The IGU Regional Geographic Conference concluded in Santiago on Friday 18th November and was declared a success. The Local Organising Committee and its associated organisations worked tirelessly to ensure that the programme of scientific sessions, technical visits, field trips and social events all went off smoothly. There are many photograps available from the conference website [...]
On 8-11 November 2011 the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography hosted the hugely successful inaugural Latin-American conference on ‘Space, Gender and Power’ at Pontificia Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organised by Dr Joseli Maria Silva and Dr Augusto César Pinheiro da Silva the conference attracted approximately 50 local delegates as well as [...]
On the 13th - 17th of April 2012, the “Geography International Symposium” will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Presented by the Student Association for the Department of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), in cooperation with the Indonesian Geography student association (IMAHAGI), the theme will be “Climate Change for Sustainability”.
On the weekend of 12-14 May 2011, the Steering Committee, the Scientific Committee and the Outreach Committee held a meeting chaired by the Executive Director Benno Werlen in Jena, the City of Science. In his welcome address Christoph Matschie, the State’s Minister of Education, Science and Culture, welcomed the scientists who hailed from all five [...]
Research Urgencies in the Polar Regions and Their Links to the ICSU Grand Challenges in Global Sustainability Siena, Italy 23-24 September 2011 Sponsored by the ICSU organisations SCAR, IASC and IACS Supported by PNRA/MIUR, CNR and MNA Hosted by the University of Siena This two day symposium will be held in the historic city of [...]
The International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies (www.ijems.emuni.si) is announcing a thematic issue entitled "Entangled Histories? Trans-Cultural Encounters and Social Mobility in the Arab Mediterranean," co-edited by Nadia Al-Bagdadi and Adam Mestyan from the Central European University in Budapest. This is a call for papers that seek to offer new perspectives on the complex history of trans-cultural movements and social mobility within, [...]
Planning for the 2012 IGU Conference in Cologne (www.igc2012.org) is now well and truly underway. The first meeting of the international Scientific Committee was held from 12th to 15th May at the University. The objectives were to discuss the state-of-the-art in the scientific fields of the selected key topics, to finalise the session selection for [...]
International Geographical Union Pre-Conference Symposium Tourism and Heritage: Opportunities and Challenges for Conservation Geography Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile 10–13 November 2011 Organised by: IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change/ UGI Géographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs et Changement Global and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Instituto de Geografia For more information on the [...]
Dear Colleagues, Please find attached a call for papers for a conference being organised by the UNRISD on the Social Dimensions of Green Economy to be held in the United Nations in Geneva on 10-11 October 2011. Abstracts are invited from interested researchers and other specialists addressing the specified themes to be submitted by 15 May [...]
Dear Colleagues, The 7th SCAR History Workshop, entitled 'Antarctic History: probing the unknown', will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa from 26 to 29 July 2011. Please see the attached Call for Papers for more information about the workshop. The abstract submission deadline is 30 April 2011. Some limited travel support is available. Kind regards, Rosemary Nash Administrative Assistant, [...]