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High forehead, blue eyes, impeccable manners. When he returned to Europe he was 35 years old and handsome, as the salon ladies of those days whispered. He was extreme sportsman and universal scientist at the same time. He navigated jungle streams and reached the summit of the highest known mountain at that time, the Chimborazo. Moreover his campaigns, were much more strenuous than many military assaults. The grounds he gained did not yield gold, slaves, prospection rights - they only involved new ‘worlds of knowledge’. Amazingly however: He did not subjugate any nation, but rather caught butterflies. He was reported lost several times before, but he returned as romantic conqueror. 162-178) reported about him:Īs Alexander von Humboldt more than 200 years ago returned from his five-year long American travels and put his feet on European earth again, he was celebrated as a resurrected. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)Īlexander von Humboldt is often seen as one of the founding fathers of modern scientific geography, as the science of global and local relationships. Most Alexander von Humboldt lectures are published in scientific media and on the internet. In total we have the ambition to make these Alexander von Humboldt events to a great experience, one will not easily forget.

The Alexander von Humboldt lectures are broadly announced in several national research schools, the national research foundation, the academy of sciences, in relevant news-letters, journals and mailing-lists. Since the boundaries between science, politics, praxis, culture and art are increasingly disappearing the Alexander von Humboldt Lectures are explicitly established as transdisciplinary ‘cultural’ events which create an inspiring reflective atmosphere. In the framework of a ‘social programme’ we also try to establish sustainable personal contacts with our Humboldt guests. This creates the opportunity for regular students to meet the live persons, they usually only read about. As far as possible also regular students participate in these events or our Humboldt guest gives special guest lectures in the framework of regular courses. Additionally these Humboldt lectures are accompanied by several seminars focussed on the research of our Humboldt guest or focussed on related research of young- or leading researchers from the department or from elsewhere. The climax of the visits of our Alexander von Humboldt guests is of course their Alexander von Humboldt lecture, which usually takes place in a special setting and is sometimes framed with music. to develop Nijmegen as a distinguished academic ‘hub’ and ‘pivot’ in the field of Geography, Planning and Environment.to involve other interested researchers and practitioners and to build up an international collaborative network of researchers around the current research themes of the department of Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment.to present and discuss the current research of the Department of Geography, Spatial Planning and Environment with the visiting peers.to enable talented students and young- as well as leading researchers of our department to get to know these prominent guests and to formally and informally discuss with them topical – research issues.to contribute to the theoretical debates on socio-spatial issues across disciplinary and national boundaries.

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This series of Alexander von Humboldt lectures and related events has the objective: The Alexander von Humboldt lectures are an initiative of Prof.

Science unbound geography space discipline