Journal of Historical Geography
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A well-established international quarterly, the Journal of Historical Geography publishes articles on all aspects of historical geography and cognate fields. sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography
New article! 'Edges and nodes of print geographies: A spatial-network view of Punjabi publishing infrastructure', by Anima Singh and Nirmala Menon.
Edges and nodes of print geographies: A spatial-network view of Punjabi publishing infrastructure
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New article! 'Spatialising separation: The Albatross File and the historical geography of Singapore's independence', by Lily Kong.
Spatialising separation: The Albatross File and the historical geography of Singapore's independence
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New book review! Philip Howell on Karen M. Morin's 'Cattle Trails and Animal Lives: The Founding of an American Carceral Archipelago'.
Review | Cattle Trails and Animal Lives: The Founding of an American Carceral Archipelago
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New article! 'Transformational geographies of academic advocacy: How the first ombuds in the University of California shaped an empowering university in Berkeley, 1968–1970', by Heike Jöns, Hanne Kirstine Adriansen and Gritt B. Nielsen.
Transformational geographies of academic advocacy: How the first ombuds in the University of California shaped an empowering university in Berkeley, 1968–1970
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New article! 'Remembering Social Democracy: Monumentalization, political infrastructures, and stories of "the people",' by Erik Jönsson.
Remembering Social Democracy: Monumentalization, political infrastructures, and stories of 'the people'
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New book review! Ricardo Padrón on 'Knowing an Empire: Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue', edited by Mackenzie Cooley and Huiyi Wu.
Review | Knowing an Empire: Early Modern Chinese and Spanish Worlds in Dialogue
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New article! 'Ghost elephants and the archive: Towards nonhuman histories beyond linear time', by Khatijah Rahmat.
Ghost elephants and the archive: Towards nonhuman histories beyond linear time
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New article: 'From hydraulic Utopia to rural retreat: Saucelle's hydroelectric settlement and the transformation of territory under Franco's regime', by Marina Bargón-García and Pedro Plasencia-Lozano. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social @elseviersej.bsky.social
From hydraulic Utopia to rural retreat: Saucelle's hydroelectric settlement and the transformation of territory under Franco's regime
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New article! ‘"Middle politics" and Brazil’s new capital: Hinterland occupation and Brasília’s location as moderate spatial solutions to agrarian reform demands', by Larissa Alves de Lira.
‘Middle politics’ and Brazil’s new capital: Hinterland occupation and Brasília’s location as moderate spatial solutions to agrarian reform demands
This article investigates the debates over the location of Brazil’s planned capital as discussed by intellectuals associated with Geography between 1947 and 1960.
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New article! 'Coal mining, geopolitics and cities: Urban utopias and dystopias in North Bohemia', by Filip M. Alexandrescu, Bohumil Frantál, Petr Klusáček and Ondřej Konečný.
Coal mining, geopolitics and cities: Urban utopias and dystopias in North Bohemia
In this article we go beyond the casual observation that mining shapes urbanization in specific places (known...
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New book review! Jeremy J. Schmidt on 'The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution and Resistance in Yellowknife', by by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling.
Book Review | The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution and Resistance in Yellowknife, by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling — McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal (2025), 276 pages, paperback.
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New exhibition review! 'Archival encounters and the spatial politics of memory': Jasmine Roberts on Edward George’s 'Black Atlas' (Warburg Institute, 10 Oct 2025 – 17 Jan 2026).
Exhibition review: Archival encounters and the spatial politics of memory | Edward George’s 'Black Atlas' (Warburg Institute, 10 Oct 2025 – 17 Jan 2026)
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New! The introduction to our special issue on timber colonialism: 'Thinking through forests: Colonialism, capitalism, and the global timber trade', by Jim Clifford and Iva Lučić.
Thinking through forests: Colonialism, capitalism, and the global timber trade
This introduction to the special issue on timber colonialism argues that forests offer a uniquely...
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New article: 'Reframing disciplinary memory: A participatory reckoning with colonial legacies in geography at the University of Bonn', by Tobit Nauheim, Johannes Dittmann, Arne Rieber, Jana Stumpp and the KritGeo Student Collective.
Reframing disciplinary memory: A participatory reckoning with colonial legacies in geography at the University of Bonn
This contribution examines the participatory reframing of a commemorative site at the University of Bonn’s Department of Geography, initiated by stude…
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New article! 'From Palmer Street to 28 October Street: Street naming, urban authority and anti-colonial struggle in British Cyprus', by Stella Theocharous, Dionysis Panos and Sebastian Letts.
From Palmer Street to 28 October Street: Street naming, urban authority and anti-colonial struggle in British Cyprus
Street names may appear mundane, yet they operate as instruments of symbolic power binding spatial order to political legitimacy and structuring strug…
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New review! Martin W. Lewis on 'The West: The History of an Idea', by Georgios Varouxakis.
Review | The West: The History of an Idea, by Georgios Varouxakis — Princeton University Press, Princeton (2025), 491 pages, hardback.
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Conference report! @stephenlegg11.bsky.social on 'Cities and Decolonization: Anti-colonial Struggles, Urban Protest, and Global Solidarities in the Twentieth Century' (Wadham College, University of Oxford, 19–20 March 2026).
Cities and Decolonization: Anti-colonial Struggles, Urban Protest, and Global Solidarities in the Twentieth Century: Wadham College, University of Oxford, 19–20 March 2026
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New article! 'Between written law and lived experience: The Gay and Lesbian archive and the socio-spatial history of sexual regulation in South Africa', by Louise Sarsfield Collins.
Between written law and lived experience: The Gay and Lesbian archive and the socio-spatial history of sexual regulation in South Africa
This article examines how colonial anti-sodomy laws functioned as strategic tools of sexual governance that continue to shape contemporary LGBTI discr…
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New article! 'Continuity and change in urban space: Materiality, commemoration, rhythm and commerce in St Ann’s Square, Manchester', by Tim Edensor and Gary Warnaby.
Continuity and change in urban space: Materiality, commemoration, rhythm and commerce in St Ann’s Square, Manchester
Though they have taken a variety of forms and served numerous functions, urban squares have been integral elements in the urban fabric since antiquity…
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New article! 'Deforestation processes and (re)forestation practices in southern Brazil in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries', by Samira Peruchi Moretto.
Deforestation processes and (re)forestation practices in southern Brazil in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
This article examines how the intense deforestation of the Araucaria Forest created space for the introduction of monocultures of alien species in sou…
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New article! 'The Augustów Canal as the largest monument in Central and Eastern Europe', by Karol Łopatecki and Dominika Wybult.
The Augustów Canal as the largest monument in Central and Eastern Europe
The Augustów Canal is a nineteenth-century waterway linking the Biebrza and Neman river systems via eighteen locks and a broader hydraulic landscape t…
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Call for papers! We invite proposals for a special issue on the theme 'Black Historical Geographies: Querying the Archive', co-edited by Mona Domosh & Caroline Bressey. Abstract deadline: 30 April 2026 Accepted submission deadline: September 30 2026 Details here 👇️
Call for papers | Black Historical Geographies: Querying the Archive
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New review article! 'HGIS de las Indias database', by Jeremy Mikecz.
HGIS de las Indias database
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New review! David Zeitlyn on 'Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain ', edited by Renée Mussai.
Review | Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain, edited by Renée Mussai — Thames & Hudson in association with Autograph, London (2025), 304 pages, 394 illustrations, hardcover.
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New review! Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann on 'Maps and Colours: A Complex Relationship', edited by Diana Lange and Benjamin van der Linde.
Review | Maps and Colours: A Complex Relationship, by Diana Lange and Benjamin van der Linde (Eds.) — Series: Mapping the Past, Vol. 3. Brill, Leiden and Boston (2024), 229 pages, paperback.
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New review! Maria José Afanador Llach on Jessica M. Lepler's 'Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions'.
Review | Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions, by Jessica M. Lepler — The University of North Carolina Press, Chapell Hill (2025), 360 pages, paperback.
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New 'Historical Geography at Large' article: 'Bench marks of change: Heritage survival, loss, and the reading of landscape', by Catherine Porter, Margaret O'Sullivan and Elizabeth Gabbett.
Bench marks of change: Heritage survival, loss, and the reading of landscape
Ordnance Survey (OS) bench marks are small, chiselled survey marks, typically composed of a horizontal line or indentation above an upward-pointing ar…
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New article! 'Performing the border: Mapping smuggling and state sovereignty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Prussia borderlands', by Tim Cole, Alberto Giordano, Martynas Jakulis, Aivaras Poška, Andrej Ryčkov and Jurgita Verbickienė.
Performing the border: Mapping smuggling and state sovereignty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Prussia borderlands
Scholars of borders and boundary-making have long emphasized that frontiers are not inert lines on maps but historically contingent, socially produced…
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New article: 'Finding and leaving traces: Prehabitation and the presence of the past in the Victorian-era prison', by Dominique Moran, Matt Houlbrook (@tricksterprince.bsky.social) and Jennifer Turner.
Finding and leaving traces: Prehabitation and the presence of the past in the Victorian-era prison
This article explores how the presentness of the past is produced in historic prisons; specifically, the Victorian-era prison estate of England and Wa…
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New review! Ana Raquel Portugal on Junia Ferreira Furtado's 'L’Amérique Méridionale: The Map That Shaped Brazil in the 18th Century'.
Review | L’Amérique Méridionale: The Map That Shaped Brazil in the 18th Century, by Junia Ferreira Furtado — Brill, Leiden and Boston (2025), 342 pages, hardback.
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