Historical and Cultural Research Group

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The Historical and Cultural Research Group has a wide-ranging historical focus from the ancient and medieval periods up to the present day. Geographically, its interests are centred on Britain and Ireland, Europe, and North America. However, concerns with diaspora, travel and exploration mean that studies include considerations of places much further afield. The group also pays particular attention to ways of disseminating its research to the general public through exhibitions, websites and other learning opportunities.

The group is internationally recognised for its work in intellectual history, focusing on the history of geography as a discipline and the history of allied debates such as those about Malthusianism and temporal consciousness. Landscape research is another ongoing area of interest with studies into monuments in the geographic environment and into literary representations of landscapes. The group is also especially well known for work on the philosophical agendas of performativity and non-representational theory, embodied visual and material cultures, and the ways in which such agendas impact on how knowledge is presented both within and beyond academic contexts.

Areas of expertise include:

• Historical Geographies of Knowledges and Technologies
• Historical and Cultural Geographies of Landscape, Memory and Materiality
• Histories and Geographies of Practice and Performance
• Textuality and Cultures of Documentation
• Archives, Collections and Museums
• Researching Historical and Cultural Geographies

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University of Bristol
Bristol