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International Festival Of Geography
International Festival of Geography is an annual event held in Saint-Die-des-Vosges since 1990. The vocation of this city for the geography is the result of the baptism of America in 1507 by members of the Vosges Gymnasium , which Martin Waldseemuller , authors of the first map of the New World.
The festival is under the patronage of the International Geographical Union.
Great interviews, roundtables and panel discussions are complemented by the Book Fair Amerigo Vespucci, the showcase of science Fair Geomatics , Geographic cafes, exhibitions, films and a Salon de la Gastronomie.
themes per year
1990: The divisions of the world
- Dates: 8, 9, 10 June 1990
- Speaker: Haroun Tazieff , a volcanologist.
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Claude Leborgne Prison for nomadic
- Youth Award - Saint Die des Vosges: John Howe and Gerard Jaeger for Amerigo Vespucci
1991: Mega-cities and mega-cities: An Urban Ecology
- Dates: 18, 19, 20 October 1991
- Speaker: Joel de Rosnay , Director of Development and International Relations of the City of Science and Industry of La Villette.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Peter Haggett ( UK )
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Pierre-Jean Remy for China
- Prix Jeunesse Saint Die des Vosges: Sylvie Girardet , Claire Merleau-Ponty and Anne Tardy for The Silk Road
1992: The new new worlds
- Dates: 2, 3, 4 October 1992
- President: Jacques Attali , President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Torsten Hgerstrand ( Sweden ) and Gilbert F. White ( USA )
1993: World rural areas, issues
- Dates: 1, 2, 3 October 1993
- Speaker: Michele Cotta , producer of the show Polemics ( France 2 )
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Peter Gould ( USA )
1994: Regions and Globalization
- Dates: September 30, 1, 2 October 1994
- President Leon Schwartzenberg , a professor at the Institute in Villejuif, a former minister.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Milton Santos ( Brazil )
1995: Natural hazards, risk society
- Dates: 6, 7, 8 October 1995
- President: Jacques Attali , a novelist and essayist, teacher, researcher.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: David Harvey ( UK )
1996: The Land of exclusions, land of hope
- Dates: 3, 4, 5, 6 October 1996
- President: Jean Malaurie , anthropogeography.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Roger Brunet ( France ) and Paul Claval ( France )
1997: The planet on the move, the geographical mobility of today
- Dates: 2, 3, 4, 5 October 1997
- Chairman: Alain Touraine , a sociologist, writer.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Jean-Bernard Racine ( Switzerland )
1998: Europe, a continent geographically variable
- Dates: 1, 2, 3, 4 October 1998
- Chairman: Theodore Zeldin , professor at Oxford , writer.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Doreen Massey ( UK )
- Youth Award-Saint-Die-des-Vosges: Eric Boisset for Nicostratos.
1999: You say nature? geography of nature, nature of geography
- Dates: September 30, 1, 2.3 October 1999
- President: Jean-Marie Cavada , chairman and CEO of Radio France.
- Guest of honor: South Korea
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Ron Johnston ( United Kingdom )
2000: The geography and health
- Dates: 5, 6, 7, 8 October 2000
- Speaker: David Khayat , professor of oncology at the University Pierre and Marie Curie , hospital physician
- Host: Yves Coppens , Chairholder of paleoanthropology and prehistory of the College de France
- Guest of honor: Senegal
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Yves Lacoste ( France )
- Price Ptolemy Audiovisual: Frdric Laffont for Lebanon: the reunion of a lover of Beirut with a country still scarred by war
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Ahmadou Kourouma for Allah is not obliged ( Editions du Seuil )
- Youth Award-Saint-Die-des-Vosges: Catherine Porter and Rose-Claire Labalestra for The Vagabond King
2001: Geography of Innovation, from economy to technology, from social to cultural
- Dates: 4, 5, 6, 7 October 2001
- Chair: Franoise Hritier , anthropologist, professor emeritus at College de France and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
- Guest of Honour: The Polish
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Peter Hall ( UK )
- Youth Award-Saint-Die-des-Vosges: Erik L'Homme Qadehar for the sorcerer.
2002: Geography and religions, beliefs, perceptions and values that shape the world
- Dates: 3, 4, 5, 6 October 2002
- Chairman: Alexander Adler , editorial director of the magazine Courrier International
- Guest of honor: Morocco
- Guest of honor: Abouyoub Hassan , Ambassador of Morocco in France
- Guest speaker: Henri Madelin , chief editor of the journal Studies
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Bruno Messerli ( Switzerland )
- Price Ptolemy Audiovisual: Bernard Francou for The Decline of the Gods
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Abdelkader Djema for Camping ( Editions du Seuil )
- Youth Award-Saint-Die-des-Vosges: Frederick Toussaint and Anne Romby for the night of the Ylang-Ylang (Actes Sud Junior)
2003: Water and Geography for Life, a source of conflict, the link between men
- Dates: 2, 3, 4, 5 October 2003
- Speaker: Michel Camdessus , former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.
- Host: Mgie Gerard , President of CNRS , Climatologist.
- Guest of honor: Laurent Fabius , former Prime Minister.
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Scott Allen ( U.S. ).
- Ptolemy Price: Uwe Ommer , Furlaud Sophie and Pierre VERBOUD for families around the world.
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Marc Durin-Valois for Chamelle.
- Youth Award-Saint-Die-des-Vosges: Jean Baptiste de Panafieu Planet for freshwater and Pierre-Marie Beaude Lointoins for the house.
- Guest of honor: The German
2004: Feeding the world, feed the men. Geographers began to table
- Dates: September 30, 1, 2, 3 October 2004
- Chairman: Henri Atlan , professor emeritus in biophysics, writer, philosopher.
- Host: Paul Dubrule , Co-founder and CEO of Accor , Senator of the Seine et Marne.
- Guest of honor: His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan.
- Guest of Honour: The Jordan
- Price Ptolemy Audiovisual: Hubert Dubois for the movie The bins of globalization
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Pinchemel Philippe ( France )
2005: The networked world: places visible, invisible links
- Dates: September 29, 30, 1, 2 October 2005
- Speaker: Boris Cyrulnik , anthropologist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, neuropsychiatrist and French writer.
- Host: Dominique Wolton , founder and director of the laboratory "Communication and Politics."
- Guest of honor: Vallega Adalberto , professor, geographer, President of the International Geographical Union
- Guest Country: The Italian
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Brian JL Berry , Professor, University of Dallas, Texas
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Jean-Paul Delfino , Corcovado (Mtaili Editions)
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci Youth: Xavier Lawrence Small , Col. Thousand Tears (Editions Castor Poche Flammarion, collection adventure)
- Price of Ptolemy's Geography: Atlas Collection / World ditions other, to understand the state of the world today
2006: Geographers rediscover the Americas
- Dates: 28, 29, 30 September and 1 October 2006
- Chair: Julia Kristeva , a philosopher
- Host: Emmanuel Todd , an economist and geographer
- Guests of honor: Regis Debray , academic, philosopher and essayist, and Erik Orsenna , writer, member of the French Academy
- Spokesperson of the Year of the Francophonie and President of the Book Fair Amerigo Vespucci: Daniel Maximin , writer
- Invitees: The French territories of the Americas: Clipperton Island , Guadeloupe , Guyana , Martinique , Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Heinz Wanner ( Switzerland )
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Pierre Pelot for Shadow of travelers (Ed. Hlose d'Ormesson )
- Amerigo Vespucci Youth Award (awarded by the MFA -www.mae prevention.org ): Carole Saturno
- Price of Ptolemy's Geography: Jean Rolin
2007: The planet in search of energy
- Dates: 4, 5, 6, 7 October 2007
- Speaker: Azouz Begag , writer, researcher and former minister
- Host: Elizabeth Roudinesco , psychoanalyst
- Guests of honor: Richard Bohringer , actor; Edith Cresson , Former Prime Minister, Hubert Vedrine , former Foreign Minister
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Michael Frank Goodchild ( UK / USA )
- Guest Country: The Romanian
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Bernard Giraudeau for The Oarlocks
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci Youth: Francois Place
- Price of Ptolemy's Geography: Christian Grataloup
2008: Between war and conflict: the planet live
- Dates: 2, 3, 4 and 5 October 2008
- Chair: Helene Carrere d'Encausse
- Host: Jerome Clement
- President's Book Fair: Michel Serres
- Guests of honor: Michel Le Bris , Richard Bohringer , Isabelle Autissier
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Horacio Capel Saez ( Spain )
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Patrice Pluyette
- Amerigo Vespucci Youth Award (awarded by the MFA -www.mae prevention.org ): Isabelle Collombat
- Price of Ptolemy's Geography: Mario Maffi ( Italy )
- Guest country: The Japan
2009: Seas and Oceans: geographers take off
- Dates: 1, 2, 3, 4 October 2009 (20 th anniversary of the FIG)
- Chairman: Dominique Fernandez
- Host: Philip Meyer
- President's Book Fair: Florence Delay
- Guests of honor: Denis Tillinac , Vincent Peillon
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Terry McGee ( Canada )
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Isabelle Autissier for only the sea will remember
- Amerigo Vespucci Youth Award (awarded by the MFA -www.mae prevention.org ): Guillaume Duprat for The book of imaginary lands
- Price of Ptolemy's Geography: Florent Chavouet Tokyo Sanpo
- Guest Country: The Spanish
2010: The forest green gold of the Men? Management - Protection - Sustainable
- Dates: 7, 8, 9, 10 October 2010
- President: Jean-Noel Jeanneney
- Host: Noelle Chatelet
- President's Book Fair: Philippe Descola
- High Representative of the Franco-Russian Friendship FIG: Helene Carrere d'Encausse
- Prix Vautrin Lud: Denise Pumain ( France )
- Prix Amerigo Vespucci: Xavier Lawrence Small to fool My little heart
- Amerigo Vespucci Youth Award:
- Price of Ptolemy's Geography:
- Guest Country: The Russian
2011: The plural Africa: paradoxes and ambitions
- Guests: The overseas territories of the Indian Ocean ( Reunion and Mayotte ), and the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
See also
Bibliography
- "International Festival of Geography at Saint-Die-des-Vosges, Belin, Paris, 1998
- "Saint-Die des Vosges, the capital of geography," Jean-Louis Andreani, Le Monde , 21 October 2005
- "The geography, what a story", Vianney Huguenot and Georges Roques, Gerard Louis publisher Harou (54) September 2009 ( ISBN 978-2-35763-007-9 )
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