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EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

New date for a tour of #skinmaps, Steph Morris' beautiful collage exhibition inspired by #maps in the @rgs.org collections! 11 August, 2pm, FREE for all! #art #exhibition #freeevent www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Skin maps: semi-permeable cartography, guided exhibition tour - 11 August | RGS

See the maps which inspired the art of Steph Morris, and join the artist for a guided walk through the exhibition on 11 August.

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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

Journal of Historical Geography

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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

Journal of Historical Geography

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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'

Journal of Historical Geography

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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

Journal of Historical Geography

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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

Journal of Historical Geography

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Do you work on space and place? Come to Stirling this Fall 2026! Our researcher is organising a workshop on the occasion of Jeff Malpas's visit to our centre. Call for papers here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Interdisciplinary approaches to space and place

Space and place play an important, if under-theorised, role across many of the disciplines studying the human mind. The distinction between place and space has been a central concern in phenomenology ...

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ISRF Newsletter - July 2026 Featured in this edition of the newsletter is a Director’s Note on the ever changing debates around AI. Also included: upcoming book launches, Dispatches and news from our Fellows.

ISRF Newsletter – July 2026

Featured in this edition of the newsletter is a Director's Note on the ever changing debates around AI. Also included: upcoming book launches, Dispatches and news from our Fellows.

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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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Please do join us for this panel next week on tips for attending the conference!

RGS-IBG Higher Ed@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · last mo.

Are you a postgraduate attending our Annual International Conference for the first time? Join our upcoming webinar for practical advice on how to make the most of your time at the conference. 📆 Tuesday 7 July Register 👇 https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/taking-part-rgs-annual-conference

Delighted to see the print version of this special issue on #women and #maps from the Cartographic Journal! #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Please sign this petition against redundancies at the University of Exeter,, c.org/2hPLfpRkyz

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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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 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)

Journal of Historical Geography

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Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...

UK heatwave live: Rare red weather warning issued as Britain braces for 40C heat

Britons have been warned to stay out of the sun and to avoid exercising between 11am and 3pm

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The fiscal irresponsibility at the top of UK universities is shocking.

Mark Williams@mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Cardiff University has admitted that it doesn’t know how much it is spending overall on external consultants or hold a central record of what work they are doing." Staff expenditure: Count every last penny or you may lose your job. Their expenditure: Meh.

Oh no! I am just (re)discovering Ginsberg, a joy to read and a method guru. Such a loss

Sam Grinsell@samgrinsell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RIP Carlo Ginzburg, a true legend of our field

Mitchell Dean, 'Populism, Governmentality, and Acclamatory Democracy' journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Like maps? art? Combine the two at this workshop! 31 July, 3:30-5pm, @rgs.org and led by Steph Morris and #FREE to all! (registration required). #skystorians 🗃️

Redrawing the map – art workshop

Join artist Steph Morris in exploring his exhibition followed by making your own maps with collage and other techniques.

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This by @gsoh31.bsky.social captures a great deal, especially the sadness

Independent Social Research Foundation@isrfoundation.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Restructuring continues to be the proposed solution to the financial crisis of British universities as academics face the risk of redundancy. What does it mean to live under a constant cloud of uncertainty? @gsoh31.bsky.social explores further in our latest Dispatch

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 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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🔊The provisional programme for this year's Annual Conference is now live. We're excited to feature over 600 sessions this year, engaging with the theme of Geographies of inequalities: towards just places. Explore the virtual event space and our programme highlights 👇 https://bit.ly/4uDOpJh

Annual International Conference programme

Read our information about the conference programme, including programme start and end times.

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Issues at British universities are often met with the same answer - restructure & centralise. This push towards 'efficiency' has led universities into further crisis. How do we fight back? More from this contribution to our Dispatches series https://isrf.org/blog/dispatch-from-a-middle-manager #UKHE

Dispatch From a Middle Manager

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Check out the latest from our Dispatches series James Brackley examines how the marketisation of UK universities has worsened conditions for staff and students

Why it’s time to end the marketisation of UK Higher Education

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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.

Journal of Historical Geography

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#skystorians Please sign and share. Petition to save the Humanities at University of Hertfordshire c.org/kK5v9MTdNr

Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Today, we launch a new featured series called Rethinking Internationalisms. In this introductory article, Ria Kapoor, Jessica Reinisch, Margot Tudor and Daniel Laqua ask, how can marginalised stories of internationalism be recovered?

Rethinking Internationalisms

How can marginalised stories of internationalism be recovered? This article introduces the new 'Rethinking Internationalisms' featured series.

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⬇️ Nearly 2,700 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social staff members at risk of dismissal due to redundancy. Disgraceful.

University of Nottingham UCU branch@uonucu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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