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Subject: 'Maps and Society' - change to the programme
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:23:47 -0000
From: tony campbell <[log in to unmask]>


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{Please excuse cross-posting}

Please note that, because the speaker originally scheduled for April 22nd
has had to withdraw, there is a *new speaker and topic* for that evening.

Details of the final three talks are as follows:


                               'MAPS AND SOCIETY'

                                 The Warburg Institute

                            Thirteenth Series: 2003-2004
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Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith
(Institute of Historical Research) and Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library,
British Library). Meetings are held on selected Thursdays at the Warburg
Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London,Woburn Square,
London WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm. Admission is free. Meetings are followed by
refreshments. All are most welcome. Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Dr
Delano Smith) or < [log in to unmask] >.

March 18.  Christopher Fleet (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Analysing Image Colour and Content to Infer Map Authorship: A Case Study of
the Blaeu Atlas of Scotland and its Sources.

April 22.   Dr Zur Shalev (Princeton University) The Church Cartographical:
Propaganda and Controversy in Early Modern Ecclesiastical Mapping.  {*Please
note that this is a change to the programme*}

May 27.   Dr Scott Westrem  (City University of New York)  Calculation,
Delineation, Depiction, Inscription: the Practicalities of Medieval
Mapmaking.

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This programme has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of
The International  Map Collectors' Society, Jonathan Potter of Jonathan
Potter Ltd., and Laurence Worms of Ash Rare Books, and is supported by Imago
Mundi.  DISPLAYS for each lecture, at the Royal Geographical Society, are
arranged by Francis Herbert, Hon FRGS. Note that the Society's Library and
Map Room will be closed until Spring 2004, although both the Picture Library
and Archives remain open by appointment.  See<http://www.rgs.org> -
'Collections'; 'Unlocking the Archives Project'.

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Please note that the web version of the programme is at a new URL
< http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html > [the 'Map History' site has
moved].  That URL can be bookmarked, as it will always contain the current
programme.  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 >
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Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>