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Events from the 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024 Reset
Jan Selby on 'An International Political Ecology of Climate Change, Water and Security'
Join Professor Jan Selby (Leeds) to discuss his new book: Divided Environments: An international political ecology of climate change, water, and security.
07 February 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Geography Building W007
- Research event
Henry Yeung meets readers: Theory and Explanation in Geography
Join Henry Yeung to discuss his latest book "Theory and Explanation in Geography", one of the few provocative monographs in recent decades that engages deeply with epistemological debates on theory and method in Geography.
14 February 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room W007, Geography West building, Durham City campus
- Discussion
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Socio-Spatial Multiplicity in World Politics: Non-Western Regional Imaginations of the Indo-Pacific.
Dr Atsuko Watanabe (Kanazawa University, Japan) will be visiting us and speaking in the department next Wednesday 28th Feb (14.00 – 16.00, Rm 007) about “Socio-Spatial Multiplicity in World Politics: Non-Western Regional Imaginations of the Indo-Pacific”. Dr Watanabe is the author of the book Japanese Geopolitics and the Western Imagination (Palgrave and Macmillan, 2019).
28 February 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room W007, Geography building
- Research event
Benjamin Thompson (Monash University, Australia) 'Private sector financing of marine and forest conservation'.
This seminar will cover current financing approaches for biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration, including corporate social responsibility, ecotourism, blockchain technology, and impact investing.
25 April 2024
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Geography West Building room 414
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Dr Jennifer Fluri DIV visit
Dr Jennifer Fluri (University of Colorado, Boulder) will be visiting the Department between April 29th and May 3rd 2024 as part of the Human Geography Distinguished International Visitor (DIV) scheme.
29 April 2024 - 03 May 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday April 29th (W414) Tuesday April 30th, 10-11am (Manley room) Tuesday April 30th, 2-4pm (W414) Wednesday May 1st (W309)
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Dr Yusuke Suganuma, National Institute of Polar Research (Japan): ‘Holocene Ice Shelf Breakup and Subsequent Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica, Driven by Warm Deep Water Inflow and Relative Sea-Level Rise’.
Dr Yusuke Suganuma, National Institute of Polar Research (Japan): ‘Holocene Ice Shelf Breakup and Subsequent Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica, Driven by Warm Deep Water Inflow and Relative Sea-Level Rise’.
02 May 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
WOO7, Geography building
- Research event
Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine
Dr. Lisa Bhungalia, will discuss her recent book “Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine” in conversation with Drs. Silvia Hassouna, Yaffa al Masri, and Léonie Newhouse.
08 May 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room W007, Geography West building, Durham City campus
- Research event
Climate Risk and the Politics of Knowledge
In this workshop, Dr Kasia Paprocki (Geography & Environment, LSE) and several invited discussants will reflect upon themes in Kasia’s work and relevance for their own research projects.
15 May 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TBA
- Research event
‘Landscape disruptors: How invasive species alter geomorphic processes in invaded aquatic systems’. Hosted by Professor Rebecca Hodge.
‘Landscape disruptors: How invasive species alter geomorphic processes in invaded aquatic systems’. Hosted by Professor Rebecca Hodge.
16 May 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
W309, Geography building
- Research event
New perspectives on migrations in Latin America
This event aims to bring together young researchers affiliated with French or British institutions who carry out social science research on migration in Latin America.
23 May 2024 - 24 May 2024
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
CB-1017 (Confluence building) & W309 (Geography building) see programme for details
- Research event