Join the PHG Conference next week! This free, one-day conference organised by the HGRG-RGS takes place at Newcastle University and online on Friday 12th December. The conference will have paper presentations and workshop. Save the date! blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchiv...

Join the Society's Historical Geography Research Group for their upcoming conference: 'Practising Historical Geography: Porous Archives 2'. 📍 In person (Newcastle University) and online 📅 Friday 12 December Find out more and register for free 👉 blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives

📯🌎Great pleasure to announce that the special issue "Historical Geography: writing, research and teaching" was published at the Terra Brasilis Journal, an open access journal. Happy to organise this issue with @drjn.bsky.social and Deborah Fontenelle. journals.openedition.org/terrabrasili...

It is here! Special issue on Historical Geography in #TerraBrasilis Big thanks to @patriciasgeo.bsky.social and #Deborah Fontenelle for this collaborative edited journal issue which has been an absolute pleasure to work on. journals.openedition.org/terrabrasili...

📯 The Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG - RGS) warmly invite you to take part in the Practising Historical Geography Conference in person at Newcastle University and online, on the 12th December 2025. Register: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives 🗓️12th December 2025 @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social

Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out! sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97 Take a look at the issue’s contents below. (Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’) 1/16

Spread the word! Happy to be part of this event which celebrates the life and work of the brilliant Brazilian historical geographer Mauricio de Almeida Abreu.

Vol. 89 is out! sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/89/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/42

Are you using #maps in research? Want to learn about their history and use as sources? In London in late January? Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place! #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

New in Area: 'Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?' by @smhall.bsky.social This piece is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Dialogues in Radical Geography'. doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky

😥😥 the amazing Diane Keaton!

📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China. Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!! 📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u... @rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social

Call for applications - The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography Awards range up to £2000. The closing date for applications is 1st NOVEMBER.  Apply here:  www.maphistory.info/harley.html Please forward to others who might be interested.

Registration for our hybrid autumn seminar programme—"Bad Habits"—is now live! Full details and registration links here: eepurl.com/jnswZs

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

📢 Call for Papers! 📢 We're excited to announce that in 2026 we will again be hosting an Early Career Researcher Symposium, and that this time it will be a partnership with @linneansociety.bsky.social!🙌🏻 We'd love to hear from all ECRs, so find how to submit a proposal 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/news/cfp-ear...

#Historicalgeography #HGRG #RGS #planthumanities #envhum #Geography #history #archives Call out for any events or news in the world of historical geography that you lovely people would like included in the next HGRG newsletter. Only a few days left before the autumn issue is published. Let me know!

Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in a Brazil prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election.

Super proud of this research group! HGRG at the International Conference of Historical Geographers in China! Next stop of the ICHG will be Rio de Janeiro in 2028, save the date 🗓️🌎

How do we decolonise archives? In this collaborative piece, researchers Christina Williamson, Beth Greenhorn, and Carol Payne and Inuit Elder Ann Meekitjuk Hanson reflect on the role of names in the colonial archive.

With our Annual Conference just days away, we’re sharing a few top tips from our colleagues at @globalsouthshub.bsky.social on getting the most out of the experience: http://bit.ly/4fzye96. In keeping with this year’s theme, creativity is one of the best strategies!

AGMs: join us!! Amazing debates and opportunities HGRG on 21st August www.rgs.org/research/res...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil said he wouldn't take orders from President Trump, in his first interview with The New York Times in 13 years. Read the full interview.

CFP Historical Geography at the XIII International Symposium about Space and Culture at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)in October 2025. 📚😍

Save the date! The next International Conference of Historical Geographers (ICHG) will be in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2028 ☺️🌎

Sunset in Rio

Vol. 88 is out! It is our 50th anniversary issue, and includes a special issue on ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ edited by @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/88/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/31

📚Historical Geography Research Groups (HGRG- RGS) - Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes 2025 www.rgs.org/research/res... @rgsibg.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: 15 July

“GeoHumanities” is AAG’s newest journal for publishing #interdisciplinary scholarship, featuring scholarly articles and shorter creative pieces that cross between the academy and creative practice. Learn more about how to submit to this journal and access our latest articles: buff.ly/pEpGtOH #GeoSky

How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples? Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories. www.historyworkshop....

Remember to register for next week's online-only seminar: a panel discussion of 'Adorno and the Antifascist Geographical Imagination,' by Chris Philo. Featuring @milesogborn.bsky.social, @stuartelden.bsky.social, and @feli-k.bsky.social. ‬Details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pan...

"Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica" theconversation.com/meet-the-for...

A last plug for my inaugural lecture—"The archive in the armoire: rediscovering the global lives of William Macintosh"—which will be held in person at 18:15 on 20 May at Royal Holloway (a recording will be published online afterwards). All details here: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/eve...

#GARDENS & #EMPIRES - booking open! International conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social 27-28 June Convened by #BL, @rbgkew.bsky.social & @englishheritage.bsky.social Speakers include @advollyr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social & @corinnefowler.bsky.social Booking: events.bl.uk/events/garde...

🎉🎉 HGRG is delighted to be able to share the Spring 2025 Newsletter, which can now be read and downloaded on the HGRG website here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...

"I'm am still here" won Best international film during Carnival? Double celebration! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Workshop at University of Glasgow on 15th May 2025, titled Mapping the Histories and Geographies of Water Knowledge. Info here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person) Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)

Please join me, if you can/want to, for my (in-person) inaugural lecture—"The archive in the armoire: rediscovering the global lives of William Macintosh"—on Tuesday, 20 May, at Royal Holloway, University of London. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/eve... #C18

📢Early Career Researcher Symposium Later this month we have a range of ✨FREE✨ online talks covering a huge range of topics on the history of natural history. 📅Thursday 20 February 🙌Free 💻Online Check out the link below for more information, including how to book your ticket! See you there! 🥰

Call for #Cartographer: We're seeking a #cartography editor to review and enhance the content of cartographic submissions to all four AAG journals. The editor will be appointed for a four-year term on Jan 1, 2026. 🗺️ Apply by Feb 10: www.aag.org/journal/anna... #GISchat #AcademicJournals #GeoSky

Wow! What an incredible opportunity in London!

🎉🎉 What a beautiful Monday! My latest paper called "The travel exploration of William Burchell to Brazil (1825-1830) and the network of intermediaries in the field" is now available in English at Revista Geografias. Please share! periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/ge...

The Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society will take place in Birmingham, 26-29th August 2025. If you’re interested in ‘Library Encounters’, whether it be campaigning, collaborating or creating, then do take a look at our session Call for Papers. @hesterparr.bsky.social

Our Brazilian star!!!!!Queen! 🤩🤩🎉🎉

Just a few hours left to submit your proposals for @esehnextgate.bsky.social's Writing Support Programme 2025! niche-canada.org/2025/01/02/c... #envhist

Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG-RGS) warmly invites you to take part in Practising Historical Geography Conference, that will take place in-person and online at Newcastle University 📅Monday 16th December ➡️Registration: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/watmo/

📢 Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG-RGS) invites session sponsorship for the @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025. ➡️More information see: www.rgs.org/research/ann... 📅Deadline 7th February 2025

📢Join the TIBG team!📢 We are looking for four new mid-career geographers to join our Editorial Board. We are seeking expertise in environmental, historical and quantitative geography, sustainable development, geopolitics, Africa & Latin America. Deadline: 4 December www.rgs.org/about-us/our...