Cartographic events - past
For current events click here
2011/12
Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2011 - 2012
2011
Map Curators’ Group (MCG) Workshop 2011,York, 7th and 8th September 2011. How to do more with less: promoting and running a map collection in a time of austerity
2010/2011
Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2010 - 2011
2010
The British Cartographic Society Annual Symposium, 9 - 11 June 2010 - Nottingham. Talking with Maps.
17th Conference of the LIBER Groupe des Cartothécaires, 15-19 June 2010 - Tallinn, Estonia.
Magnificent Maps - British Library exhibition, Fri 30 Apr 2010 - Sun 19 Sep 2010. The exhibition showcases the British Library's unique collection of large-scale display maps, many of which have never been exhibited before. It also demonstrates why maps are about far more than geography and have been used to promote personal agendas, political messages and tools of propaganda.
Under Covers: Documenting Spies - Cambridge University Library, 19 January - 3 July 2010 (closed 2-5 April inclusive). Not a map exhibition but includes some interesting cartographic items.
Map Curators’ Group Workshop, Cambridge (UK), 8 - 10 September 2010 . Beyond the Neat Line: More than Just Geography.
Society of Cartographers Summer School, University of Manchester, Wed 8th to Fri 10th September 2010.
IMCoS 28th International Symposium, London, 3rd to 6th October 2010 .
Britain, Power and Influence in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
2009/2010
Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2009 - 2010
2008/2009
Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2008 - 2009
2007/2008
Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2007 - 2008
2006/2007
Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 2006 - 2007
Sandars Lectures, March 2007 - Sarah Tyacke, Conversations with maps: world views in early modern Europe NEW! The three lectures that Sarah Tyacke delivered at Cambridge University
Library on 5-8 March 2007 are now available online, as pdf files at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/sandars/Sandars_Lectures_2007.html
London: A Life in Maps. Map exhibition at the British Library, London, 24 November 2006 – 4 March 2007.
2004
Groupe des Carthothécaires de Liber - 14th Conference (2004):
A group of European map curators met in Cambridge in August/September 2004 for the 14th Conference of the Groupe des Carthothécaires de Liber. The theme of the conference was:
Map Collections and GIS or Digital Data – the death of the paper Map?
National Progress Reports
Conference Report
Conference Organisation
2003
EXHIBITION IN CAMBRIDGE
Unfolding Landscapes: Maps of Cambridgeshire from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II (30 April to 18 October 2003)
Exhibition Guide:
Unfolding Landscapes: Maps of Cambridgeshire from Elizabeth I to Elizabeth II. Finding out more
2001
EXHIBITION IN CAMBRIDGE
Fantasy to Federation: European maps of Australia to 1901 (3 April to 15 September 2001)