-------- Original Message -------- Subject: 'Maps & Society' lecture programme Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:25:10 +0100 From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: *Maps-L <[log in to unmask]> _'MAPS AND SOCIETY' LECTURES_ Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano-Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). Meetings are held at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm on selected Thursdays. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. Enquiries: +44 (0)20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano-Smith) or Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> THE TWENTY-THIRD SERIES Programme for 2013-2014 2013 November 14. Joaquim Alves Gaspar and Henrique Leitão (Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, University of Lisbon). 'Squaring the Circle: Rhumbs, Globes and the Making of the Mercator Projection (1569)'. November 28. Dr Frederik Muller (Antiquarian bookseller, Bergum, Netherlands). 'Recording the Discoveries: the Pacific and Tartary Mapped by Lorenz Fries in Early 1525'. 2014 January 16. Dr Elizabeth Upper (University of Cambridge). 'Colour Printing in the Renaissance: The Strasbourg Edition of Ptolemy’s Geography (1513)'. MEETING SPONSORED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY February 6. Kenneth Morgan (Brunel University). 'Flinders and the Cartography of Australia 1795–1815'. February 27. Dale Kedwards (Department of English and Related Literature, University of York). 'A View from the North? The Medieval Maps of Iceland'. March 13. Professor George Tolias (Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens). 'Adornments and Metaphors: Illustrations on the Early Printed Maps of Greece'. April 3. Dr Leif Isaaksen (Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton). 'One World, Two Systems: Claudius Ptolemy’s Geographike Hyphegesis and the Birth of Modern Cartography'. May 22. Dr Iris Kantor (Department of History, University of São Paulo, Brazil). 'Portable Empires: Atlases and the spatial projection of the Iberian Empires during the Constitutional Revolutions (1776–1825)'. 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. It is supported by /Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography/ Tony Campbell [log in to unmask]