Earth Sciences History Group (A Specialist Group of the Geological Society of Australia Inc.) Email Bulletin No. 57 25 July 2020
INHIGEO News The latest Annual Record (No 52) of INHIGEO covering activities generally in 2019 has been released and will be emailed as a separate attachment. It can also be accessed on the INHIGEO website www.inhigeo.com The latest INHIGEO circular has also been received and of note is the list of nominations for the INHIGEO Board for 2020-24. From Australia it includes: Past-President: Professor Barry Cooper (Australia) Vice-President Australasia/Oceania: Carol Bacon (Australia) The candidates will be accepted in their nominated positions on 31 August 2020, if no objection is lodged by INHIGEO members before the end of July 2020. The 36th International Geological Congress and its associated business and Council meetings originally scheduled for 2-8 March 2020 have now been postponed (still somewhat optimistically!) until 16-21 August 2021. The INHIGEO Board had decided that the existing office bearers for 2016-2020 would remain in place and the smooth transition to the new administration will take place on 31 August 2020. Future INHIGEO Conferences (2021-2024) 2021 – 46th INHIGEO Symposium, Poland, Krakow: 18-24 July Main themes of the conference: Formation of geological surveys and their creators. Mining history The circular can be found using this link https://www.dropbox.com/s/ejx6q4a5yzdqcf1/46TH%20INTERNATIONAL%20COMMISSION%20 ON%20THE%20HISTORY%20OF%20GEOLOGICAL%20SCIENCES%20%28INHIGEO%29%20SYMPOS IUM.pdf?dl=0 2022 – 47th INHIGEO Symposium, Russia (yet to be formally decided) 2023 – 48th INHIGEO Symposium, Location to be decided. 2024 – 49th INHIGEO Symposium, South Korea, (in association with the 37th IGC)) The 26th International Congress on the History of Science and Technology (25ICHST) – 25-31 July 2021 will take place in Prague. Publication on the history of geological surveys As noted above, in July 2021, the 46th INHIGEO scientific conference is planned to be held in Krakow. The main topic of the conference will be the history of the creation of geological surveys in various countries on all continents and their creators. The ambition of the conference organizers is to prepare a special publication in which these articles will be collected. Efforts will be made for this publication to appear in the Lyell Collection,
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