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

Past events

2026-2027 Speaker Series

This schedule is not complete yet and subject to change

• 09-11-2026 3:30-5pm Location TBD

  • Prof. Hue-Tam Jamme
  • Colloquium Speaker
  • Topic: TBD
  • Arizona State Univ.

• 10-23-2026 3:30-5pm Location TBD

  • Prof. Rong Fu
  • Robinson Lecturer
  • Topic: TBD
  • UCLA

• 11-20-2026 3:30-5:00pm Location TBD    

  • Prof. Gabe Schwartzman
  • Colloquium Speaker
  • Topic: TBD
  • Univ. of Tennessee

• 12-04-2026 3:30-5:00pm Location TBD

  • Prof. Cedric Johnson
  • Taaffe Lecturer
  • Topic: TBD
  • University of Illinois Chicago

• 02-19-2027 3:30-5:00pm Location TBD

  • Prof. Joel Wainwright
  • Colloquium Speaker
  • Topic: TBD
  • The Ohio State University

• 03-12-2027 3:30-5:00pm Location TBD

  • Dr. George Huffman
  • Robinson Lecture
  • Topic: Topic: TBD
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

• 04-09-2027 3:30-5:00pm Location TBD

  • Prof. Song Gao
  • Colloquium Speaker
  • Topic: TBD
  • Univ. of Wisconsin Madison