New article! 'The Augustów Canal as the largest monument in Central and Eastern Europe', by Karol Łopatecki and Dominika Wybult.

Call for papers! We invite proposals for a special issue on the theme 'Black Historical Geographies: Querying the Archive', co-edited by Mona Domosh & Caroline Bressey. Abstract deadline: 30 April 2026 Accepted submission deadline: September 30 2026 Details here 👇️

New review article! 'HGIS de las Indias database', by Jeremy Mikecz.

New review! David Zeitlyn on 'Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain ', edited by Renée Mussai.

New review! Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann on 'Maps and Colours: A Complex Relationship', edited by Diana Lange and Benjamin van der Linde.

New review! Maria José Afanador Llach on Jessica M. Lepler's 'Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions'.

New 'Historical Geography at Large' article: 'Bench marks of change: Heritage survival, loss, and the reading of landscape', by Catherine Porter, Margaret O'Sullivan and Elizabeth Gabbett.

New article! 'Performing the border: Mapping smuggling and state sovereignty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Prussia borderlands', by Tim Cole, Alberto Giordano, Martynas Jakulis, Aivaras Poška, Andrej Ryčkov and Jurgita Verbickienė.

New article: 'Finding and leaving traces: Prehabitation and the presence of the past in the Victorian-era prison', by Dominique Moran, Matt Houlbrook (@tricksterprince.bsky.social) and Jennifer Turner.

New review! Ana Raquel Portugal on Junia Ferreira Furtado's 'L’Amérique Méridionale: The Map That Shaped Brazil in the 18th Century'.

New article! ‘"Fantastic race across the strangest and most desolate landscape": Embodied landscapes and automobiles in Mongolia, 1907–1930', by Tomasz Ewertowski.

New review! Timothy Boon on Ben Burt's 'The Museum of Mankind: Man and Boy in the British Museum Ethnography Department'.

Conference report: Petra Codato on historical geography at the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers, 26–29 August 2025 (University of Birmingham).

New review: Alison Bennett on Edward Armston-Sheret's 'On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration'.

I'm really pleased to see 'Finding and leaving traces: Prehabitation and the presence of the past in the Victorian-era prison' - co-written with Dominique Moran and Jennifer Turner - is now out in @jofhistgeog.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

New article! 'More than asparagus: The development of the canning industry in Brunswick, Germany', by Grace Abou Jaoude, Yevheniia Berchul & Vanessa Miriam Carlow.

New review! Jesús Israel Baxin Martínez on Kevin Rodríguez Wittmann's 'Mapping Insularity: A Visual History of Islands in Medieval and Early Modern Worlds'.

New review! Enrique García Hernán on David Rodríguez Couto's 'Imperio y reputación: El viaje de los hermanos Nodal y su mundo'.

New review essay! 'Land reform in the home of enclosure: How to right historical land ownership & environmental injustice in England & Wales' by Carl Griffin, covering: ● 'The Lie of the Land', by Guy Shrubsole ● 'Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You', by Nick Hayes & Jon Moses

New article! 'Hometown bonds, spatial consolidation and socioeconomic transformation of Huiguan in Beijing's modernization', by Wang Changsong & Wang Yitong.

New article! 'Samplers of the marine environment: Knowing the oceans with seabirds, 1958–Present', by Oscar Hartman Davies.

New article! 'Imperial knowledge-making: Spanish and Russian modern time questionnaires as data collection tools', by Nadezda Konyushikhina & Victoria Tkachenko.

New article! 'Precarious place, powerful participation: The historicization of floods and community resilience in Pajaro, California', by Ria Mukerji.

New review! Apurba Chatterjee on 'Moving Crops and the Scales of History', by Francesca Bray, Barbara Hahn, John Bosco Lourdusamy and Tiago Saraiva.

New article! 'From perdition to paradise: Patagonia, Juan Fernández and the Southeastern Pacific in the British geographical imaginary, 1680-1768', by Elizabeth Chant & Natalia Gándara Chacana.

New article! 'Geopolitical enclaves: Space and social-political change in Cold War Taiwan's Military Dependent Villages', by @maxwoodworth.bsky.social.

New review article! Philip Jagessar on the 'Secret Maps' exhibition at the British Library, London (24 October 2025 – 18 January 2026).

New article! 'Spaces of memory, scales of memory: The Equal Justice Initiative's marking of lynching from Montgomery to Montevallo and beyond, 2015–2025', by Tim Cole.

New review! William Bainbridge on 'Rediscovering Lost Landscapes: Topographical Art in North-West Italy, 1800–1920', by Pietro Piana, Charles Watkins and Rossano Balzaretti.

New review! Charles W.J. Withers on 'Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820', by Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan.

New review! @peterrmartin.bsky.social on 'Mapping the North: Myth, Exploration, Encounter', by Charlotta Forss.

New review! Felix Mauch on 'Singaporean Creatures: Histories of Humans and Other Animals in the Garden City', edited by Timothy P. Barnard.

New review article! 'Multidisciplinary perspectives on 19th-century Paris' - Alan R.H. Baker on: • Balzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy • The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature & Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise • Paris in Ruins: The Siege, the Commune & the Birth of Impressionism

New review! Noel Castree on 'Photography, Ecology and Historical Change in the Anthropocene: Activating Archives', by Bergit Arends.

New review! Ilaria Scaglia on 'Photo Archives and the Place of Photography', edited by Geraldine A. Johnson and Deborah Schultz.

New article! 'The European North of Russia as a timber colony, 1890-1930', by Vasily Borovoy.

New article! 'Timber colonialism in Labrador/Nitassinan: The case of the Labrador boundary', by Carolina Tytelman.

New article by Chris McCarthy, Simon Phillips, Troy Sternberg, Uyanga Torguud, Yuki Konagaya, Takahiro Ozaki, Keiji Yano, Mitsuko Watanabe, Buho Hoshino, Adiya Yadamsuren, Battogtokh Nasanbat & Erdenebuyan Enkhjargal.

New article! 'A Dynamic Timber Frontier: An Archaeological Perspective on Lumbering in Algonquin Provincial Park (1836-1930)', by R. Alexander Hunter and Roderick MacKay.

New article! 'Urban fire in an early American colonial metropolis: Manila 1901-1913', by Greg Bankoff.

New review! Pan Baojun on 中国古地图研究入门 (Introduction to the Study of Ancient Chinese Maps) by 成一农 (Yinong Cheng).

Vol. 90 is out! sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/90/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/26

New article! 'Climate, crisis and colonialism: Volcanic eruptions and the causes of famine in British India, 1831 to 1838', by Richard Warren. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.11.005

New review! Diarmid A. Finnegan on Claire Blencowe's 'Spirits of Extraction: Christianity, Settler Colonialism and the Geology of Race'. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.11.004

New review! Rudrani Garg on Colin Flint's 'Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower'. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.10.011

Call for papers! We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka. Abstract deadline 15 Jan Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies

New review: Joanna Sassoon on 'The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West' by Martha A. Sandweiss. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.11.001

New article! 'Knowledge erosion: Floods and the regularisation of the river Tiber, 1870–1937', by Salvatore Valenti. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.10.008

New review! Rodrigo Moreno on Sara Caputo's 'Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel '. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.10.001

Call for papers! We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka. Abstract deadline 15 Jan Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies