Peter R. Martin
@peter_r_martin
Assistant Professor in Cultural and Historical Geography at @UofNGeography. Interested in critical histories of Arctic exploration and knowledge production.
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https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/people/peter.martin1 05-02-2009 19:57:01
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🧊 Zuhri James then takes us to the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of #Cambridge 🧊 James explores how #museums continue to operate as bastions of #colonialism which consolidate celebratory narratives of #British empire routesjournal.org/2024/06/03/r21… Cambridge Geography
Beyond excited about this new (permanent, full-time) curatorial role Royal Museums Greenwich: Curator of Maps and Mobilities tinyurl.com/36k8t22e. Please share! #curator #cartography #navigation #maps #globes #global #maritime #mobility #trade #migration #museumjobs
📢Hakluyt Society Essay Prize 2025 for essays by ECRs in humanities/social sciences on history of travel, exploration & cultural encounter or their effects, or critically engage with the work of the Society. 1st prize £1250; deadline 1/3/25 - Pls RT hakluyt.com/hakluyt-societ…
🚨#RGSIBG24 programme update: New to this year's conference, the Society's Foyle Reading Room will host a series of map conversations between scholars convened by Stephenlegg, Chair of Conference. Full details available in the online programme. 👇 rgs.org/research/annua…
Really looking forward to reading this - especially Alice Oates's chapter on Halley research station! (P.S. absolutely outstanding cover image!)
Got to muse about the power and possibility of map collections in this special issue of TIBG, which features me and the plenary speakers ahead of #aic2024 (August 27-30 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) ). The conference theme is mapping and it’s full of great papers and events! rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755661/0…
This looks like an exciting opportunity for someone: a PhD in Tromsø (UiT Norges arktiske universitet), working on the history of Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland (pre-1800). Deadline is 15th September: jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…
Nice to return from leave and see this published! A previous ERC ARCTIC CULTURES blog post discussing some elements of the article can be found here: arcticcultures.org/2021/09/07/the…
Excellent opening plenary from Nottingham Geography's own Stephenlegg at RGS-IBG Higher Ed #RGSIBG24 featuring James Cheshire & Annelys de Vet. Excited for a whole week of maps and mapping! 🗺️
Really enjoyed being part of this session this morning, and an absolute pleasure to speak alongside Dr Katherine Parker. A wonderfully engaged audience and lots of thought-provoking questions asked! 🗺️
📢 Exciting new funded PhD opportunity OU Geography in partnership with Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to think creatively with the Doreen Massey archives: oocdtp.ac.uk/making-geograp… Co-supervised by Carry van Lieshout Benjamin Newman and Colin Lorne Deadline 7th January 2025 Please circulate widely!
Last week, I traveled with Fulbright Arctic across lands the Sámi have inhabited for 7,000 years, from Alta to Kautokeino, Karasjok & Lakselv. Read my blog to learn how the reindeer-herding people are charting new paths in a fast-changing region. cryopolitics.com/2024/09/15/sam… #Arctic