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The geographies of abortion: Misoprostol & its possibilities for reproductive justice
Cordelia Freeman is a senior lecturer in geography at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research centres on abortion and reproductive justice in Latin America with a focus on the abortion pill misoprostol and the activist groups who facilitate access to it. Cordelia has led a range of creative engaged projects such as a documentary, investigative journalism podcasts, and graphic novels. She is the author of the book Magic Misoprostol: Reproductive Justice and Abortion Liberation in Latin America
18 March 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
TLC 106 (Teaching and Learning Centre)
- Research event
Wageless work: roundtable disussion
A talk and roundtable discussion on “Wageless Work” with geographer Will Monteith of Queen Mary University London. Historian Nicki Kindersley (University of Cardiff) and Leonie Newhouse (Durham Geography) will act as discussants.
14 October 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
W007 Geography
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Culture War, Culture Loss
Mitch Rose from Aberystwyth University will be visiting the Geography department to mark the publication of his latest book— an important intervention into contemporary agendas of cultural geography. Mitch will be giving a talk followed by responses and discussion.
04 November 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room W007 (Geography)
- Research event
Arun Saldanha: 'Ontology of race: tensions amidst Deleuze, Lacan, and Darwin'
Arun Saldanha will be giving a workshop in the Department of Geography on November 28th, 2-4pm.
28 November 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CB-0027 (Confluence Building)
- Research event
Hustle Urbanism: Making Life Work in Nairobi
Tatiana Thieme (UCL) will discuss her recently-published book, Hustle Urbanism: Making Life Work in Nairobi, followed by responses from Sam Nowak and Léonie Newhouse.
02 December 2025
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
WOO7 (Geography)
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Geographies of Heat
As planetary temperatures rise, heat is no longer a passive environmental backdrop but an active agent shaping social, political, and material landscapes. This roundtable event moves beyond climatological data to discuss the uneven, embodied, and affective geographies of thermal experience. Presentations conceptualise heat as a dynamic and socially charged agent that reshapes territories, bodies, and ecosystems.
09 December 2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
W414 (Geography)
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine
Dr. Mark Griffiths (Newcastle University) will join us on 13 January to speak about his book, Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine (University of Minnesota Press, 2025). He will be in conversation with Dr. Lauren Martin from Durham Geography.
13 January 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
W010 (Geography building)
- Research event
- Department of Geography
The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea
Prof. David N Livingstone (School of Natural and Built Environment, Belfast) will be interviewed on his recent book The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea. The interview will be followed by a Q&A
19 January 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Seasonal Bodies: Weather, Movement and Wellbeing
As climate change intensifies seasonal extremes, the relationship between atmospheric conditions and embodied experience demands renewed attention. This roundtable brings together research on how seasonal rhythms—from summer heat to winter darkness—shape everyday practices, moods, and collective ways of living. Moving beyond purely biomedical or climatological framings, our speakers explore how bodies negotiate, adapt to, and find meaning in seasonal environments.
20 January 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
TLC116
- Research event
- Department of Geography
Welcome event for first generation scholars
The Geography Department welcomes students and staff who are the one of the first in their family to study at University to join us for coffee tea and cake at our termly First Generation Coffee Hour on Wednesday 21 January from 10-11. Please bring a mug.
21 January 2026
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
IHRR room 311
- Discussion
- Department of Geography