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July 14-18 - London. London Rare Books School. 'Mapping Land and Sea before c.1800 (Course 2)', course tutors, Dr Catherine Delano-Smith and Sarah Tyacke, CB.
July 14-16 - Reading. 'Land, Landscape and Environment, 1500-1750', Early Modern Research Centre, University of Reading ['cartography, maps and signs' are mentioned]. Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 February 2008.
August 11-13 - Cambridge. Mapping the Middle Ages, a course led by Dr Lucy Donkin, at Madingley Hall, Cambridge.
August 13-15 - Copenhagen. 'Ways of knowing the field: International Conference on the History of Fieldwork, Cartography and Scientific Exploration', at Carlsberg Academy, organized by the Danish Network for the History and Sociology of Scientific Fieldwork and Expeditions, and the Danish Research School in Philosophy, History of Ideas and History of Science. Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 March 2008.
September 5-7 - Budapest. IMCoS Hungary Tour, organized by Zsolt Török for the International Map Collectors' Society.
September 10-12 - Portsmouth, England. 'Shifting boundaries - cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries', a symposium on the history of cartography, organized by the International Cartographic Association, Commission on the History of Cartography. Deadline for Call for Papers: 31 March 2008.
September 25-27 - Berne. The second conference of the Forum Ostmittel- und Südosteuropa (FOSE): 'Mapping Eastern Europe / Osteuropa kartiert: Interdisziplinäre Tagung zu KartenWelten und KartenZeiten in Bern'. Deadline for Call for Papers: 30 September 2007.
October 3-7 - Arlington, Texas. Virginia Garrett Lectures in the History of Cartography; a joint meeting of the Texas Map Society and the Philip Lee Phillips Society of the Library of Congress; and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries; Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 June 2008.
October 18-19 - Rye, East Sussex. A weekend conference, 'Medieval Seas', at Rye College [one of the suggested topics is 'cartography and world view']. Deadline for Call for Papers: 7 April 2008.
October 23-6 - Miami. A session, 'Contributory Gis for Historical Research' at the annual meeting of the Social Science History Association.
November 6-8 - Hamburg. 14. Kartographiehistorisches Colloquium, at the Museum für Kommunikation.
November/December [date to be announced] - Paris. Journée d'étude, 'Cartes, climats et milieux, de l'Antiquité à nos jours', organized by the Commission "Histoire de la cartographie" du Comité français de cartographie. For details see the MapHist message. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 March 2008.
December 13 - Brussels. The Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle, Annual Study Session at a place to be announced.
March 7 - San Antonio. Spring meeting of the Texas Map Society.
April 14-17 - Seville. International conference, Poblar la inmensidad: sociedades, conflictos y representaciones en los márgenes del Imperio Hispánico (XV-XIX); one of the themes is 'La representación de la frontera: discursos, imágenes y cartografía.' Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 January 2009.
May 28-30 - Los Angeles. 'Mapping Medieval Geographies: Cartography and Geographical Thought in the Latin West and Beyond: 300-1600', a CMRS Ahmanson Conference at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. Deadline for Call for Papers: 30 September 2008.
July 12-17 - Copenhagen, Denmark. 23rd International Conference on the History of Cartography
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. Contact Pål Sagen: post@antiquemaps.no
October 3 - Arlington. Fall meeting of the Texas Map Society.
November 15-21 - Santiago, Chile. International Cartographic Association, including the Commission 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.
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