August 26-29 - London. The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers): 'Annual International Conference 2025'. Additional details to be announced.

September 11-14 - Portland, Maine. The 42nd International Map Collectors' Society annual symposium: 'New Perspectives on Mapping New England and Maritime Canada', at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education.

Septembeer 27 - Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Conference of the Vereniging leraars aardrijkskunde: Overal kaarten, in Dutch.

October 3-4 - Arlington, Texas. A joint meeting of the University of Texas at Arlington and the Texas Map Society, commemorating the Society's former leader, the map collector Dianne Powell. For information contact: rosalinda.sanders(at)uta.edu or mylynka.cardona(at)etamu.edu.

October 8-9 - Rome. Workshop: 'Hang Them Up! New Perspectives on Historical Wall Maps Studies', at the Società Geografica Italiana. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 April 2025.

October 8-10 - Stanford, Califonia. The Fifth biennial Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography, 'Above and Below'.

October 16-18 - Chicago. The Newberry Library will be hosting the 22nd Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography, on the theme "Mapping from Mexico: New Narratives for the History of Cartography".

October 17-18 - Hobart, Tasmania. Annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society ANZMaps, 'Southern Frontiers', at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). Deadline for Call for Papers: 9 May 2025.

October 23-25 - Denver. Annual conference of the Society for the History of Discoveries, 'Mountains as Sites of Myth, Barriers, and Exploration', hosted by the Denver Public Library and the Rocky Mountain Map Society. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 April 2025 [extended to 16 May] .

October 30 - London [in person and online]. Challenging Maps and Exploration: A Sunderland Collection Symposium, at the Royal Geographical Society. The event will be filmed and made available online at oculi-mundi.com after the event.

October 30-1 November 1 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Seminar: 'Mapping American Expansion', at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. It will include a map fair.

November 14 - Paris. Symposium: 'Les expositions cartographiques (19e-21e siècles)' / 'Map exhibitions (19th-20th centuries)', INHA (Paris) - Salle Vasari. The papers selected will be published in an issue of the journal of the French Cartography Committee, Cartes & Géomatique, in 2026. Deadline for Call for Papers: 10 May 2025.

November 20-21 - Istanbul. IVth International Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Symposium on the History of Islamic Science, with the theme: 'Islamic Geography and Maritime History', hosted by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University. Deadline for Call for Papers: 15 August 2025.

December 6 - Brussels Brussels Map Circle annual conference on globes, at the Royal Library of Belgium.

April 8-10 - La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. XI Simposio Iberoamericano de Historia de la Cartografía. "Mapear y proyectar. Territorios dibujados, diseñados y representados". Deadline for Call for Papers: 31 August 2025.

May [?]- Edinburgh, Workshop: 'Global Histories of Cold War Cartography' Contact: email: julie.gibbings(at)ed.ac.uk

July 7-11 - Prague, Czechia/Czech Republic. The 31st International Conference on the History of Cartography, to be held at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, with the theme: 'Bridging the Past and Present in Cartography'. Deadline for Call for Papers: 14 November 2025.

July (end) - St. John's Newfoundland, Canada. The annual conference of the Society for the History of Discoveries will be held at Memorial University.

October 1-3 - Arlington, Texas. The 15th biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography and the annual meeting of the Texas Map Society, will follow one another in the Central Library at the University of Texas at Arlington.

November 8-14 - Tokyo & Kyoto. The International Map Collectors' Society has been invited by the Japan Map Society to participate in a conference that they would host for international guests with most of the programme in English. Date and programme are currently tentative.

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

AllConferences.com

AttendConferences

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

Conference Alerts: Academic Conferences Worldwide

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

Transnational, Cross-regional and Global Connections (a German site which, inter alia, posts conference 'Announcements'; it is related to H-Soz-u-Kult and Clio-Online)

H-Maps

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'

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

Maps-L

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

ResearchBib.Com ('Research Events' - managed from Tokyo)

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 (just adjust the year).

Other ways of publicising a conference:

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