Historical Geography Research Group
The RGS-IBG Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG) would like to invite expressions of interest for sponsored sessions for the RGS-IBG 2025 Annual Conference, which will take place at the University of Birmingham, and online, from Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 August 2025.
HGRG invites proposals for sessions or existing CFPs that will be sponsored by the Research Group. Session sponsorship means that a session is branded in the conference programme with the Research Group’s name, and gives the opportunity to promote the session through our Research Group networks. We invite proposals for session sponsorship that engage with the Chair’s theme, as well as others focusing on all areas of historical geography. We are happy to offer joint sponsorship as appropriate with other research groups.
The HGRG has a small number of guest passes available to support the attendance of non-geographers based in the UK, and from either geographers or non-geographers overseas who may have difficulties in paying their registration fee. We are keen to make the most of these passes, and use them to support participants in our sponsored sessions. More information here.
If you would like to have your session sponsored by the HGRG, please submit your session proposal to HGRG Secretary, Rachel Hunt (rachel.hunt@ed.ac.uk) by the 7th February 2025.
Please include the following in your session proposal:
- Session title
- Names, affiliations and email addresses of the session convenors
- A session abstract (about 200-300 words)
- Number of required timeslots (1 or 2)
- Session Delivery (either in-person or virtual)
The committee will review the applications and we will inform session organisers of decisions by 19 February. Session proposals then need to be submitted directly to the RGS by the session organiser(s) by the 7th of March 2025, see here.