The Department of Geography hosts a Speaker Series every year with stimulating geographic presentations from leading researchers in the field, intermingled with talks given by visiting scholars and OSU faculty.
We feature two main Marquee Events each year in this series, the Edward J. Taaffe Physical Geography Colloquium and the Arthur H. Robinson Cartography Colloquium.
The Speaker Series is funded in part through the John Nelson Endowment and the alumni, faculty, and friends of the Ohio State Geography endowment.
Recordings of previous talks are kept in our YouTube channel, OSU Geography
Speaker Series
Generally conducted on Fridays from 3:30-5:00PM unless otherwise announced
2024-2025 Speaker Series
This schedule is not complete yet and subject to change
9-6-2024 3:30-5pm Ohio Staters/Traditions Room, Ohio Union
9-27-2024 1:30-3:00pm Senate Chamber, Ohio Union
10-9-2024 3:30-5:00pm Senate Chamber, Ohio Union
- Prof. Henry Yeung
- Colloquium Speaker
- Talk Title: Theory and Explanation in Geography
- Dept. of Geog., NUS, Singapore
11-1-2024 3:30-5:00pm Senate Chamber, Ohio Union
- Prof. Lisa Bhungalia
- Colloquium Speaker
- Talk title: Elastic Empire: Refashioning War through Aid in Palestine
- Dept. of Geog., U of Wisconsin-Madison
1-31-2025 3:30-5:00pm Room TBD/Ohio Union
- Prof. Daniel Warshawsky
- Colloquium Speaker
- TBD
- School of Social Science and International Studies, Wright State University
3-28-2025 3:30-5:00pm Room TBD/Ohio Union
- Prof. Kim Cobb
- Robinson Lecture
- TBD
- Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, Brown University
4-11-2025 3:30-5:00pm Room TBD/Ohio Union
- Prof. Julio Postigo
- Colloquium Speaker
- TBD
- Dept. of Geography, Indiana University