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THE WARBURG INSTITUTE
University of London
Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB
MAPS AND SOCIETY
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano-Smith
(Institute of
Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library),
and
Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). Meetings are held on selected Thursdays
at The
Warburg Institute at 5.00 pm. Admission is free. Meetings are followed by
refreshment. All
are welcome. Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano-Smith).
TWENTY-FIRST SERIES: 2011-2012
2011
November 3 Professor Jean Boutier (École des Hautes Études en Sciences
Sociales, Marseille). Without
Cassini: Colbert and his Provincial Cartographers, 1660-1683.
December 1 Dr Emilie d'Orgeix ((Department of History of Art, Michel de
Montaigne-Bordeaux 3
University). French Colonial Mapping in the Americas (1635-1776).
2012
January 26 Nils Petter Hellström (Department of History and Philosophy of
Science, University of
Cambridge, and School of Gender, Culture and History, Södertörn University,
Sweden).
White Maps of Africa: The Making of Blank Spaces, 1700-1800.
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MEETING SPONSORED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
February 16 Francis Herbert (Former Curator of Maps, Royal Geographical
Society (with IBG)). Maps
for The Hakluyt Society, 1847-2010: or, from Cosmas to Cook and computers.
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March 1 Dr Hilde De Weerdt (Institute for Chinese Studies, University of
Oxford). Reasoning with
Maps: Amateur Mapmakers in Imperial China (1100-1300).
March 15 Professor Imre Demhardt (Department of History, The University of
Texas at Arlington,
USA). Alexander von Humboldt and the Scientific Mapping of the Americas.
April 19 Ljiljana Ortolja-Baird (School of Advanced Study, University of
London). Improved
Satin Maps for Ladies' Schools: A New Revenue Stream for Eighteenth-Century
Printsellers.
May 10 Emeritus Professor Noël Wilkins (Department of Zoology, National
University of Ireland
Galway). Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832) and Some of His Little-Known Irish Maps
and Charts.
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This programme has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of the
Antiquarian Booksellers
Association, the International Map Collectors' Society, and Jonathan Potter of
Jonathan Potter Ltd.
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The web version of the programme <http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html>
can be bookmarked, as it will
always contain the current details. For a comprehensive list of talks and
meetings in the history of cartography, see John Docktor's 'Calendar'
<http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/index.htm>
Tony Campbell
[email protected]
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