Political Ecology Group meetings

The political ecology of polar bear conservation: a circumpolar policy trainwreck

Doug Clark, University of Saskatchewan (Canada).

Hardy Building 101 (first floor), Downing Site, Cambridge.

Tuesday 21 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Talk 1 of 2: Speleothem records of abrupt warming events during the last glacial period

This is part I of a two part seminar dedicated to synchronising climate archives

Russell Drysdale (University of Melbourne).

Riley Auditorium, Clare College Memorial Court, Queens Road.

Thursday 23 January 2020, 17:30-19:30

Political Ecology Group meetings

Gender and Extractivism in Plurinational States – An intersectional approach to mining in Bolivia and Ecuador

Isabella M. Radhuber, University of Vienna (Austria).

Hardy Building 101 (first floor), Downing Site, Cambridge.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Histories, Cultures, Environments and Politics research seminars at SPRI

Gender and 20th century Antarctic fieldwork: Constructing and dismantling the 'ice ceiling'

Morgan Seag (University of Cambridge).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 28 January 2020, 16:30-18:00

Quantitative History Seminar

How Equality Created Poverty: Japanese Wealth Distribution and Living Standards 1600-1870

Yuzuru Kumon (Bocconi University).

Seminar Room 6, Faculty of History.

Wednesday 29 January 2020, 13:15-14:30

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Presentations by new PhDs of the CED group

CED new PhDs.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

Roundtable discussion on ‘Decolonising the Polar Library: Moving forward’

Frances Marsh and Eleanor Peers (University of Cambridge).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Seminar Room.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 14:00-15:00

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

El Niño, tropical forests and the potential instability of the global carbon cycle

Professor Yadvinder Malhi, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Small Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 January 2020, 16:15-18:00

Political Ecology Group meetings

Invasive species and ecological imperialism in South America. Current interactions between wood industry, wild boars, perroquets and hunters in Uruguay

Juan Martin Dabezies, Universidad de la República (Uruguay).

Hardy Building 101 (first floor), Downing Site, Cambridge.

Tuesday 04 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

Roundtable discussion on “Off the beaten track? Critical approaches to exploration studies”

Peter Martin (University of Cambridge).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Seminar Room.

Thursday 06 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Quaternary Discussion Group (QDG)

Abrupt CO2 release to the atmosphere under glacial and early interglacial climate conditions

Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles (University of Cambridge/BAS).

Clare College (Latimer Room).

Thursday 06 February 2020, 17:30-19:30

Histories, Cultures, Environments and Politics research seminars at SPRI

Constructing the Other: representations of Arctic native communities in Russian regional museums

Sofia Gavrilova (University of Oxford).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 11 February 2020, 16:30-18:00

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Volcanic mercury and plant mutagenesis during the end-Permian mass extinction

Niall W. Paterson, CASP, University of Cambridge.

Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

"Constructing the ‘fetal environment:’ making intergenerational publics in a regional biobank"

Dr Maria Fannin, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol.

Small Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 13 February 2020, 16:15-18:00

Political Ecology Group meetings

The infrastructural other: spatial effects of the Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya

Gediminas Lesutis, University of Cambridge.

Hardy Building 101 (first floor), Downing Site, Cambridge.

Tuesday 25 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

'From networks to fretworks: mapping the interface of patient involvement and animal research'

Professor Gail Davies, Geography, University of Exeter.

Small Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 13:00-15:00

Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

Roundtable discussion on 'Intersectionality and International Polar Research'

Morgan Seag (University of Cambridge).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Seminar Room.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 14:00-15:00

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

The use of marine geophysical data to investigate the climate and environment of the Quaternary

Christine Batchelor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Political Ecology Group meetings

Negotiating the panoptic gaze: people, power and conservation surveillance in the Corbett tiger reserve, India

Trishant Simlai, University of Cambridge.

Hardy Building 101 (first floor), Downing Site, Cambridge.

Tuesday 03 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Histories, Cultures, Environments and Politics research seminars at SPRI

Fridtjof Nansen’s FRAM expedition and the Making of a Transnational Hero

Max Jones (University of Manchester).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 03 March 2020, 16:30-18:00

Department of Geography - main Departmental seminar series

Recent advances in understanding climate, glacier and river dynamics in high mountain Asia

Dr Walter Immerzeel, Faculty of Geosciences, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Small Lecture Theatre, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Wednesday 11 March 2020, 13:00-15:00

Quantitative History Seminar

Bismarck to No Effect: Fertility Decline and the Introduction of Social Insurance in Prussia

Timothy W. Guinnane (Yale University).

Seminar Room 6, Faculty of History.

Wednesday 11 March 2020, 13:15-14:30

Climate and Environmental Dynamics - Department of Geography

Experimental insights on volcanic ash as a reactive agent in the environment

Elena Maters, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment.

Rm 101, William Hardy Building, Department of Geography, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

Polar Humanities and Social Sciences ECR Workshop

‘No work before breakfast’: Putting people first at Halley Bay research station, Antarctica

Alice Oates (University of Cambridge).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Seminar Room.

Thursday 12 March 2020, 14:00-15:00

Histories, Cultures, Environments and Politics research seminars at SPRI

Envisioning Arctic Futures: Digital and Otherwise

Olga Ulturgasheva (University of Manchester) and Barbara Bodenhorn (University of Cambridge).

Scott Polar Research Institute, Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 May 2020, 16:30-18:00