• CPG Travel Grants
27 Febbraio 2018
CPG Travel Grants for
-the 3rd Brazilian Congress on Political Geography, Geopolitics and Territorial Management (CONGEO) in Rio de Janeiro Brazil,
-the 2018 Thematic Conference “Practical Geography and XXI Century Challenges” in Moscow, Russia,
-the IGU Regional Conference – CAG Annual Meeting “Apprécier la difference/Appreciating difference” in Québec, Canada,
PhD students and early career geographers can apply for a CPG Travel grant (US$ 500) to support attendance and present a paper (one grant for each conference).
The grant is reserved for participants coming from outside Brazil (for the CONGEO conference), Russia (for the Moscow thematic conference), and Canada (for the IGU Regional Conference). Applicants should submit an abstract and a note from session organizers confirming that the paper has been accepted, a 2-page summary, a CV, and a letter of motivation to both the CPG Co-Chairs, Virginie Mamadouh (V.D.Mamadouh@uva.nl) and Alec Murphy (abmurphy@uoregon.edu) via email by 1 March 2018. A decision will be communicated by 8 March. Grants to the awardees will be in the form of cash payments in USD after presentation have been made.
• CPG Newsletter 23 now online!
16 Febbraio 2018
The IGU-CPG Newsletter 23 is available here
For old newsletters see this page
• IGU 2018 Quebec – special CPG sessions
15 Febbraio 2018
Call for Papers for the 2018 IGU Regional Conference in Quebec (6-10 August 2018)
Deadline 15 March 2018
(with apologies for cross postings but previous messages seem to have been distributed erratically)
The Commission on Political Geography is welcoming papers for the following thematic sessions and for its open session.
C34-SP2. The populism-nationalism nexus and political geographic (dis)order.
C34-SP3. New Policies and Legislation to Bring About Transformative Global Changes
C34-SP5. Seas of difference: political and cultural geographies of the seas and international waters
C34-SP6. A Century after the Great War: Political Geographies of the Peace Treaties.
C34-SP100. OPEN SESSION / SESSION OUVERTE
Please contact and send your abstract to the convenors (see attachments for names and email addresses )
before you submit your abstract online
http://igu2018.ulaval.ca/registration-submission/commissions-and-study-groups-list/
Under C34. Political Geography
NB: It is still possible to submit sessions proposal: sessions sponsorship requests for paper presentations, panels and posters can be sent to the chairs of the Commission on Political Geography
Alexander B. Murphy, University of Oregon, abmurphy@uoregon.edu
Virginie Mamadouh, University of Amsterdam, v.d.mamadouh@uva.nl
• IGU Thematic conference in Moscow
08 Febbraio 2018
IGU Thematic Conference dedicated to the centennial of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences
Practical Geography and XXI Century Challenges
Moscow, 4-6 June 2018
Info and important deadlines here
• IGU Newsletter January 2018
08 Febbraio 2018
Here you find the Newsletter #24 of the International Geographical Union
