skip to content
 

Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography

2022 - 2023 Programme

 

Tuesday 22 November 2022 (5.30pm / 17:30 UK GMT) 

VIA ZOOM

For joining instructions, please send an email to events@emma.cam.ca.uk a few days before the seminar. Please send an email to events@emma.cam.ac.uk if you wish to join the mailing list.

Stephen Leach (University of Keele)

The adventures and speculations of the ingenious Peter Perez Burdett

Tuesday 21 February 2023 (5.30pm / 17:30 UK GMT) 

VIA ZOOM

Please register for the talk at Eventbrite 

The Zoom link will be sent a couple of days before the seminar

Please send an email to events@emma.cam.ac.uk if you wish to join the seminar mailing list.

Alan Marcus (University of Aberdeen)

Remapping and place naming in ‘Beautiful Dachau’

Tuesday 2 May 2023 (5.30 / 17:30 UK BST [= GMT + 1])

VIA ZOOM

For joining instructions, please send an email to events@emma.cam.ca.uk a few days before the seminar. Please send an email to events@emma.cam.ac.uk if you wish to join the mailing list.

Martijn Storms (Leiden University Libraries)

Maps that made history: the map collections of Leiden University Libraries

All are welcome. 

For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall at sarah.bendall@emma.cam.ac.uk, tel. 01223 330476

The seminars are kindly supported by Emmanuel College Cambridge

 

Time

See above    [Time Converter]

 

Enquiries

For further information and to join the mailing list, contact Sarah Bendall at sarah.bendall@emma.cam.ac.uk

tel. 01223 330476

 

Printable Poster

Please print and display a poster!

 

Previous Seminars

For a complete list of Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography since 2006 (pdf)

Opening Times

Map Room Opening Times

Monday to Thursday 9am to 12:45pm and 2pm to 5:10pm
Friday 9am to 12:45pm and 2pm to 4:50pm 

i.e., we will be closed lunch time, in the evenings and on Saturdays. However, given sufficient notice, we may be able to transfer Map Departmet items to the Rare Books Reading Room for consultation during these closed periods. 

Where to Find Us

Library Floorplan

The Map Room - the Map Department's Reading Room - is on the first floor of the Library at the far end of the North Gallery. At the top of the stairs from the Library's Entrance Hall, turn right and the Map Room is at the end of the corridor. 

Contact us

Map Department 
Cambridge University Library 
West Road 
Cambridge 
CB3 9DR 

Email: maps@lib.cam.ac.uk

Telephone:
+44 (0) 1223 333041
+44 (0) 1223 333042
 
Our LibGuide may help with some enquiries