HERITAGE GEOGRAPHIES: Session on Toponymy, all the details
Session on Toponymy Place names as a part of the cultural heritage “What fossils are to biology, and sediments to geology, toponyms are to cultural history of a…
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HERITAGE GEOGRAPHIES: Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past: Lecce, Posponed to 26-28th May
POSPONED TO 26-28TH MAY 2021 HERITAGE GEOGRAPHIES: Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past “Cultural heritage is a group of resources inherited from the past which people identify, independently of…
IGU International Geographical Congress of Istanbul, 17-21 August 2020
Session on Toponymy Place names as indicators of human perception of space From the perspective of geography, place names are not only explaining map symbols and cannot only serve…
Call for Papers: 23rd meeting of the Working Group on Exonyms, Ljubljana Mar. 2020 (in conjunction with the Terminology Working Group meeting)
Dear friends and colleagues, As already announced earlier, we have planned the 23rd UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting to take place 19-21st March 2020 in Ljublijana, Slovenia. This meeting…
REPORT: The International Symposium on Place Names – Clarens (South Africa) 18 – 20 September 2019:
The International Symposium on Place Names (Clarens (South Africa) from 18 to 20 September 2019). The conference team Organizing Committee Symposium Coordinator: Carla Bester (Department Sudafrican Sign Language…
Report from “The 29th International Cartographic Conference”, 15th-20 July 2019
Cosimo Palagiano The 29th International Cartographic Conference, 15th-20 July 2019 From 15th to 20th July 2019 the 29th International Cartographic Conference has been held in Tokyo. 950 participants from…
UPDATE “Role and structure of national place-name boards” Tokyo, 15th July 2019
Here you can find some file concerning the Tokyo “Role and structure of national place-name boards”: Presentation and future projects of the Commission Commission on Toponymy. Business Meeting inTokyo…
ICC pre-conference workshop “Role and structure of national place-name boards” Tokyo, 15 July 2019
Korea Committee on Geographical Names: Achievements and Challenges in Marin Geographic names ICC pre-conference workshop “Role and structure of national place-name boards” Tokyo, 15 July 2019 Sungjae Choo Kyung Hee…
“Role and structure of national place-name boards” Tokyo, 15th July 2019
The Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy cordially invites you to the ICC pre-conference workshop “Role and structure of national place-name boards” Tokyo, 15th July 2019 Venue: Room “Neptun”, National Museum…
CALL FOR SESSIONS – Heritage Geographies: Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past IGU Thematic conference
Heritage Geographies: Politics, Uses and Governance of the Past IGU Thematic conference CALL FOR SESSIONS Venue: Lecce (Italy) – Castello Carlo V (plenary) – University of Salento (various locations)…