Between 1888 and 1914, U.S. geographical societies became central institutions mediating the production and circulation of geographic knowledge. Anchoring his analysis in the American Geographical Society, Maximilian Reimann moves beyond celebrated explorers to examine the knowledge infrastructures, networks, and everyday labor of editors, librarians, and councilors who defined modern geography. He traces how knowledge traveled… Read More Maximilian Reimann (2026): Mediating Geographic Knowledge. U.S. Geographical Societies, 1888-1914, transcript: Bielefeld.

Der vorliegende 122. Band der Schriftenreihe „Berliner Geographische Arbeiten“ versammelt zwölf Beiträge, die die Geographie als eine sich stets in Bewegung befindende Wissenschaft zeigen, in der Wandel, Unsicherheit und methodische Vielfalt als Voraussetzungen des wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisgewinns begriffen werden. Neben institutionellen und fachhistorischen Reflexionen liegen inhaltliche Schwerpunkte auf geomorphologischen, bodenkundlichen und geoökologischen Fragestellungen sowie geographiedidaktischen Perspektiven… Read More Mohsen Makki, Barbara Richter, Reinhard Kleßen, Benjamin Schulenburg (Hg.). (2026). Aufbruch der Formen: Geographische Perspektiven in Bewegung. Berliner Geographische Arbeiten 122.

This open access book will provide an overview of predominantly geographical and historical discourses connected with mountain landscapes in Montenegro and Slovenia. Very few countries, even considerably larger ones, can boast the mountain landscape diversity found in both countries. Special attention will be given to mountains as a national „symbol“ and their role in the… Read More Matija Zorn, Olga Pelcer-Vujačić, Peter Mikša (eds.) (2026): Discourses on Mountains of Montenegro and Slovenia. Springer: Cham.

This book studies geographical societies, which were the institutional basis of geography until the early twentieth century. Although they were a global phenomenon, most research has focused on the most famous societies (such as Paris, London, and Washington/D.C.), and/or studied societies in isolation from each other. By contrast, our volume also pays attention to societies… Read More Maximilian Georg (ed.) 2026): Geographical Societies in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Case Studies and Comparisons. Springer: Cham.

This book presents recent achievements in interdisciplinary archaeological and geological studies as well as new ideas on the development of geological concepts. The territory of Armenia and the South Caucasus region together have been inhabited since Lower Paleolithic times and there is extensive evidence of the prehistoric use of stone and metals and trade of… Read More Barry Cooper, Marianne Klemun, Ezio Vaccari (eds.) (2026): History of Geology Without Borders: Armenia and Beyond. Springer: Cham.

This book examines the history of geography (1950-2020) from a bottom-up perspective. Disciplinary histories often emphasise the pronouncements of established academics, yet student-geographers make up the majority of the overall ‚geographical community‘ at any one time. Exploring these efforts of geography students over the past 70 years places the known history of the discipline in a… Read More Mette Bruinsma (2023): Dissertating Geography: An Inquiry into the Making of Student Geographical Knowledge, 1950-2020. Routledge: London and New York.

Geogeschichte ist eine Expedition voller Überraschungen, bei der Grataloup einer einzigen Frage auf der Spur ist: Welchen Einfluss hat die Geografie auf den Verlauf der Weltgeschichte? Geologie, Anthropologie, Klimatologie, Demografie, Genetik, Epidemiologie und Ökonomie – sie alle werden in diesem Buch mobilisiert, um die Weltgeschichte von den frühesten Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart auf eine andere… Read More Grataloup, Christian (2025): Geogeschichte. Die Macht der Geografie in der Weltgeschichte. C.H. Beck: München.

Historical Geographies: The Basics provides readers with a thorough grounding in a sub-discipline that revisits the past through a geographical lens. It encourages the reader to pursue researching the past in a usable manner, reflecting on the role of the past in the present and how it might inform geographical thinking. Across seven chapters, the… Read More Paul Griffin and Cheryl McGeachan (2025): Historical Geographies: The Basics. Routledge: London and New York

Within the Habsburg Empire of the late nineteenth century, nature became a central focus of political, economic, and scientific attention. A source of valuable natural resources and a platform for consolidating wider, territorial rule, its management and control was subsumed into a broader system of imperial governance. In this exacting analysis of the correlation between… Read More Jawad Daheur and Iva Lučić (eds.) (2025): Habsburg Natures Imperial Governance and Environment in Central Europe, 1850-1918. Berghahn: New York and Oxford.

Using a transdisciplinary approach, this book examines how scientific understanding of the Earth has been created, transformed, and shared across time – combining perspectives from the history of science, sociology of knowledge, and cultural studies to explore the evolution of Earth sciences. Focusing on the practices, actors, and socio-cultural contexts that have shaped knowledge production,… Read More Norman Henniges, Johannes Mattes, Marianne Klemun (eds.) (2026): Earth–Knowledge. History of Science as Histories of Knowledge? Routledge: London and New York.