Invitation for IGU India International Conference (Virtual) 2020 at MLSU, Udaipur, India
Dear Colleagues Department of Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences is organizing the IGU India International conference (Virtual), 2020 on “Global to Local Sustainability & Future Earth” involving IGU commissions from 18th to 20th December 2020 at MLSU, Udaipur, India Register to Participate: Link for Registration- https://bit.ly/3kMHwAy Website: www.mlsu.ac.in Conference Brochure: IGU Udaipur brochure 2020 Contact [...]
Geography Awareness Week November 16-21, 2020
Geography Awareness Week, November 16-21, 2020 Resources for celebrating #GeographyAwarenessWeek #GeoWeek. We have day-by-day themes you can use to align your content with ours if you wish. Established by a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress in 1987, Geography Awareness Week (GAW) is observed the third week in November every year. In 2020, GAW will [...]
EUGEO Congress 2021
Dear colleagues, Let us inform you that the deadline for submission of session proposals for the 8th EUGEO Congress on the Geography of Europe has been extended to November 22, 2020. The 8th EUGEO Congress on the Geography of Europe will be held in Prague from June 28 to July 1, 2021. The congress is [...]
Deserving early career Geographer can send Application to the IGU Secretary General
A friendly reminder that the nomination deadline for the 2020 WDS Data Stewardship Award is just two weeks away! Please consider nominating a deserving early career researcher such that their achievements in improving scientific data stewardship can be recognized and celebrated by the community. Nominations are open to any scientific organization, group, body, union, or [...]
IGU Commission Geography of Governance 2021 Annual Conference
** CALL for ABSTRACTS ** IGU Commission Geography of Governance 2021 Annual Conference "NEW CHALLENGES OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY" Date: 23-25 June 2021 Location: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland Faculty of Human Geography and Planning - Metropolitan Research Center Conference Website: https://sites.google.com/view/geogov2021/ Deadline for abstract submission: 1.02.2021
Save the date: Humanities and Social Sciences for Sustainability Conference
Humanities and Social Sciences for Sustainability Cultural and regional dimensions of global sustainability Online Conference, October 21 & 22, 2020 In the long run, deep and peaceful societal transformations towards global sustainability without the social sciences’ and the humanities’ insights are hardly feasible. During the conference a group of leading international experts will present and [...]
The American-Scandinavian Foundation Documentary Film
Geography is exploration. Explore Polar regions through film, The Blinding Sea, which is premiering later this week at Scandinavia House, the headquarters of the American-Scandinavian Foundation in New York City. The International Geographical Union is invited to participate. The Blinding Sea is a high-definition feature-length documentary film, 108 minutes long, which was shot across Alaska, [...]
America’s Geoheritage Workshop
Dear Colleagues, The U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is presenting the America’s Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America's Natural Legacy Distinguished Speaker Webinar Series throughout fall 2020, many Tuesdays at 11:00 am EDT (USA). These presentations will introduce the underlying rationale and concepts of the Geoheritage initiative, and [...]
A Tribute to Great Geomorphologist and Inspirational Geographer, Professor Verstappen, Herman Th.
A Tribute to Great Geomorphologist and Inspirational Geographer, Ex IGU President Professor Verstappen, Herman Th., 1925-2020 I am deeply pained and saddened to know the demise of Ex IGU President Professor Verstappen, Herman Th. I express my deep condolences to his family, friends and well-wishers. I have been meeting him in IGU Congress and Regional [...]