Cambridge Geographers at EGU 2024
12th April, 2024
The coming week (14-19th April) sees the annual gathering of geoscientists from around the world, at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, in Vienna.
Members of the Department will be contributing, giving 16 presentations (either as posters or orals), convening one session during the week and appearing as co-authors on even more presentations.
These contributions will showcase the cutting edge physical geography research that takes place across the Department, spanning the fields of cryospheric science, atmospheric modelling, geochronology, palaeoclimate and geohazards.
Launch of Economies Past website
5th April, 2024
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure has launched a new interactive website www.economiespast.org which allows user to map occupational structure from 1600-1911 and 2011.
New York Times essay by Stephen Lezak
22nd March, 2024
Stephen Lezak has published a guest essay in the New York Times today responding to the recent rejection of the proposed Anthropocene epoch by the International Commission on Stratigraphy. His article also quotes SPRI and Geography Emeritus Professor Phil Gibbard.
RGS podcast with Prof Alice Reid
8th March, 2024
The Royal Geographical Society has published a podcast featuring Professor Alice Reid, who talks about how fertility, mortality and health affected changes in the UK's population in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The RGS have also produced associated teaching materials for Key Stage 4.
- 24th April 2024:
Natural and forced behaviour of the Pacific Walker Circulation over the past 800 years. Details…
Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG) - 25th April 2024:
Inaugural Lecture by Dr Hannah Hasenberger. Details…
Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series - 25th April 2024:
'I can work all manner of Works': the meanings of labour in the works of Hannah Wolley (c.1622-74?). Details…
Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars - 1st May 2024:
Fertility responses to short-term economic stress: Price volatility and wealth shocks in a pre-transitional settler colony . Details…
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure - seminar series - 2nd May 2024:
Title to be confirmed. Details…
Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars - 9th May 2024:
Inaugural Lecture by Dr Max van Wyk de Vries. Details…
Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series - More seminars…