July 6-7 - London. 'Identification of Paper Workshop', a fee-paying course organised by International Academic Projects, run by Peter Bower, at the British Library.

July 12-17 - Copenhagen, Denmark. 23rd International Conference on the History of Cartography

July 20-24 - London Rare Books School: 'A History of Maps and Mapping' - course tutors, Dr Catherine Delano- Smith and Sarah Tyacke, CB (with Peter Barber, Roger Kain & Laurence Worms).

July 26 - London. A celebration of Thomas Hariot's achievements in astronomy at Syon House, west London, including a map exhibition.

July 30-31 - Swansea. 'Mapping the Medieval City: Space, Place and Identity: an Interdisciplinary Colloquium' at Swansea University, held to mark the completion of the AHRC-funded research project ‘Mapping Medieval Chester’; 'we are also seeking inter-disciplinary contributions relating to the medieval city more generally'. Deadline for Call for Papers: 23 February 2009.

August 23-27. Kyoto, Japan. 14th International Conference of Historical Geographers at Kyoto University. Themes include: "Digital humanities and historical GIS" and "Mapping, surveying and geographical knowledge". Deadline for Call for Papers: 31 January 2009.

August 26-8 - London. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Cartographies of Inclusion and Exclusion, sponsored by the Historical Geography Research Group. ['The session will focus on the relationships between state mappings and identity construction across various geographical locations'. Also mentioned are 'the mapping traditions of indigenous societies']. Deadline for Call for Papers: 3 February 2009.

September 6-9 - Oslo. Symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society. The main theme will be the mapping of Scandinavia and the Arctic. A post-symposium tour is being planned.

September 9-10 - Edinburgh. British Cartographic Society, Map Curators’ Group (MCG) Workshop, 'From Paper to Screen'. Followed by a meeting of the Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps on 12 September.

September 9-11 - Cambridge. Annual Study Conference of CILIP [Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals] Rare Books & Special Collections Group, 'A Special Relationship? Special Collections and the Antiquarian Book and MSS Trade', at Clare College - 'an opportunity to examine and discuss issues concerning libraries and the antiquarian book trade, including acquisitions, donations, valuations, theft and the sale of library materials'.

October 1-4. 'Géographie des mers' - 20e édition du Festival International de Géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

October 3 - Arlington. Fall meeting of the Texas Map Society.

October 11-13 - Raleigh. The 50th annual meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries, at the North Carolina Museum of History. Deadline for Call for Papers: 25 May 2009.

October 13-14 - Grennwich, London. 'Globes: History, Technology and Conservation', a fee-paying course organised by International Academic Projects, run by Sylvia Sumira & Paul Cook, at the National Maritime Museum.

October 17 - Portland, Maine. A one-day conference, 'New directions in the study of early American cartographies', at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education. The conference is also the inaugural meeting of the biennial Maine Forum for Map History

October 27 - Edinburgh. 'Mapping and Antiquities in Scotland', a seminar organised by the Scottish Maps Forum with the National Library of Scotland.

[November?] - Munich. 15. Kartographiehistorisches Colloquium.

November 14-15 - Oxford. Maps for Archaeologists, organized by the University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education. Course Tutor: Giles Darkes.

November 15-21 - Santiago, Chile. 24th International Cartographic Conference of the International Cartographic Association, including the Commission on the History of Cartography, whose sessions will give preference to papers dealing with the 19th and 20th centuries. Deadline for Call for Papers: 16 January 2009.

December 4 - Paris. 'Cartographie et société urbaine', a seminar (in French - and English?) organized by the Commission Histoire of the Comité Français de Cartographie. Deadline for Call for Papers: 8 June 2009 [amended date].

December 5 - Brussels. BIMCC Conference, 'Exploratory Cartography, from Heaven to Earth'.

July 10-15 - Moscow. 24th International Conference on the History of Cartography

September/October? - Japan. Symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society.

?? - Paris. International Cartographic Association, including the Commission on the History of Cartography.

Posting conference details (for organisers)

Those who organise conferences, seminars or symposiums are advised to post details to:-

AllConferences.com

Calenda (a French site for the social sciences run by Revues.org, but including events outside France as well)

Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages (CRLV)

Conference Alerts: Academic Conferences Worldwide

DIGMAP 'Relevant Events' (focusing more on current map and library conferences)

Early Modern England Source (submission forms)

Gateway for Historical Geographical-Information-Systems (GIS) in history, for Historical Cartography and for Historical Geography (his-GIS.net)

Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom (HERO). Conferences

H-Net announcement. See also the H-Net Discussion Logs Search (which can be searched for all or specific lists, and for a range of dates)

H-Net 'call for papers'

HoBo Events (conferences, book fairs, lectures and seminars in Oxford, Cambridge, London, Edinburgh & elsewhere)

H-Soz-u- Kult. 'Termine' [deadlines] (a German calendar site)

PapersInvited ('World's largest listing of Calls for Papers')

If you need to select a date and day of the week some years ahead, consult one of the online perpetual calendars, such as Calendar Date.

Other ways of publicising a conference:

• Internet discussion lists
• Journals and Newsletters
• Map societies
• Weblogs