At the annual RGS-IBG conference in London, August 2024, the HPGRG has chosen to sponsor the following sessions: Affects of the Negative organised by Paul Harrison (Durham University), Thomas Dekeyser (Aberystwyth University) and Mitch Rose (Aberystwyth University). The Ontology Problem in Geography: Polysemy, Conceptual Ambiguity and the Challenge of Making Meaning organised by Sam Di… Continue reading Sponsored Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2024
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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
Call for Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2019
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites suggestions for sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2019 in London from Wednesday, 28 to Friday, 30 August 2019. The conference will focus on Geographies of trouble / geographies of hope and be chaired by Professor Hester Parr (University of Glasgow). We welcome suggestions for sessions across… Continue reading Call for Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2019
Call for sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2016
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites suggestions for 12 sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2016 in London from 30th August to Friday 2nd September 2016. The conference theme is “Nexus Thinking” and will be chaired by Professor Peter Jackson. We welcome suggestions for sessions across our remit, interpreted… Continue reading Call for sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2016
Forthcoming AGM at the RGS-IBG
This year, our AGM will take place on Wednesday 2 September, at 13:10 in Forum – Seminar Room 1 at the University of Exeter (it’s also listed in the conference programme). While we do not have any committee members with named roles coming to the end of their term we encourage anyone who is interested in becoming involved in… Continue reading Forthcoming AGM at the RGS-IBG
Updated session information
We have updates for two of our sponsored sessions: The first is that due to the number of ‘watery’ sessions for the conference, the respective session organizers have combined as a series; accordingly, what was ‘Water worlds’ is now ‘Wet Geographies III‘. The second is that there are now details available concerning our own session, ‘Practising philosophies… Continue reading Updated session information
Sponsored sessions announced for RGS-IBG 2015
We are delighted to announce that the HPGRG is sponsoring a range of exciting sessions at the forthcoming Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG, in Exeter in September 2015. There is now a separate section to the website – found in the header above – which links to all the sessions. Alternatively, you can click here… Continue reading Sponsored sessions announced for RGS-IBG 2015
Call for Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2015
The History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) invites suggestions for 12 sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2015 in Exeter from 2nd to 4th September 2015. The conference will focus on Geographies of the Anthropocene and be chaired by Professor Sarah Whatmore (University of Oxford). We welcome suggestions for sessions across our… Continue reading Call for Sessions: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2015
Conference awards 2013
as a research group of the RGS-IBG, the remit of the HPGRG includes supporting postgraduate members to attend the RGS-IBG annual conference. This year we are pleased to support two postgraduate researchers giving papers at the annual conference with a bursary of £50. Chay Brooks from the University of Cambridge is giving a paper entitled… Continue reading Conference awards 2013
HPGRG-sponsored RGS-IBG conference sessions for 2013
The HPGRG are pleased to announce the conference sessions sponsored at this year’s RGS-IBG annual international conference. The variety amongst the nine sessions is a great indication of the fascinating work being presently conducted in geography.