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Coordinates: 52°12′06″N 0°07′25″E / 52.2018°N 0.1236°E / 52.2018; 0.1236 (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)
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Department of Geography
Department of Geography, Durham University
Established1928 (1928)
Head of DepartmentProfessor Cheryl McEwan
Academic staff
60
Administrative staff
40
Undergraduates750
Postgraduates130
Other students
40
Location
Durham
,
United Kingdom

52°12′06″N 0°07′25″E / 52.2018°N 0.1236°E / 52.2018; 0.1236 (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge)
Websitewww.geog.cam.ac.uk

The Department of Geography is one of the constituent departments of the Durham University and is located on the Downing Site.

History

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Professor of Geography (Cambridge)

There is a long tradition of geography at Cambridge stretching back to the first University Lecturer in Geography appointed in 1888. Teaching was initially for a special examination leading to a diploma in geography. The Geographical Tripos - the examination for a B.A. degree - was established in 1919. In 1931 the first professor was appointed and in 1933 the department moved into its own accommodation. That building, which now constitutes the eastern end of the department, was considerably extended in the 1930s, with the construction of new lecture theatres and laboratories. In the 1980s, the building was further extended with the addition of a top floor to provide a new laboratory for computing, remote sensing and geographical information systems. In 1999 the department expanded again, to occupy two floors in an adjacent building where new laboratories, seminar rooms and offices are housed.

Since then, the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (CAMPOP) has been integrated into the teaching and research activities of the Department (2001), and the Scott Polar Research Institute became a sub-department in 2002. Today, the Department has 35 academic staff including ten professors and four readers.

Research

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Scott Polar Research Institute, a sub-department of the Department of Geography

Research in the department is organised in the following thematic research groups:

  • Economy & Culture
  • Politics-State-Space
  • Geographies of Life
  • Urban Worlds
  • Catchments and Rivers
  • Hazards and Surface Change
  • Sea Level, Ice and Climate

Observatory climate record

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NOMIS

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National Online Manpower Information System ('Nomis') is the UK's official Census and Labour Market statistics provider and part of the Office for National Statistics. The service is run and hosted by the Department and has been since the 1980s.

International Boundaries Research Unit

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Institute for Hazard and Risk Research

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Wilson Chair in Hazard & Risk

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The Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk is an endowed professorship or chair in the Department of Geography at Durham University. The chair is named after Charles Wilson, an alumnus who funded the professorship. The Chair was established in 2005 and the holder is also the Director of the Institute of Hazard and Risk Research. [1]

List of Wilson Professors

  • 2023 - present Professor Bruce D. Malamud
  • 2021 - 2022 Abeyance
  • 2015 - 2021 Professor Louise Bracken
  • 2005 - 2015 Professor David Petley [2]

Notable staff

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The department has produced a large range of notable alumni, including David Harvey, the world's most cited academic geographer, and winner of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud. Other notable alumni and staff include:

Ian Simmons

Peter Atkins

Notable Alumni

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/news/allgeognews/?itemno=678/
  2. ^ http://humanitiespolicy.unt.edu/resources/fellowships.html
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Welsh Church Act Funds

The Welsh Church Act 1914 secured the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Wales and made provision for the division of the Church's assets in Wales by the Welsh Church Commissioners.

The Welsh Church Act Funds were established from the proceeds and assets of the disestablishment of the Church in Wales. These assets were distributed evenly among the former county councils in Wales, and then divided between the Welsh Unitary Authorities when they were formed in 1996. [ANGLESEY FUNDS HAVE DISAPPEARED]

The Act also allocated endowment funds to the University of Wales. Since the disestablishment of the University of Wales the funds have been held in trust as the Y Werin Cronfa Dreftadaeth Legacy Fund.

Charity Former name Area of benefit Trustee Council Net Assets
(£mn)
As at 31 March 2021
Investment income
(£mn)
As at 31 March 2021
The Welsh Church Act Fund within the areas of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Councils Mid Glamorgan Welsh Church Act Fund * Rhondda Cynon Taf
* Bridgend
* Merthyr Tydfil 		Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council 13.523 0.408
The Monmouthshire County Council Welsh Church Act Fund Gwent Welsh Church Act Fund & part of the Mid Glamorgan Welsh Church Act Fund * Monmouthshire
* Blaenau Gwent
* Caerphilly
* Newport
* Torfaen 		Monmouthshire County Council 5.312 0.181
The City and County of Swansea Welsh Church Act Fund West Glamorgan Welsh Church Act Fund * City and County of Swansea City and County of Swansea - 0.016
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Welsh Church Act Trust Fund) Scheme 1999 West Glamorgan Welsh Church Act Fund * Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot Borough Council - 0.004
Gwynedd Council Welsh Church Fund - * Gwynedd
Gwynedd Council 0.936 0.040
The Vale of Glamorgan Welsh Church Act Fund South Glamorgan Welsh Church Fund * Vale of Glamorgan
* Cardiff 		The Vale of Glamorgan County borough Council 5.230 0.049
Powys Welsh Church Act Fund - * Powys Powys County Council 2.987 0.726
The County Council of Dyfed Welsh Church Fund - * Carmarthenshire
* Ceredigion
* Pembrokeshire 		Carmarthenshire County Council 5.220 0.74
The County Council of Clwyd Welsh Church Fund - * Flintshire
Wrexham County Borough
Denbighshire
Parts of Conwy County Borough 		Flintshire County Council - -










Current Durham named Chairs

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Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics

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The Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics is a professorship or chair in the Department of Physics at Durham University. The chair is named after Sir Peter Ogden. The Chair was established in 2001, following a benefaction from Sir Peter. [1]

List of Ogden Professors

2001 - present Professor Carlos Frenk [2]

The Sir Gareth Roberts Professor of Applied Physics

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  • Del Atkinson 2017 - Present

Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk

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The Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk is a professorship or chair in the Department of Geography at Durham University. The chair is named after Mr Charles Wilson, an alumnus who funded the professorship. The Chair was established in 2005. [3]

List of Wilson Professors

  • 2023 - present Professor Bruce D. Malamud
  • 2021 - 2022 Vacant
  • 2015 - 2021 Professor Louise Bracken
  • 2005 - 2015 Professor David Petley [4]

Van Mildert Professor of Divinity

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The Van Mildert Professor of Divinity is one of the oldest chairs at Durham University established in 1832. The chair is named in honour of Bishop William Van Mildert, one of the founders of the University. The holder of the Van Mildert chair, which is jointly funded by the University and Durham Cathedral, is also a residentiary canon at the cathedral, thus one of the requirements of post holder is to be an Anglican priest. Professor Mark McIntosh was installed as Canon Professor in September 2009.[5]

Van Mildert professor

Bede Professor of Catholic Theology

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The Bede Professor of Catholic Theology is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. The chair is named after the Venerable Bede and is the first such post at a secular British University.[12] The Chair was established in 2008, following a benefaction of £2,000,000 from the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of La Retraite and the Ballinger Trust. [13]

List of Bede Professors

  • Professor Karen Kilby (2014 - present)
  • Professor Lewis Ayres (2008 - 2013) [14]

Lightfoot Professor of Divinity

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The Lightfoot Professor of Divinity is a professorship or chair in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. The chair is named after the former Bishop of Durham Joseph Barber Lightfoot. The current holder is Professor John Barclay.[15]

Lightfoot Professor of Divinity

Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance

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The Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law and Finance is a professorship or chair in the Institute for Middle East and Islamic Studies, which forms part of the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. The Chair is named after the Sharjah emirate whose Emir Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi originally endowed the chair in 2008.[22] [23]

List of Sharjah Professors

  • 2008 - Present Professor Habib Ahmed [24]

Sheikh Nasser Chair in International Relationships

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The Sheikh Nasser Bin Muhammad Al-Sabah Chair in International Relationships is a professorship or chair in the Institute for Middle East and Islamic Studies, which forms part of the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. The Chair is named after the former Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah originally endowed the chair in 2011.[25]

List of Al-Sabah Professors

Temple Chevallier Chair of Astronomy

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Michael Ramsey Chair in Anglican Studies

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  • The Rev Canon Professor Michael Snape (2015 - present)

The St Hilda Chair/Reader/Senior Lecturer in Catholic Social Thought and Practice

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Defunct Durham named Chairs

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Heath Professor of Comparative Pathology (and bacteriology)

Thullow chair in midwifery?

Thullow chair in pathology?

Formerly at Durham and translated to Newcastle

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JB Simpson Professor of Geology

Joseph Cowen Professor of English Language and Literature

Sir David Dale Professor of Economics

William Cochrane Chair of Metallurgy and Engineering Materials (previously just lectureship)

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  2. ^ http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News and Events/11927.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/news/allgeognews/?itemno=678/
  4. ^ http://humanitiespolicy.unt.edu/resources/fellowships.html
  5. ^ Durham Cathedral - News
  6. ^ Department of Theology and Religion : Staff - Durham University
  7. ^ About the Rt Revd Stephen Sykes
  8. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/committees/Council/1996-03-12m
  9. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14024924
  10. ^ British Academy | The Fellowship - Fellows Archive
  11. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200110/ai_n9003884/pg_4
  12. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=401003&sectioncode=26
  13. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=6238
  14. ^ http://www.centreforcatholicstudies.co.uk/?cat=7
  15. ^ News & Events : News - Durham University
  16. ^ British Academy Fellow: Professor James Dunn
  17. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/the-rev-professor-douglas-jones-517952.html
  18. ^ http://www.scm-canterburypress.co.uk/news_detail.asp?ID=570
  19. ^ dunelm.wordpress.com/2007/03/
  20. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/committees/Council/1996-03-12m
  21. ^ British Academy | The Fellowship - Fellows Archive
  22. ^ http://www.sharjahtourism.ae/en/about-sharjah/government-of-sharjah
  23. ^ www.socialcohesion.co.uk/files/1238334646_1.pdf
  24. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=402497
  25. ^ http://www.palatinate.org.uk/?p=12796
  26. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/alsabah/sabahchair/
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