-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 'Maps and Society' lectures: 2006-2007 programme Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:07:53 +0100 From: tony campbell <[log in to unmask]> To: *MapHist <[log in to unmask]>, *Lismaps <[log in to unmask]>, *Maps-L <[log in to unmask]>, *Liber-GdC <[log in to unmask]> (posted to MapHist, lismaps, Maps-L, LiberGdeC) ************************* 'MAPS AND SOCIETY' The Warburg Institute Sixteenth Series: 2006-2007 ************************** 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, 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] >. 2006 ----- October 19. Dr Robin Woolven (London Topographical Society) 'The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945'. November 23. Malcolm G.H. Bishop (Independent Scholar) 'The 1518 Map in Sir Thomas More's Utopia: Dentistry Solves the Mystery'. 2007 ------ January 25. Dr David Marsh (Birkbeck, University of London) 'Maps, Myths, and Gardens: Faithorne and Newcourt's Map of London (1658)'. MEETING SPONSORED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY February 8. Lt Cdr Andrew David (Independent Scholar) 'The Cartography of Bligh's Open Boat Voyage and his Two Breadfruit Voyages'. March 1. Dr Renaud Morieux (Department of History, University of Lille 3) 'Naming the English Channel: What Maps Tell Us About Geopolitics Through the Ages'. March 29. Dr Michael Winstanley and William Shannon (Department of History, University of Lancaster) 'Lord Burghley and Elizabethan Maps of Lancashire'. April 26. Hugh Prince (formerly, Department of Geography, University College London) 'Surveyor or Plagiarist? The Parks on John Warburton's Map of Hertfordshire (c. 1724)'. May 17. Jill Shefrin (Trinity College, University of Toronto) 'Nursery Instruction: Cartographical Novelties for Georgian and Victorian Children'. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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. It is supported by Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography. -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <[log in to unmask]> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 01/10/2006