Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these anxieties lies an older, much deeper fear about the power that climate exerts over us. The Empire of Climate traces the history… Read More David N. Livingstone (2024): The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ.

Providing an in-depth exploration into the rivers of Habsburg Galicia (part of Austrian Poland) in the 19th century, this volume combines analysis of historical hydrographic data with modern GIS and remote sensing tools. Considering geographical and historical factors, this book draws on both natural processes and human activities to analyse how river valleys function and… Read More Tomasz Kargol (2026): The Rivers of Habsburg Galicia Between Flow and Control. Routledge: London and New York.

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.