The Institute of Australian Geographers (Incorporated) ABN 97-471-418-446 The Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) is the principal body representing geographers and promoting the study of geography in Australia. It was founded in Adelaide in 1958 and since then has promoted, supported, and defended Australian geography, both in Australia and overseas. If you require specific details about the Institute the buttons left and the links below will allow you to gain access to your area of interest.

IAG Calendar for 2008

Membership information - How do I join the IAG?

• Nomination/Membership Renewal and Credit Card Payment Form
• Membership Details of the Institute of Australian Geographers
• Professional Registration and Subscription
• Directory of Members (biennial): names, addresses, electronic contact details, and research interests of current IAG members - [Currently under construction]. Some contact details and research interests are supplied in the Directories of Expertise for the various IAG Study Groups.

IAG Administration:

• Awards of the IAG
• Code of Professional Conduct
• Constitution
• Council of the Institute and IAG Contact information (President, Treasurer, Secretary, etc.)
• Call for nominations for Council positions.
• Members of the Institute of Australian Geographers are notified that the next General Meeting of the Institute will be at 6.30 p.m. on 1 July 2008, during the Hobart IAG Conference.

IAG Communications:

• IAG-List The Electronic Noticeboard of the Institute of Australian Geographers.
  IAG Newsletters: No. 45 Dec 2001, No. 46 2002 , No. 50 July 2004, No. 51 Dec 2004, No. 52 2005, No. 53 Dec 2005, (Note no edition No. 54), No. 55 July 2006, No. 56 November 2006, No. 57 June 2007, No. 58 November 2007. The newsletter reports on IAG news - Council news, reports from National Committee for Geography and IGU regional conference, current activities of members including research and other innovations, as well as details of the nomination process for various IAG awards, FASTS news, News from Departments, What Geographers are working on...
  
• IAG Postgraduate Student Page

• IAG Conference 2008
  http://www.geol.utas.edu.au/iag/home.html
  
  Sunday 29th June - Thursday 3rd July 2008
  (note first day for special meetings and last day for excursion).
  School of Geography and Environmental Studies, Sandy Bay Campus, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania.
  Contact Prof. Jamie Kirkpatrick - J.Kirkpatrick@utas.edu.au for further details.
• Members of the Institute of Australian Geographers are notified that the next General Meeting of the Institute will be at 6.30 p.m. on 1 July 2008, during the Hobart IAG Conference.
  

• Guidelines for Travel Grants for Postgraduate Members
  Includes How to apply, eligibility and application form.
  
  
• IAG Conference 2007, July 1-6, Monday to Friday, Melbourne University, Parkville campus, http://www.sages.unimelb.edu.au/IAGconference/index.html
  
  IAG Conference Venues since 1960

Conferences - Overseas:

• The IAG has a fund to support early career geographers to attend the four yearly Congresses of the International Geographical Union (IGU). Applications are therefore invited for support to attend the 2008 Congress in Tunis .

  To be eligible, applicants must be members of the IAG and either postgraduate students or early career geographers who graduated with a postgraduate degree within the last five years (ie 2003 onwards). Subject to a cap on the overall level of funding, it is hoped that individuals will receive support of up to $2000.

  Applications should be sent to the IAG Treasurer (Stewart Williams) by close of business of 31 March 2008. Stewart's contact details are as follows; Dr Stewart Williams, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania , Private Bag 78, Hobart , Tas 7001. Stewart.Williams@utas.edu.au ).

  There is no set application form. However, applicants should provide proof of their planned attendance in Tunis, the title of any paper(s) to be presented, and an indication of the expenses incurred in attending the Congress.

   

• Event: RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2008
  Theme: Geographies that Matter
  Date: 27-29 August 2008
  Venue: RGS-IBG, London
  Conference Chair: Professor Noel Castree, Manchester University

Registration:
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Registration.htm

Call for papers & deadlines:
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Call+for+papers.htm

Submit an abstract:
http://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Submit+an+abstract.htm

• Event: AAG Annual Meeting 2008
  Theme: Advancing Geography in Partnership with You
  Date: April 15-19 2008
  Venue: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  Website: http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/index.htm

• Geographical Research, formerly Australian Geographical Studies is the internationally refereed journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers, the national body representing academic and professional geographers in Australia. The journal publishes work on the geography of Australia and its Pacific, Indian Ocean, Asian and Antarctic neighbourhoods and on the nature, methods and study of geography, interpreted in its widest sense.
  Geographical Research is published quarterly by Blackwell Publishers on behalf of the Institute of Australian Geographers through editors appointed by the Institute. Current editors are: Arthur Conacher, George Curry and Roy Jones.The journal includes academic papers, research reports, and book reviews.
  ** Instructions for authors Geographical Research link to Blackwell site.
  Meridian: Australian Geographical Perspectives A series of books published by Oxford University Press in conjunction with the IAG. Discount Subscription for the Journal of Geography in Higher Education
• Progress in Human Geography a quarterly published journal by Arnold Journals in the UK. The journal provides a rigorous, critical appraisal of geographical work in the social sciences and humanities. It highlights theoretical developments in all aspects of social, economic, political and cultural geography and examines their complex interconnections with related disciplines.

IAG Study Groups:

• Study Groups in the IAG, [Cultural Geography, Economic Geography, Environmental Sustainability, GIScience Spatial Analysis and Modelling, Indigenous Issues, Political Geography,Rural Studies,Urban Geography ].
• Guidelines for Setting Up Study Groups in the IAG.

  Other useful links:

• Careers in Geography Geography Departments around Australia Geography Associations around the World and Associated Groups FASTS -represents the interests of scientists and technologists in Australia. Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Theses in Geography and Related Fields Calls for Papers- Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
• Useful Links

For further information contact:

Associate Professor Alaric Maude
Secretary, IAG
26 Blyth Street
Parkside SA 5063
Phone: +61 8 8271 7673
Fax: +61 8 8201 3521
Email:  polymaude@ozemail.com.au

OR

Ms Julie Kesby
Secretary (Website), IAG
School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences
Australian Defence Force Academy
Northcott Drive
Campbell ACT 2600
Phone: +61 2 6268 8419
Fax: +61-2-6268-8786 (fax)
Email: j.kesby@adfa.edu.au

Last Modified: 19 March 2008

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