PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 312-319.doi: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2019.03.002
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2019-03-28
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Chao YE, Liangming YIN, Qingmei YIN, Jianhua XU. Is geography a vulnerable discipline? Reflections on the elimination of geography at Harvard University[J].PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY, 2019, 38(3): 312-319.
Tab.1
Major events of geography at Harvard University"
时间 | 重要事件 |
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1878年 | 戴维斯获任哈佛大学地质系的自然地理学教授 |
1904年 | 戴维斯创建哈佛大学地理系 |
1905年 | 鲍曼从哈佛大学毕业(跟随戴维斯学习),成为耶鲁大学的讲师和研究生 |
1915年 | 鲍曼成为美国地理学会(AGS)第一任主席 |
1928年 | 法国地理学家拉乌尔·布兰查德(Raoul Blanchard)任兼职教师(持续8年) |
1928年 | 惠特尔西任地质与地理系人文地理学助理教授 |
1930年 | 肯普任哈佛地理讲师 |
1931年 | 哈佛地理勘探研究所成立,赖斯任教授 |
1933年 | 科南特获哈佛任命 |
1935年 | 鲍曼成为约翰·霍普金斯大学第五任校长 |
1947年5月 | 阿克曼晋升为地理学副教授(赞成7票,反对4票) |
1947年6月 | 地质系教授比林斯向巴克建议将地理学和地质学分开,并反对阿克曼晋升 |
1948年初 | 地理特设委员会成员建议科南特和巴克提拔阿克曼 |
1948年2月 | 校方决定撤销地理系 |
1948年10月 | 第一次调查委员会会议,鲍曼对撤销地理系问题保持沉默 |
1948年10月 | 在布鲁克海文实验室会议上,鲍曼试图向科南特解释地理学是科学的一部分 |
1949年5月 | 鲍曼拒绝参加新英格兰地理会议(乌尔曼的邀请),对复兴哈佛地理学态度冷漠 |
1965年 | 费舍尔与麻省理工学院联合成立了计算机图形与空间分析实验室(LCGSA) |
1991年 | 计算机图形与空间分析实验室解体 |
2005年 | 哈佛大学重建了一个“21世纪地理分析中心(CGA)” |
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