Cambridge University Geographical Society (CUGS)

We are excited to announce our 2026 CUGS x Geography Department Garden Party!!!

Everyone is welcome to enjoy some food, drinks, music, and hopefully some sun 🎉🥂🎶🧁☀️

We hope to see you there to celebrate the end of the academic year!

Date: Sunday 21st June
Time: 13:30-17:30
Location: Barbara White Room, Newnham College

Hi everyone!

Another headliner coming up next week! Star Geopolitics scholar *Jason Dittmer* will be coming next Tuesday to give a talk on colonial legacies, memories and memorialisation from his very cutting edge ongoing fieldwork.

When? 4pm Tuesday 12th May
Where? Small Lecture Theatre, Dept of Geog
Title: *British colonial heritage as universal heritage? Postcards from the field*

*ABSTRACT ON SLIDE 2*

Speaker Biography:

Jason Dittmer is Professor of Political Geography at University College London. He has written many pieces of influential work on critical and popular geopolitics, especially most recently thinking about materiality and assemblage in geopolitics. Some of his books include Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero: Metaphors, Narratives, and Geopolitics (2012) or Diplomatic Material (2017), and he edited Geopolitics: An Introductory Reader (2014) with Jo Sharp.

Hope to see you there,
Lucas
CUGS Speakers Officer

Hi Everyone ‼️‼️‼️

Really interesting Cultural and Political geography talk happening on Tuesday! Ben Anderson is a particularly prolific cultural geographer and I am particularly excited and would personally recommend his talk, hope to see you all there Details below:

Title: Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism
Speaker: Ben Anderson
Time: Tuesday, 5th of May at 4pm
Location: Large Lecture Theatre, Geography Department

Abstract on Slide 2!

Biography:

Prof Ben Anderson is a cultural geographer at Durham University who has made many contributions to the field as a ‘intellectual-political project’. His research has explored affect and non-representational theories, politics of climate change and populism, and the relation of affect and feeling in everyday life with futures, populism, and climate. He is also one of the current co-editors of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.

Hope to see you there,
Lucas VH
CUGS Speakers Officer

Hi Everyone ‼️‼️‼️

Really interesting *Physical Geography* (yes we got one finally!) talk happening on Thursday! So I hope to see lots of you there. Details below:

Title: Measuring Clouds in Antarctica.
Speaker: Floortje van den Heuvel
Time: Thursday the 30th of April at 5-6pm
Location: Small Lecture Theatre, Geography Department

Rest of the abstract:

In this talk I will explain in more detail the interactions between aerosol, clouds and climate; and how aerosol measurements in Antarctica can improve global climate models. However, measuring in Antarctica also comes with its unique set of challenges; I’ll talk about these and more generally about what it is like to work and live in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.”

Biography

Floortje van den Heuvel is an atmospheric scientist and airborne instrumentation expert at the British Antarctic Survey. She has just returned from her recent fieldwork on the Southern Ocean Clouds project; this involved an expedition on the RSS Sir David Attenborough to the Weddell Sea.

We can’t wait to see you there!
Lucas van Heuven
CUGS Speakers Officer

🍹PUB SOCIAL🍹

Make the most of the (hopefully) good weather and join us for the first CUGS social of Easter Term!

Date: Friday 1st May
The Mill @ 8pm
Anchor @ 9pm
Spoons @ 10pm

CUGS Easter Term Card

We look forward to seeing you there! 💚💚

💚 STASH LAUNCH 💚

CUGS Stash is available to purchase until the 30th April 2026

Follow this link to get your stash!
app.stashcompany.co.uk/shop/cambridge-university-geography-society

Items available:
1. Oversized Hoodie
2. Wide leg joggers
3. Fleece Q-Zip
4. Cap

‼️APPLICATIONS OPEN‼️

The Compass Magazine is back! Join the Compass Committee and it’s reinvigoration.

There are 10+ committee roles available:
* Human Geography Editor
* Physical Geography Editor
* Travel & Blogs Editor
* Interviewers/Interview Editors
* Graphics and Design
* Outreach
* Publicity

There will be limited responsibility over Easter Term due to exams so pleased don’t be discouraged from applying!

To apply and see all role responsibilities please go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemBGcaRlkBua5J-uhY9WZiKk7Hahgo1j4SuPsK03yes1dA0A/viewform

Any queries please email: Sam ([email protected]) or Lucas ([email protected])

‼️SUBMISSIONS WANTED‼️

Take part in the Geography Department Student Conference on the 18th June 2026.

This year’s theme is ‘Rupture’ which can be interpreted broadly. Present your work to a wider audience of the department, whether it is a supervision essay, dissertation idea, fieldwork reflection, or an emerging interest you have.

Projects do not need to be fully developed and undergraduate submissions are welcome and encouraged!

Please submit a short abstract to the attached QR code.

Submission deadline: Monday 27th April 2026 @ 23:59

Please contact Enji Thomas with any queries ([email protected])

Join us for the last Geog Jog of term! 💚💚