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Brazilian Historical Geographer interested in archives, histories of geography and Colonial Brazil.
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...
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Porous Archives 2 – registration open (12th December 2025) – Porous Archives
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives/2025/11/10/porous-archives-2-registration-open-now-12th-december-2025/
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
18 days ago
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
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📯🌎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...
21 days ago
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Dr Joanne Norcup
21 days ago
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...
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https://journals.openedition.org/terrabrasilis/15834
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📯 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
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Porous Archives
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
28 days ago
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Journal of Historical Geography
about 1 month ago
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
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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.
about 1 month ago
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Journal of Historical Geography
about 2 months ago
Vol. 89 is out!
sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/89/suppl/C
Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/42
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Katie Parker
about 2 months ago
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
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Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place
Discovery Course 1
https://www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/historic-maps-interpreting-stories-place
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Area
about 2 months ago
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
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😥😥 the amazing Diane Keaton!
about 2 months ago
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📯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
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https://hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rgs-hgrg-newsletter-e280a2-autumn-2025-final.pdf
3 months ago
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British Cartographic Society
3 months ago
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.
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London Group of Historical Geographers
3 months ago
Registration for our hybrid autumn seminar programme—"Bad Habits"—is now live! Full details and registration links here:
eepurl.com/jnswZs
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The Guardian
3 months ago
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
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Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election * Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy. Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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SHNH
3 months ago
📢 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...
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Christina Hourigan
3 months ago
#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!
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The New York Times
3 months ago
Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in a Brazil prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election.
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Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil, Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison
Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent.
https://nyti.ms/4ntK3Al
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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 🗓️🌎
3 months ago
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History Workshop
3 months ago
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.
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Project Naming
Explore the significance of Project Naming to decolonize archives and connect Inuit communities with their ancestral photographs.
https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/indigenous-history/project-naming/
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
4 months ago
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!
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How to Get the Most Out of an Academic Conference - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
First academic conference? Discover practical tips from early-career researchers to help you prepare, network effectively, & make the most of every opportunity.
http://bit.ly/4fzye96
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How to Get the Most Out of an Academic Conference - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
First academic conference? Discover practical tips from early-career researchers to help you prepare, network effectively, & make the most of every opportunity.
https://globalsouth.org/2025/07/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-an-academic-conference/
4 months ago
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AGMs: join us!! Amazing debates and opportunities HGRG on 21st August
www.rgs.org/research/res...
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Research Group AGMs
Find details of the arrangements for each of the Research Group AGMs, along with information on how you can take part.
https://www.rgs.org/research/research-groups/research-group-agms-2025
4 months ago
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The New York Times
4 months ago
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.
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Brazil’s President Lula Voices Frustration With Trump Amid Tariff Battle
Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from President Trump.
https://nyti.ms/44YfSuQ
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CFP Historical Geography at the XIII International Symposium about Space and Culture at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)in October 2025. 📚😍
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Save the date! The next International Conference of Historical Geographers (ICHG) will be in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2028 ☺️🌎
5 months ago
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6 months ago
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Journal of Historical Geography
6 months ago
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
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📚Historical Geography Research Groups (HGRG- RGS) - Undergraduate Dissertation Prizes 2025
www.rgs.org/research/res...
@rgsibg.bsky.social
🗓️ Deadline: 15 July
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Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG) - RGS
Read our information on the Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG) undergraduate dissertation prize and how to apply.
https://www.rgs.org/research/research-groups/research-group-dissertation-prizes/historical-geography-research-group-hgrg
7 months ago
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American Association of Geographers
7 months ago
“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
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History Workshop
7 months ago
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....
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Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decolonisation/indigenous-historical-practices/
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London Group of Historical Geographers
7 months ago
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...
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Ed Armston-Sheret
7 months ago
"Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica"
theconversation.com/meet-the-for...
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Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica
I’ve spent almost eight years learning about the lives and experiences of these forgotten explorers.
https://theconversation.com/meet-the-forgotten-enslaved-and-working-class-labourers-behind-british-exploration-in-africa-asia-and-antarctica-252771?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Innes M. Keighren
7 months ago
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...
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8 months ago
#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...
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Gardens and Empires | British Library
The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This conference investigates the impacts of these global connection
https://events.bl.uk/events/gardens-and-empires
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🎉🎉 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...
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https://hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rgs-hgrg-newsletter-e280a2-spring-2025-new.pdf
9 months ago
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"I'm am still here" won Best international film during Carnival? Double celebration! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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9 months ago
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Simon Naylor
9 months ago
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)
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https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/awayfromthewater/events/#workshopfunders
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Innes M. Keighren
9 months ago
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
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SHNH
10 months ago
📢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! 🥰
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American Association of Geographers
10 months ago
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
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Annals of the AAG - AAG
This is one of the world’s leading geography journals and is the flagship journal of the AAG, in publication since 1911.
https://www.aag.org/journal/annals-of-the-aag/#cartography
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Wow! What an incredible opportunity in London!
10 months ago
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🎉🎉 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...
11 months ago
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Hayden Lorimer
11 months ago
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
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Our Brazilian star!!!!!Queen! 🤩🤩🎉🎉
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11 months ago
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NiCHE Canada
11 months ago
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
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Call for Writing Support Programme 2025 - ESEH NEXTGATe
ESEH NEXTGATe is launching the 5th round of the Writing Support Programme for emerging scholars in Environmental History and the Environmental Humanities.
https://niche-canada.org/2025/01/02/call-for-writing-support-programme-2025-eseh-nextgate/
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12 months ago
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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/
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Practising Historical Geography, 2024-2025
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/watmo/
12 months ago
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📢 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
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Historical Geography Research Group - RGS
Historical Geography Research Group call for sessions.
https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/call-for-sessions-papers-and-posters/calls-for-research-group-sponsorship/historical-geography-research-group
12 months ago
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TIBG
about 1 year ago
📢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...
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Editorial opportunities at Society journal - RGS
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, one of the Society’s scholarly journals, is looking for four new Editorial Board members.
https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/editorial-opportunities-at-society-journal
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