CUGS Michaelmas 2024 Term Card

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MICHAELMAS TERM CARD October 6 ~ December 8

Cambridge University Geographical Society

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Foreword

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Meet the Committee

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Welfare Snacks

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Event Highlights

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Event Highlights

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James Grant Peterkin Talk

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James Grant Peterkin Talk

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cambrigde University Geographical Society

FOREWORD Welcome to the Cambridge University Geographical Society! We are a student-run society for students at the University of Cambridge.

Sitting in the nexus of the physical and social sciences, geography provides an ideal framework for understanding the complex relationships and processes between humans and their surroundings. Alongside the rest of the CUGS committee, I aspire to foster a space for students to discuss contemporary issues in, around, and beyond the field of Geography through a range of speakers, panels, and social and networking events that enrich students’ time at Cambridge.

CUGS runs its own magazine, Compass, which seeks to publish thoughtful and interrogative pieces from various perspectives in and around the geographical discipline. Its own committee is always welcome to submissions. CUGS also runs a travel grant to support undergraduate students with their dissertations. I hope to expand the grants available to all Geography students.

Please do get involved with what the society has to offer! I hope to welcome you to one of our forthcoming events!

– Eric Taylor, President 2024

MEET THE COMMITTEE

ERIC TAYLOR

KAREISH RAJKANNA

President

Vice-President

Treasurer

IDA LAMBRETTE

SARAH KEAST-BUTLER

MARIKO MOORE

Events Officer

Events Officer

Publicity Officer

MARTHA CURRIE

ED DE FERRARS GREEN

APARNA MUKHURJEE

LIZZIE MCDERMOTT

Secretary

Speakers Officer

Speakers Officer

LUCE PRITCHARD

SARA UDDIN

EVIE NEVITT

Designer

Logistics Officer

Web Designer

WELFARE SNACKS Join us in the Common Room at the Geography Department for free snacks !!

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

WEEK 1

Fresher’s Pub Quiz James Grant Peterkin Talk WEEK 3

Pub Crawl

WEEK 4

Gillian Tett Talk WEEK 5

Geography Night

WEEK 6

Executive Elections WEEK 7

CUGS Winter Ball WEEK 8

Dissertation Networking

JAMES GRANT PETERKIN TUESDAY, 15TH OCTOBER 5PM VENUE TBC

Working hand-in-hand towards a better earth

What 20 Years on Easter Island Taught me about our Future

For the third year of his Modern Languages degree at Cambridge, James Grant-Peterkin spent the entire year on Easter Island, a tiny, remote island in the heart of the South Pacific. Captivated by what he discovered there, upon graduating he spent the next 19 years living on Easter Island, while also running his own local business and serving as the Wellhall Biodiversity Center Lamford Animal Shelter British Booklets are printed materials with four or Honorary Just likeConsul. most print publications, the key to more pages, containing details about a creating an effective booklet lies in curation.

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The so-called ‘collapse’ that took place on Easter Island raises Solana Marine Ecology Group The Treehouse Project disturbing parallels with the current social and environmental challenges faced by humans on Earth. During this 45-minute talk, James explains what might have really happened on Easter Island, and why the island actually offers a tale of cautious optimism for our planet and its inhabitants.

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