Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography

2024 - 2025 Programme (Revised 2/10/24)

All seminars will be on Zoom and joining instructions will be circulated nearer the time. Please send an email to events@emma.cam.ac.uk if you wish to join the mailing list.

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (5.30pm / 17:30 UK GMT)

Maurice Whitehead (Venerable English College, Rome)

Maps, meridians and missions: Christopher Maire, SJ (1697–1767), an English cartographer in continental Europe

Tuesday 25 February 2025 (5.30pm / 17:30 UK GMT)

Finnian O’Cionnaith (Dublin)

'A peculiar survey … for our peculiar purpose' : founding the Ordnance Survey of Ireland

Tuesday 6 May 2025 (5.30pm / 17:30 UK BST [= GMT + 1])

Onur Engin (University of Cambridge)

Echoes on the map: unveiling the auditory history of late Ottoman Istanbul through digital cartography

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

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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!

Poster / Leaflet (pdf) REVISED 2/10/24

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

Remember: Pencils only in the Map Room and No food or drink!

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.

We are very close to the Tea Room.

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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

Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography