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Please see the email below from the RGS-IBG.
Open Forum: ‘We are the Society’: What is the role of the RGS-IBG in times of geopolitical crisis?
3.00pm - 4.30pm, Monday 5 February, online
This online event will be the first in a series convened by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in response to an open letter signed by members of the geographical community concerning the Society’s decision to cancel a venue hire booking by PalFest in early October 2023.
The event is held in response to concerns around the silencing of Palestinian voices, restrictions on freedom of expression, and the role of the Society in times of geopolitical crisis such as the current Israel-Gaza war. This forum will provide an open space for dialogue around the role of the Society, both within the context of escalating violence in Palestine-Israel, including the destruction of almost all academic and educational institutions in Gaza, and beyond. It will also engage with broader questions highlighted by the open letter around the place of academic geographers in the Society - how the organisation might better represent the geographical community in its decisions and activities, how it might better support marginalised and silenced voices, and how to facilitate political conversations in academic geography including by the RGS-IBG Research Groups.
This event will therefore be an opportunity for members of the geographical community to share and listen. It will act as a starting point to further conversation and actions on the role of the Society at times of conflict. The Research Groups meeting on 18 March will also focus on this topic.
Register to attend: https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/we-are-the-society-what-is-the-role-of-the-rgs-ibg-in-times-of-geopolitical-crisis
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