.

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CfP. Karten-Arbeit. Workshop des Institut franco-allemand de sciences historiques et sociales Frankfurt/M. in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz und der École des hautes études en sciences sociales Paris sowie mit Unterstützung der Deutsch-Französischen Hochschule, 28.02.2024 – 01.03.2024

29. Oktober 2023

  Karten sind ein zentrales Medium geschichtswissenschaftlicher Arbeit. In der Form von historischen Karten dienen sie als wichtige Quelle, um nicht nur Raumvorstellungen in der Geschichte oder die Legitimation von Herrschaft im Raum zu rekonstruieren, sondern auch, um – wie im Fall von Augenscheinkarten in Gerichtsprozessen – Konflikte zu entschlüsseln. Geschichtskarten wiederum, also moderne thematische… Read More CfP. Karten-Arbeit. Workshop des Institut franco-allemand de sciences historiques et sociales Frankfurt/M. in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz und der École des hautes études en sciences sociales Paris sowie mit Unterstützung der Deutsch-Französischen Hochschule, 28.02.2024 – 01.03.2024

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John Rennie Short (2022): The Rise and Fall of the National Atlas in the Twentieth Century: Power, State and Territory. Anthem Press: London.

29. Oktober 2023

The publication of the National Atlas of Finland in 1899 marks the beginning of the era of the modern national atlas. It is a period that coincides neatly with the twentieth century. The modern national atlas mirrors and embodies some of the important themes of this turbulent century, including the complex connections between nation, state… Read More John Rennie Short (2022): The Rise and Fall of the National Atlas in the Twentieth Century: Power, State and Territory. Anthem Press: London.

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CfP. Working with Charles Lyell – a call for papers. Two-day workshop, University of Edinburgh, UK, 8-9 February 2024

25. Oktober 2023

Contributions are invited to a two-day workshop on the life and work of the leading geologist and natural scientist Charles Lyell, to be held in the University of Edinburgh. Building on the acquisition for the nation of the notebooks and archival papers of distinguished geologist and earth scientist Charles Lyell (1797-1875), our work towards the… Read More CfP. Working with Charles Lyell – a call for papers. Two-day workshop, University of Edinburgh, UK, 8-9 February 2024

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Catherine Horel (2023): Multicultural Cities of the Habsburg Empire. Imagined Communities and Conflictual Encounters. CEU Press: Budapest, Vienna, New York.

21. Oktober 2023

Catherine Horel has undertaken a comparative analysis of the societal, ethnic, and cultural diversity in the last decades of the Habsburg Monarchy as represented in twelve cities: Arad, Bratislava, Brno, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Oradea, Rijeka, Sarajevo, Subotica, Timișoara, Trieste, and Zagreb. By purposely selecting these cities, the author aims to counter the disproportionate attention that the… Read More Catherine Horel (2023): Multicultural Cities of the Habsburg Empire. Imagined Communities and Conflictual Encounters. CEU Press: Budapest, Vienna, New York.