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September 30-2 October - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France. 27e Festival International de Géographie
October 3 - Barcelona. One-day meeting, 'Catalunya i les noves tendències en cartografia històrica', organized by the Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics, the Centre d’Història Contemporània de Catalunya, and the Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica, at the Universitat de Barcelona.
October 6-7 - Washington, D.C. The Kislak Foundation and the Gray Foundation will sponsor an International Conference at the Library of Congress: 'Facts or Fictions: Debating the Mysteries of Early Modern Cartography - A Celebration of the 500th Anniversary of Waldseemüller’s 1516 Carta Marina'. Further details HERE. Contact John Hessler: jhes(at)loc.gov
October 13-14 - Dubrovnik, Croatia. 6th International Symposium on the History of Cartography: The Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge: Production – Trade – Consumption – Preservation, organized by three ICA Commissions (History of Cartography; Map Production & Geoinformation Management; Use, User & Usability Issues) and the Institute of Social Sciences “Ivo Pilar” (Zagreb, Croatia). Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 February 2016.
October 14-15 - St Louis. 43rd Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies [Including a session 'Manuscripts for Travelers: Directions, Descriptions, and Maps']. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 March 2016.
October 16-21 - Washington, D.C. The Art & Science of Cartography, 200–1550 - Rare Book School course taught by John Hessler at the Library of Congress.
October 17-18 - Albi, France. Conference, 'À l’échelle du monde. La carte, objet culturel, social et politique, de l'Antiquité à nos jours' [On the Scale of the World. Map as cultural, social and political object from Antiquity to the present day]. (Related to the study and exhibition of the famous VIIIth century Mappamundi of Albi, at the Centre Universitaire JeanFrançois Champollion.) Deadline for Call for Papers: extended to 1 February 2016.
October 19-20 - Baku, Azerbaijan. Caspian Future of History, an International Caspian Sea Congress, organized by the Caspian Strategy Institute/Turkey (HASEN) in conjunction with the Institute of History, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. 'The working language of the congress is English, but there will be simultaneous translation into Azerbaijani Turkish and Russian'. [The themes include 'Toponomy of Port Cities in the Caspian Sea Region' and 'Historical Maps of the Caspian Sea'.] Deadline for Call for Papers: 11 February 2016. [These details taken from a page that cannot now be found, July 2016.]
October 20-22 - Paris. Colloque international: Représentations spatiales de la péninsule Arabique. Deadline for Call for Papers: 20 June 2016.
October 22 - Fullerton. Fall meeting of the California Map Society, in the CSUF Library (home to the Roy V Boswell Map Collection).
October 24-30 - Chicago. The Chicago Map Society will play host to a major series of events - a conference celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Nebenzahl Lectures , the International Symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society, and the Chicago Map Fair. [Details to follow.]
October 26-28 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil. 3er Simposio Brasilero de Cartografía Historica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 June 2016.
November 2-4 - Nicosia. 3rd International Scientific Conference of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation, Knowledge is Power, at the University of Cyprus. [Day three is devoted to the history of cartography with particular focus on material from the Sylvia Ioannou collection.]
November 10-12 - Arlington, Texas. 10th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography: 'Profiles in Cartography: Selected Mapmakers and Their Maps of the Southwestern Borderlands', University of Texas at Arlington. Held in conjunction with the Fall Meeting of the Texas Map Society. Additional information from Ben Huseman: huseman(at)exchange.uta.edu. [NB. This was originaly announced as 6-9 October.]
November 14 - Mulhouse. ‘Clio en cartes 4’. Deadline for Call for Papers: 30 June 2016.
December 10 - Brussels. International conference of the Brussels Map Circle (BIMCC): 'Globes and Instruments', at the Royal Library.
March 30-31 - Lincoln, Nebraska. 2017 Great Plains Symposium: Flat Places, Deep Identities: Mapping Nebraska and the Great Plains. Deadline for Call for Papers: 14 October 2016.
March 30-April 1 - Chicago. Weird and Wonderful: Exploring the Outliers of Renaissance Cartography, Renaissance Society of America. Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 June 2016.
May 11-14 - Kalamazoo, Michigan. Panels on 'Mappings': 'Shaping the Medieval World', 'Medieval Maps, their Makers and Uses' and Maps as/and Narratives', to be convened by Felicitas Schmieder and Dan Terkla, at the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Deadline for Call for Papers: 25 September 2016 [contact Felicitas.Schmieder(at)FernUni-Hagen.de or terkla(at)iwu.edu].
July 2-7 - Washington, D.C. The 28th International Cartographic Conference of the International Cartographic Association, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Deadline for Call for Papers: 26 October 2016.
July 3-6 - Leeds. Panels on 'Mappings', relating to 'Otherness', to be convened by Felicitas Schmieder and Dan Terkla, at the International Medieval Congress. Deadline for Call for Papers: 25 September 2016 [contact Felicitas.Schmieder(at)FernUni-Hagen.de or terkla(at)iwu.edu].
July 9-14 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil. 27th International Conference on the History of Cartography. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 October 2016.
August 30-September 1 - Berlin. 'International Interdisciplinary Conference on Digital Cultural Heritage' (DCH2017), organized by CODATA-Germany (The German National Committee to the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Deadline for Call for Papers: 27 March 2017.
September 15-16 - Leiden. International symposium, 'Mapping Asia – Cartographic Encounters between East and West', at Leiden University Library, jointly hosted by the International Cartographic Association’s Commission on the History of Cartography and Leiden University. For information contact Martijn Storms: m.storms(at)library.leidenuniv.nl
October 8-10 - Hamburg. The International Symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society.
February 2-4 - Miami. Annual Miami International Map Fair, at HistoryMiami.
July 14-19 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The 28th International Conference on the History of Cartography.
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