SSAG Geography Students' Conference 2012
The Department's Honours students attended the SSAG Students’ Conference in June accompanied by GIS lecturer, Gillian McGregor. ...read more
Prof Ian Meiklejohn delivers inaugural lecture
Professor Ian Meiklejohn gave his inaugural lecture on Wednesday 23 May to an audience of his peers, colleagues, students, friends and family. The lecture was titled ‘Landscapes, Spaces and Time: From the Arctic to the Antarctic and Places In-Between’. ...read more
South African Landscapes Tour
Two Rhodes honours students (Philippa Kleyn, Rosie Dwight), four University of Pretoria students, 10 University of British Columbia students, two PhD students (Philippa Irvine - Rhodes) and 4 professors all met at the Johannesburg station to begin an amazing journey around South Africa. ...read more
Antarctic Take-Over Summer Season 2011/2012 : Of Penguins and People
Christel Hansen, a new student in the Rhodes Geography Department recently returned from a three month research trip to the South African Antarctic Base (SANAE IV) where she was part of the summer take-over voyage for 2011/2012. ...read more
Double bill for MSc student
Pearl Mzobe, Master's student in Geography, went to Melbourne in June to attend the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Sediment Tracing Workshop and doubled up with The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) 26th General Assembly. ...read more
Geography Master's Student at CSIR Young Water Professionals Conference 2011 in Pretoria
Young Water Professionals and Geography Master's students, Kerry Bobbins and David Smedley, attended the second Young Water Professionals (YWP) conference held at the CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, from the 3rd to 5th July 2011. ...read more
Geography Master's Student attends EURA Cities without limits Conference 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Geography Department Master's student, Philippa Irvine, recently attended the EURA (European Urban Research Association) Cities without limits Conference 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...read more
Bring your own Blue (BYOBlue): GEOGRAPHY takes part in World Water Day 2011
An interactive water awareness display was erected in the Rhodes library quadrangle and a BYOBlue social water networking event was organized on the 22 March to celebrate World Water Day 2011 ...read more
Roddy Fox delivers PERL plenary address
Provide input to the UN High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability. This was one message from the PERL (the Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living) annual conference held in Istanbul recently that was attended by Roddy Fox from the Geography Department. ...read more
Catchment Research Group Water Circle Seminars
The 2nd Catchment Research Group Water Circle Seminar of 2011 was presented by Prof. Kate Rowntree of the Rhodes Geography Department. Her seminar, entitled: Landscape connectivity, a hydro-geomorphic framework for landscape restoration in the Baviaanskloof, South Africa, provided an overview of research being conducted by Lindie Ado-Smith, Rebecca Joubert and Kerry Bobbins under the joint supervision of Prof. Rowntree and Prof. Ellery of the Rhodes Geography and Environmental Science Departments. ...read more
Outstanding young geomorphologists attend International Association of Geomorphologists regional conference in Ethiopia
Mr Benjamin van der Waal (Geography) and Ms Rebecca Joubert (Environmental Science) were two of six Outstanding Young Geomorphologists from Africa sponsored by the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) to attend their Regional Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the 18-22 February, 2011: Geomorphology for Human Adaptation to Changing Tropical Environments. ...read more
The dilemmas of difference and implications
Dr Joshua Kirshner of the Geography Department addressed students and lecturers yesterday as part of the 2011 Critical Studies Seminar Series hosted by the departments of Politics and International Studies and Sociology. Dr Kirshner shared insights gleaned from post-doc research carried out on the 2008 xenophobic attacks and their potential causes and effects in South Africa. ...read more
Report on the 4th International Seminar on Small Catchment Dynamics: Connectivity in time and Space
Geography Master's student, Kerry Bobbins, travelled to Israel to attend the 4th International Seminar on Small Catchment Dynamics: Connectivity in time and Space and present a paper on her research in South Africa. ...read more
