The Board of Electors invite applications for the Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Professorship of Material Culture from persons whose work falls within the general ...

This blog post offers further reflections on my Alaskan fieldwork as part of the ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story’ research project. The other posts in the series can be found here. ~ One thing I knew sh…

Cree geographical knowledge at the British Library and the early cartography of the Hudson Bay watershed.

This blog post offers further reflections on my Alaskan fieldwork as part of the ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story’ research project. The other posts in the series can be found here. ~ After my busy …

This blog post offers further reflections on my Alaskan fieldwork as part of the ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story’ research project. The other posts in the series can be found here. ~ On my second f…

This blog post offers further reflections on my Alaskan fieldwork as part of the ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story’ research project. The other posts in the series can be found here. ~ Starting my first f…

This blog post offers further reflections on my Alaskan fieldwork as part of the ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story’ research project. The other posts in the series can be found here. ~ Feeling like my tim…

Abstract. Throughout the long nineteenth century, dozens of exploratory expeditions embarked from Western Europe and European settler nations for the Arcti

This blog post offers further reflections on my Alaskan fieldwork as part of the ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story’ research project. The other posts in the series can be found here. My second day in Anch…

This article analyzes a series of Arctic colonial encounters that took place between British naval officers and members of the Indigenous Yupik community in the mid-nineteenth century. Using a crit...

In my previous blog post, I shared details of my new research project ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story.’ This project is now fully underway, and I have recently returned from my fieldwork trip to Anchora…

In my previous blog post, I shared details of my new research project ‘Sharing the Tsaroff Story.’ This project is now fully underway, and I have recently returned from my fieldwork trip to Anchora…

The School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE), in association with Mansfield College, seeks an outstanding Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography to provide cover during Professor Derek McCormack’s period as Head of School.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship is open to applicants for the 2027 term. Learn more about this unique fellowship opportunity as well as our 2026 Fellows, Dr. Edward Blum and Dr. Laurent…

Out now in The Polar Journal is a new open access piece by project principal investigator Danita Burke, "The EU’s role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers". Seal hunting is a polarising topic, and the European Union’s 2009 ban is arguably the most high-profile and impactful statement against the practice of seal hunting on the world stage.

An interdisciplinary conference co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, University of Portsmouth

A new exhibition of collages and reworkings of historic maps from the RGS and other archives by Steph Morris.

The IHR Fellowship is comprised of leading historians recognised for their research and the promotion of history.

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026

These old photographs,  like ghost ships, seldom bring us what we want.

From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors

This article summarises and reflects on the ‘Mapping Indigeneity’ Map Room Conversation that formed part of the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2024. Firstly, the maps from the RGS-IBG collec...

As far back as 1867, White House officials have viewed Greenland, and Iceland, as having immense strategic value

Adcock examines modern northern explorers, revealing how gendered networks and knowledge production enabled Canadian settler colonial power with lasting impacts.

Demand by US that it take control of Arctic island is for many a reminder of troubling imperial past

Donald Trump grew up in cold war America. Maps of the time had an overtly political purpose.

Journal of Historical Geography

How Donald Trump’s second administration has revived old doctrines and transformed Greenland into an international flashpoint.

Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.

In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...

Understanding Cultural Landscapes provides an introduction to the range of approaches characterising the study of landscape and culture. This textbook discusses the origins, underpinnings, and practic...

The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute is one of the most comprehensive collections of published polar information in the world. This highly specialist reference collection, which attracts

The University of Nottingham has suspended entry for new students on modern language courses.

This article summarises and reflects on the ‘Mapping Indigeneity’ Map Room Conversation that formed part of the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2024. Firstly, the maps from the RGS-IBG collec...

Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.