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

25. März 2023

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

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

25. März 2023

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

18. März 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

8. März 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

7. März 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

7. März 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

7. März 2023

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

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Geographien des Verlusts, Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Frankfurt am Main, 19.09.2023 – 23.09.2023

21. Februar 2023

Geographien des Verlusts entstehen im Zusammenspiel von historischen, gesellschaftspolitischen, kulturellen, räumlichen und planetarischen Transformationen. In Geographie und Geschichtswissenschaft erscheint die systematische und konzeptionelle Erschließung von Verlust als Desiderat, was angesichts der Ubiquität von Krisendiagnosen im Anthropozän überrascht. Der Call for Papers lädt ein, die Geographien des Verlusts in konzeptionellen und empirischen Beiträgen zu erkunden. Geographien… Read More Geographien des Verlusts, Deutscher Kongress für Geographie, Frankfurt am Main, 19.09.2023 – 23.09.2023

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CfP. Regionale Entwicklungsprozesse und territoriale Erinnerungsräume, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 13.02.2023 – 23.09.2023

21. Februar 2023

Projekte der Stadt-, Regional- und Landschaftsplanung sind in der Regel territorial gebundene Vorhaben, die zukünftige Entwicklungen von Städten, Gemeinden und Kreisen betreffen. Dabei werden die Territorien einzelner Gebiete im Kontext von Wirtschafts- und Kommunalkooperationen zumeist überschritten, wobei es hier durchaus passieren kann, dass Kooperationen wiederholend nicht zu Stande kommen. Solche Entwicklungen führen manche Akteure in… Read More CfP. Regionale Entwicklungsprozesse und territoriale Erinnerungsräume, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 13.02.2023 – 23.09.2023

— 2022, Publikationen —

Simona Boscani Leoni, Sarah Baumgartner, and Meike Knittel, (eds.) (2022) Connecting Territories: Exploring People and Nature, 1700–1850. Brill: Leiden.

3. Februar 2023

The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and the involvement of a great variety of local actors in the… Read More Simona Boscani Leoni, Sarah Baumgartner, and Meike Knittel, (eds.) (2022) Connecting Territories: Exploring People and Nature, 1700–1850. Brill: Leiden.