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Regenerating Political Geography The Political Geography Research Group is holding a two-day workshop on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June 2015 at the University of Birmingham. The theme is ‘Regenerating Political Geography’, and will hold a dual focus on new and emerging research directions that regenerate the sub-discipline, and career progression for postgraduate and early…
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Our 2014 dissertation prize has been awarded to Sam Nariani (University of Nottingham) for his dissertation ‘In defence of the community their world had got bigger: Women’s Activism in Barnsley’s Communities during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike’. Many congratulations Sam.
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Dear all, The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference in Exeter (2 to 4 September 2015, with workshops and opening events on 1 September). The chair of the 2015 conference is Professor Sarah Whatmore (University of Oxford) and…
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Minutes of the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) AGM, held in the Council Room, Royal Geographical Society, Friday 29th August 2014 Committee members present: Adam Ramadan (AR), Daniel Hammett (DH), Kerry Burton (KB), Alasdair Pinkerton (AP), Sara Fregonese (SF), Andrew Burridge (AB), Matt Benwell (SF) Apologies for absence: Sean Carter (SC) – Minutes of…
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Minutes of the Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) AGM, held in the Drayson Room, Royal Geographical Society, Thursday 29th August 7pm. Apologies for absence were received from Dan Hammett, Klaus Dodds, ,Gwyn Rowley, Jason Dittmer, Marco Antonsich and Alison Williams, those present from the committee included Al Pinkerton, Sean Carter, Nick Gill, Fiona Mc Connell…
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A prize of £75 is offered for the best undergraduate dissertation in political geography submitted to a UK university during the 2012–13 academic year. We welcome nominations that are conceptually, methodologically, and empirically innovative from across the broad spectrum of political geography. Nominations are requested from Dissertation Supervisors or Heads of Department, but should be…
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The Political Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG is pleased to extend an invitation to sponsor sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference in London (28 – 30 August 2013). The chair of the 2013 conference is Professor Jonathan Rigg (Durham University) and the theme is ‘New geographical frontiers’. The full call for sessions can…
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The 2012 AGM for the Political Geography Research Group was held during the recent RGS-IBG Conference in Edinburgh. It was great to see so many members and non-members in attendance and this is undoubtedly testament to the very healthy state of UK and international political geography. Attached here are the unconfirmed minutes from that meeting.…
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The PolGRG will be holding its third annual workshop on April 23rd and 24th 2012 at the University of Exeter. The workshop aims to bring together established academics, PhD students and early career researchers in order to share research, methodological ideas and key skills. The event is open to all political geographers but we especially…
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The Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) is the research group of the RGS-IBG that brings together geographers and others interested in a wide variety of issues connected with relationships between space and power.