In memory of Janice Monk (Sydney, 1937 – Tucson, 2024)
Abstract
Janice Monk, an internationally recognized geographer, died on 12 July 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. Monk was a pivotal figure in the development and institutionalization of geography and gender in the United States and internationally, co-founding the International Geographical Union’s (IGU) Gender and Geography Commission in 1988, of which she was the guiding spirit to the last. The intellectual interests that characterized Monk’s career were social equity and inclusivity, issues of women and gender, and the valuing of international ties, and she channeled them through research, teaching and her engagement with professional service in order to prompt institutional change. Janice Monk’s academic uniqueness is strongly determined by her teaching, which was active, generous and committed to female geographers of different generations, places, languages and cultures around the world. Monk was an intellectual beacon for the Geography and Gender Research Group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and for the development of geography and gender at this university.
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Janice Monk, geography and gender, social and cultural geography, International Geographical Union, obituaryReferences
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