ISHMap opens CFP for 2022 Symposium and Workshop

The International Society for the History of the Map is pleased to announce its 2022 Symposium and Workshop will be hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay in May 2022. The Call for Papers (Symposium) and applications for the Workshop) are open to October 31, 2021. Please visit the Symposium website for additional information. https://ishmap.wordpress.com/ishmap-2022-montevideo/

ISHMap Prize in Map History 2021

The International Society for the history of the Map announced on June 10, 2021, the award of its first prize in Map History to the project Pourbus Troubador, with honorable mention to Quand les Artistes dessinaient les Cartes and Bending Lines. Follow the link to learn more about these projects and other notable submissions. https://ishmap.wordpress.com/ishmap-prize-in-map-history-2021/

ISHMap General Meeting — 2021

The Trustees of the International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) will hold the Society's annual General Meeting on June 10, 2021 at 13:30 EDT (New York) /14:30 (Rio) /17:30 UTC (London) /18:30 CEST (Paris/ Berlin). The Meeting, held online, will be divided in two parts.  At 1:30 pm, the Meeting will start …

ISHMap Symposium 2020: Prize Announcement and Videos Online

The International Society of the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural prizes for best paper at the ISHMap Symposium held June 12-13, 2020 as a virtual symposium.  ISHMap 2020 was originally planned to be held at the Biblioteca Mario Andrade in São Paulo, Brazil.  While Trustees and …

ISHMAP 2020 Symposium Moves Online (June 12-13)

ISHMap is pleased to open registration for the V Symposium of the International Society for the History of the Map with the theme of "Breaking Boundaries." Originally scheduled to take place in São Paulo, Brazil, as our first Symposium in South America, our event is now breaking a different kind of boundary. With the collaboration …

Look at us now! ISHMap’s new logo

The ISHMap Trustees welcome a new decade with a new logo to showcase the Society's interests in the history of maps and mappings across space and time. Students in a Skidmore College advanced communications design course set to work, coming up with inventive and exciting options. The winning design, by Jennifer Monderer, '20, captures the …

Introducing H-Maps, a network about the making, circulation, use and preservation of maps

H-Maps is an international digital forum in the historical study of the making, circulation, use and preservation of maps from the ancient to the contemporary period. Because of its international nature, H-Maps welcomes contributions in world languages, including (but not limited to) English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. H-Maps is a collaboration between the International …

RESEARCH: Clements Library Fellowships, 2020

Please note the attached announcement of short-term, post-doctoral and digital fellowships at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.  The Clements Library houses a significant map collection, including atlases from the 16th to 19th centuries, and a core collection of manuscript maps from the period of the American Revolution, as well as …

CFP: Mapping the Ottoman Realm (Deadline 1 Nov 2019; conference 21-23 April 2020)

The ICA Commission on the History of Cartography will hold its 8th International Symposium from 21 to 23 April 2020 in Istanbul, partnering with the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) – Istanbul Department. The theme is ‘Mapping the Ottoman Realm: Travelers, Cartographers and Archaeologists’ and look forward to receiving your contributions. Call for papers deadline is …

Exhibit/Conference: Quand les artistes dessinaient les cartes (Archives Nationales, Paris, France), starting September 25, 2019

The exhibition “Quand les artistes dessinaient les cartes : vues et figures de l’espace français, Moyen Âge et Renaissance” (When artists drew maps. Views and figures of France from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) will be held at the Archives nationales (Paris) from 25 September 2019 to 7 January 2020. Bringing together over 100 …