Dear IGU Colleagues Series Editors Professor Iain Hay and Michael Meadows announce the forthcoming publication of the first book in ‘The International Geographical Union Series on Contemporary Geographies’. The volume, entitled Geographies of Cosmopolitanism is by Professor Barney Warf of the University of Kansas. Invigorating and timely, this book provides a thorough overview of the geographies of [...]
Dear Colleagues I am pleased sending you the call for application for the CIPSH Chair of 2021. Enclosed please find the announcement of the calls with detailed information regarding the application procedures. The deadline for application is March 1, please send all application materials electronically to the CIPSH email address (emailcipsh@icphs.org) Hsiung Ping-chen 熊秉真 Secretary [...]
Invitation for Chapter Book Title: RESEARCH ISSUES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY Editors: Jerzy Bański, M. Meadows and RB Singh Chapter structure 1. Introduction 2. Subject matter, objectives and scope of research Topics undertaken as part of the research issue, characteristics of the research subject, identification of basic objectives and examples of research questions and [...]
Dear IGU Community of Geographers The current IGU Executive Committee (EC) took office following the virtual General Assembly in August 2020. Since then, the EC has held several online meetings, one of which we devoted to refining an actionable Strategy to guide the IGU through the next four years, during which time we will celebrate [...]
The American Association of Geographers' annual meeting will be fully virtual in 2021. Attendees including geographers, GIS specialists, environmental scientists, and other leaders will share and discuss the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. The meeting will be held from Wednesday, April 7 - Sunday, April 11, and will feature more [...]
Dear IGU Colleagues, It is my great pleasure to release the calls of nominations of the candidates for the following two IGU Honors & Awards in 2021 on behalf of the IGU Executive Committee. The IGU Lauréat d’honneur, established to recognize individuals who have achieved particular distinction or who have rendered outstanding service in the [...]
Dear Colleagues Founded in 1990, the International Festival of Geography (FIG) welcomes every year 50,000 visitors for 3 days in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. It is in this small town of the Vosges that in 1507, to complete the "Universalis cosmographiae ilustrationes" by the cartographer Waldsee muller, the "Cosmographiae Introductio" was printed. It is known to be the [...]
Anthropogenic emissions are rapidly altering Earth’s climate, pushing it toward a warmer state for which there is no historical precedent. Although no perfect analog exists for such a disruption, Earth’s history includes past climate states—“paleoclimates”— that hold lessons for the future of our warming world. In a recent paper in the journal Science (see: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6517/eaay3701?rss=1) [...]
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 [...]
