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Cristian Croitoru
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PhD Geography student, hist-pol geographer, Carnegie’s public libraries, philanthropy, internationalism 📚💰🇬🇧🇺🇸
University of Nottingham
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📣 CFP | RGS-IBG 2026

#HGRG invites PGR & ECR papers for the New & Emerging Research in Historical Geography Session! All stages, any place/period welcome.
🕔 Deadline: 23 Feb 2026

More information below 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Call for Papers: New and Emerging Research in Historical Geography (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026)
DEADLINE: 17:00 (BST) Monday 23rd February 2026 This session provides a space for postgraduates and early-career scholars undertaking research in Historical Geography to present at a major conference ...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Library historian Wayne A. Wiegand writes about the first "Congress of Librarians" and the beginning of the American Library Association: https://bit.ly/4bvULDy.

Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social.

#ALA150 #ForOurLibraries
Photo of a card with calligraphy writing. Text on card reads "LIBRARIANS' CONVENTION. The Librarians of the City of Philadelphia request the pleasure of your company, on Friday Evening, Oct. 6, 1876, between the hours of 8 and 11, at the rooms of the Historical Society, No. 820 Spruce St. Please present this card at the door." Text in graphic reads "Present at the Creation: 'For the purpose of promoting the library interests of the country, and of increasing reciprocity of intelligence and goodwill among librarians and all interested in library economy and bibliographic studies, the undersigned form themselves in a body to be known as the AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.'" ALA150. American Library Association
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
cristiana2.bsky.social
I'm very fortunate to share this small, but no less important, piece of history based on my masters research on Nottingham's libraries! Many thanks to the Nottingham City of Literature for entrusting me with bringing this story to a wider audience.

nottinghamcityofliterature.com/blog/a-histo...
A Historical Geography of Libraries in Nottingham - Nottingham City of Literature
Cristian Croitoru discusses the historical geographies of Nottingham's public libraries and their inheritance today.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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patriciasgeo.bsky.social
📯 The Historical Geography Research Group (HGRG - RGS) warmly invite you to take part in the Practising Historical Geography Conference in person at Newcastle University and online, on the 12th December 2025.

Register:
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives

🗓️12th December 2025
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Porous Archives
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November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
cristiana2.bsky.social
The state of universities… Please sign this petition!
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Save Geography at the University of Leicester
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November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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For centuries, Western powers have sought to ‘fix’ African economies. Shortlisted for the 2025 British Academy Book Prize, Bronwen Everill's Africonomics traces how these interventions have repeatedly failed to deliver, and highlights Africa’s own approaches to economic life: https://bit.ly/47aBrcJ
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Reform are closing adult education centres in Derbyshire and plan to sell off the buildings.

The decision was made behind closed doors with no public allowed in the meeting and without a public consultation.

Some of the centres have as much as 60% of students from the most deprived demographics.
Reform councillor closes five education centres at private meeting
Reform's Derbyshire County Council group was elected on a pledge to be open and transparent in its decision-making
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August 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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olimould.bsky.social
Remember his “make federal buildings beautiful again” crap? Well here’s what that and a Trump 2.0 will mean for architecture and the city.

New blog by me

tacity.co.uk/2024/11/19/a...
Architecture and Power: Trump 2.0 and what it means for the city
Trump Tower in Vegas (photo from: Anyone who has sat through one of my lectures on cities will be sick of hearing that the built environment is never a politically neutral plane. Architecture and u…
tacity.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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thephdplace.bsky.social
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
www.bbc.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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New article:

'Black archives, white philanthropists: Pan-African worldmaking in the interwar United States', by @jakehodder.bsky.social .

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.03.003
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM