The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group would like to invite you to an informal online lunchtime session on May 15th, 13:00-14;00 (UK time), discussing issues around converting your PhD / postdoc into a monograph – whether to do it, how to do it, how to find a publisher, what the current open access… Continue reading May 15th session on turning a PhD or postdoc into a monograph
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HPGRG Call for Session Sponsorship, RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2024
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites applications to sponsor sessions at this year’s RGS-IBG Annual Conference. Sessions should address topics relating to contemporary philosophies, theories and methods related to geography and/or the history and philosophy of geography and associated fields. We welcome proposals for sessions that use innovative or creative formats.… Continue reading HPGRG Call for Session Sponsorship, RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2024
Open Postgraduate and ECR Meeting, 8th January
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) of the RGS-IBG invite postgraduate/early career researchers to an informal online seminar. This will be held at 1400-1600 (GMT) on Monday 8th January 2024. We invite attendees to briefly introduce their research (5-7 minutes). Your research may be at any stage from initial idea to completed… Continue reading Open Postgraduate and ECR Meeting, 8th January
Online Conference: GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIVITIES
Sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group. Date 14th April 2023 This conference marks the publication of Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt’s recent work, Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice (2022), the follow up instalment to Franz Boas, The Emergence of the Anthropologist (2019). Franz Boas (1858 – 1942)… Continue reading Online Conference: GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIVITIES
History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) Call for Session Sponsorship, RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2023
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites applications to sponsor sessions at this year’s RGS-IBG Annual Conference. Sessions should address topics relating to contemporary philosophies, theories and methods related to geography and/or the history and philosophy of geography and associated fields. We welcome proposals for sessions that use innovative or creative formats. … Continue reading History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) Call for Session Sponsorship, RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2023
Nadja Lovadinov (University of Bristol) winner of the 2022 HPGRG undergraduate dissertation prize.
Nadja Lovadinov (University of Bristol) won the prize for her dissertation titled ‘Deterritorialising Dayton: Reconfiguring Bosnia and Herzegovina between Dizdar and Deleuze.’ She was supervised by Mark Jackson – M.Jackson@bristol.ac.uk The originality and ambition of Nadja’s thesis, as well as its successful choreography of complex theory with poetics, geopolitics, history, archaeology and anthropology deeply impressed the panel of three… Continue reading Nadja Lovadinov (University of Bristol) winner of the 2022 HPGRG undergraduate dissertation prize.
HPGRG 2022-1 Newsletter now available
We just released the latest newsletter of the RGS-IBG History and Philosophy . Download it here. In the newsletter we introduce the new committee, have an overview of all sessions sponsored by the HPGRG at the upcoming RGS-IBG conference in Newcastle, and we report on some of the exciting HPGRG activities of the past year,… Continue reading HPGRG 2022-1 Newsletter now available
HPGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2022
Deadline: 15 July 2022 The RGS-IBG History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group, in conjunction with SAGE Geography, is pleased to offer an undergraduate dissertation prize for the best dissertation in the histories and/or philosophies of geography. The winner will receive a prize of £50 and a year’s free subscription to their choice of Progress in Human Geography or Progress in Physical Geography and have their dissertation published on the… Continue reading HPGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2022
May 13, Dr Mariana Ajauro Lamego to present the HistGeoUni 2022 Lecture (Online option)
The HistGeogUni Lecture 2022 will be delivered by Dr Mariana Ajauro Lamego, Adjunct Professor and Head of Department of Geography at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 May 2022 at 2 pm BST (UTC+1). Her lecture is entitled: Internationalism and Mobilities of Knowledge in the Development of Geography in Brazil:… Continue reading May 13, Dr Mariana Ajauro Lamego to present the HistGeoUni 2022 Lecture (Online option)
History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group Call for Session Sponsorship, 2022 RGS-IBG Annual Conference
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites applications to sponsor sessions at this year’s RGS-IBG annual conference. Sessions should address topics relating to contemporary philosophies, theories and methods related to geography and/or the history and philosophy of geography and associated fields. We welcome suggestions for creative formats. The Royal Geographical Society (RGS)… Continue reading History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group Call for Session Sponsorship, 2022 RGS-IBG Annual Conference