IBG Conference Report - 1975

Until the mid 1970s, the GA Conference took place at the start of the year. That has been mentioned previously and was also mentioned in this report of the IBG Conference in 1975.

In his Presidential Address to the Institute, Prof. M. J. Wise encouraged his audience to reflect on their functions as teachers as well as researchers in geography. 

His title 'A university teacher of geography' related to the life of G. G. Chisholm, known to many for his Commercial Geography, and an active lecturer until 1926. 

The meticulous lectures delivered in morning dress must have captured the imagination of an audience which normally overlooked the value to man of places. 

Richard Hartshorne had seen Chisholm as an exception to the provincialism of other British Geographers of the period. (This is no longer the case, Prof. Wise pointed out: in the field of international contacts, British geographers are nowadays second to none.) 

Source:

“[Annual Conference Report].” Area, vol. 7, no. 1, 1975, pp. 50–53. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20000934. Accessed 16 Sept. 2023.