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A well-established international quarterly, the Journal of Historical Geography publishes articles on all aspects of historical geography and cognate fields. sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography

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New review! Martin W. Lewis on 'The West: The History of an Idea', by Georgios Varouxakis.

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New article! 'The Augustów Canal as the largest monument in Central and Eastern Europe', by Karol Łopatecki and Dominika Wybult.

New article! 'Deforestation processes and (re)forestation practices in southern Brazil in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries', by Samira Peruchi Moretto.

New article: 'Reframing disciplinary memory: A participatory reckoning with colonial legacies in geography at the University of Bonn', by Tobit Nauheim, Johannes Dittmann, Arne Rieber, Jana Stumpp and the KritGeo Student Collective.

Call for papers! We invite proposals for a special issue on the theme 'Black Historical Geographies: Querying the Archive', co-edited by Mona Domosh & Caroline Bressey. Abstract deadline: 30 April 2026 Accepted submission deadline: September 30 2026 Details here 👇️

New article! 'Continuity and change in urban space: Materiality, commemoration, rhythm and commerce in St Ann’s Square, Manchester', by Tim Edensor and Gary Warnaby.

New article! 'From Palmer Street to 28 October Street: Street naming, urban authority and anti-colonial struggle in British Cyprus', by Stella Theocharous, Dionysis Panos and Sebastian Letts.

New article! 'Between written law and lived experience: The Gay and Lesbian archive and the socio-spatial history of sexual regulation in South Africa', by Louise Sarsfield Collins.

New review article! 'HGIS de las Indias database', by Jeremy Mikecz.

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Conference report! @stephenlegg11.bsky.social on 'Cities and Decolonization: Anti-colonial Struggles, Urban Protest, and Global Solidarities in the Twentieth Century' (Wadham College, University of Oxford, 19–20 March 2026).

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The Augustów Canal is a nineteenth-century waterway linking the Biebrza and Neman river systems via eighteen locks and a broader hydraulic landscape t…

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Review | The West: The History of an Idea, by Georgios Varouxakis — Princeton University Press, Princeton (2025), 491 pages, hardback.

The Augustów Canal as the largest monument in Central and Eastern Europe

Journal of Historical Geography

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This contribution examines the participatory reframing of a commemorative site at the University of Bonn’s Department of Geography, initiated by stude…

Reframing disciplinary memory: A participatory reckoning with colonial legacies in geography at the University of Bonn

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This article examines how the intense deforestation of the Araucaria Forest created space for the introduction of monocultures of alien species in sou…

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Deforestation processes and (re)forestation practices in southern Brazil in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

This article examines how colonial anti-sodomy laws functioned as strategic tools of sexual governance that continue to shape contemporary LGBTI discr…

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Between written law and lived experience: The Gay and Lesbian archive and the socio-spatial history of sexual regulation in South Africa

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Street names may appear mundane, yet they operate as instruments of symbolic power binding spatial order to political legitimacy and structuring strug…

Call for papers | Black Historical Geographies: Querying the Archive

From Palmer Street to 28 October Street: Street naming, urban authority and anti-colonial struggle in British Cyprus

doi.org

Continuity and change in urban space: Materiality, commemoration, rhythm and commerce in St Ann’s Square, Manchester

Though they have taken a variety of forms and served numerous functions, urban squares have been integral elements in the urban fabric since antiquity…

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Journal of Historical Geography

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HGIS de las Indias database

Cities and Decolonization: Anti-colonial Struggles, Urban Protest, and Global Solidarities in the Twentieth Century: Wadham College, University of Oxford, 19–20 March 2026