Former site of the now defunct Boston Map Society. For fresh cartographic content follow @drinkmaps.bsky.social and @WMSmapsociety
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Hay Book Festival (unofficial) pop-up tonight May 28, 5-7! Thanks to #Kilverts where I am staying in Hay-on-Wye in Wales. They serve delicious @WyeValleyBrew on cask- perfect pairing with the book
@BodPublishing @bodleianlibs Come say hi!
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Reminder: JB Harley Fellowship deadline is 1 November 2023. intended to promote the use of the great wealth of cartographic material available in London and other parts of the United Kingdom. Awards normally range up to £2,000. For info and to apply: maphistory.info/application.…
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We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the #AAG2024 CISG Robert Raskin Student Competition!
Students working on geospatial cyberinfrastructure (CI), cyberGIS, high performance computing (HPC), and more are all welcome!
More details: community.aag.org/cyberinfra…
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NEW JOB - Reference Librarian in Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Information at: usajobs.gov/job/751888600
Please share widely
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The WMS Board of Directors had a very successful retreat today, hosted by Treasurer Pete Porrazzo. Great discussions of maps, membership, and exciting new ideas for our growing society. And soon-to-retire Portolan editor Tom Sander brought mappy gifts...
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CFP: Applications for @NewberryLibrary Short-Term Fellowships - including the Arthur and Janet Holzheimer/ History of Cartography- awarded for 1 to 2 months; unless otherwise noted the stipend is $3,000 per month for info and to apply: newberry.org/research/fellow…
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Looking for a new book? The latest list of books for geographers is available now! Check out the titles the AAG highlighted in our New Books for Geographers: Fall 2023 edition.
Are you one of the authors? Let us know 👇 🍂 🍁 bit.ly/3rdKlUB
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CFP: Position, Editor in Chief @ForDiscoveries Terrae Incognitae journal which focuses on the history of exploration. For info, please contact Dr. Richard Weiner (weinerr [at] pfw [dot] edu).
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Just a few spaces left for our Maps for Family and Local History Workshop, 2pm Thursday 21st Sept 2023.
Join us in the Maps Reading Room, Causewayside, Edinburgh to learn about our map collection and how historic maps can provide a window in the past.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-for-…
ALT screenshot of spyglass viewer on Map Images Website showing Salisbury Place, Edinburgh
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PSA 📢 Clarification of eligibility criteria for the JSS map competition. Your expertise👇🏼:
1 Epidemiology/public health
2 Geospatial science/geography
3 Neither of the above
You are eligible if you answered YES to 1, 2 or 3.
Deadline: 27th September
johnsnowsociety.org/broadshe…
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Join us on Tues, 9/26 at 6 pm for a roundtable talk on Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient with editor David Gamble and contributors Marie Law Adams, Alice Brown, Michelle Danila, and Andres Sevtsuk. Learn more at bit.ly/3rYJkQ2.
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Book now for our in-person maps workshop, Maps for Family and Local History 2-3pm Thurs 21st Sept in our Maps Reading Room at Causewayside, Edinburgh.
Discover the range of maps we hold, the information they provide and view a selection of historic maps.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/maps-for-…
ALT detail showing Causewayside and Salisbury Place from historic map by John Bartholomew, 1891
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#Mapping health and society colleagues: see
@JohnSnowSociety John Snow Society 210th Anniversary Cholera Map Competition
Can you use creativity and modern methods to recreate the famous John Snow 1854 Cholera map?
Deadline 27th September:
johnsnowsociety.org/broadshe…
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30th International Conference on the History of Cartography !!! CFP NOW OPEN (through 20 November)
The conference is 1–5 July 2024 in Lyon, with a preday 29 June 2024 in Paris (I believe)
cfp: ichc2024.univ-lyon3.fr/
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CFP: 30th ICHC Lyon, France 1-5 July 2024 Applications are open September 1 through November 20th 2023 for individual papers, thematic sessions (group of individual papers), posters, workshops. For info and to apply: ichc2024.univ-lyon3.fr/call-…
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Also, as you start to think about what term papers you will be writing, please consider submitting to the WMS Ristow Prize, which comes with a cash award and a chance to get published.
washmapsociety.org/All-About…
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Announcing a free 2-day online @bodleianlibs #TOSCA interdisciplinary #Map conference: #ArtfulMaps. 25-26 Sep. Register at:
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/even…. Speakers include #RozemarijnLandsman, @cartohype, & #CamilleSerchuk.
@ISHMAP1 @bcsmaps @_BRICMICS @wmsmapsociety @oxfordgeography
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CFP: Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on American Revolution 20-24 Sept 2024- Fort Ticonderoga may provide speakers w/ partial travel reimbursement. Submit a 300-word abstract/ CV October 31, 2023, to Richard M. Strum for info: networks.h-net.org/group/ann…
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Map lovers! Nab your free ticket to TOSCA's 30th anniversary conference (25–26 Sep.) The lineup looks rather marvellous... visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/even…