Tag Archives: history

A wealth of maps – Mapping Manchester through time

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

A quite exciting development from the University of Manchester library this week: “Over 300 historical maps spanning 200 years of Mancunian history have been digitised and published online by The University of Manchester Library. One of the bomb damage maps … Continue reading →

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Learning about China through film

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, but given today the new leaders of China have been announced it seemed more apt. When I last taught my course on China I was asked by a student if … Continue reading →

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Halloween Geographies

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

For many Halloween is an excuse to dress up as a member of the undead, carve pumpkins and go trick or treating. But before Halloween became the commercial event it is today, it was a more meaningful event in the … Continue reading →

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UNESCO World Heritage Challenge: The Tower of London

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

I’ve had the opportunity to visit this site many times, though the pictures shown here are from my trip in 2009. In 1598 John Stow in the Survey of London described the Tower of London as: “This Tower is a … Continue reading →

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UNESCO World Heritage Challenge: Historic Centre of Guimarães

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

This week I had the chance to visit another UNESCO site in Portugal, the historic town of Guimarães.  This town is deemed an important site for three key reasons: A specialized building technique was  developed there in the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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Geography: A History

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

For an upcoming course I’m teaching for G&T students on a variety of aspects of geography, I will providing an introduction to the history of geography, and how the discipline has evolved to become what it is today. The PowerPoint … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of China…or Chinese History in 45 minutes

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

I recently taught a week-long residential course for Gifted and Talented Students on the topic of China. The course covered a variety of aspects of Chinese, culture, economics, history, and geography. One of the first sessions provided a broad overview … Continue reading →

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Geographical Heroes: Vasco da Gama

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

Next in the series of geographical heroes I am going to introduce the extraordinary voyages of the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). This man was one of the most successful explorers from the Age of Discovery (the period in … Continue reading →

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