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Würzburg, Germany
The ‘History of Cartography’ Committee of the German Society for Cartography and the D-A-CH Working Group on the History of Cartography, in collaboration with the Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, hereby cordially invite you to the 22nd Colloquium on the History of Cartography, to be held from 8 to 10 October 2026 in Würzburg.
More information here.


Sint-Andries (Bruges), Belgium
Organisation: Cultuurbibliotheek Stock Laureyns
This year, the National Geographic Institute (NGI) is officially celebrating its 50th anniversary. But the story of Belgian cartography begins much earlier Following Belgian independence, it soon became clear that the young country needed reliable maps. That is why the Dépôt de la Guerre et de la Topographie, the forerunner of today’s NGI, was established in 1832. Through the Military Cartographic Institute and the Military Geographical Institute, this institution developed into the NGI as we know it today. But the NGI was not alone. Other government departments have also contributed to the mapping of Belgium over the years. During this fascinating lecture, discover how nearly two centuries of cartography have shaped our view of Belgium and its landscape.
More information here.
Language: Dutch

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Budapest, Hungary
Organisation: Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital
The Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital of the International Cartographic Association, continuing the tradition of its annual Cartoheritage Conferences, since 2006, is organising the 20th Conference Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage (ICA DACH) in Budapest, Hungary, 29-31 October 2026, in partnership with the Ludovika University of Public Service (UNI-NKE), Department of Geography and Natural Sciences, the Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Cartography & Geoinformatics and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, CartoGeoLab - Laboratory of Cartography and Geographical Analysis. The conference is supported by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Research Committee and MAGIC - Map & Geoinformation Curators Group.
More information and programme here.


Online, Online
Organisation: ISHMap and Newberry Library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography
The International Society for the History of the Map and the Newberry Library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography invite participants for the inaugural Map History Writing Workshop. Meant for graduate students, early career scholars, and scholars writing about map history for the first time, this workshop will bring together a cohort of people working on articles or book chapters about map history. The Workshop is designed to help refine scholarship in the field of the history of maps and mapping while also building a community of rising scholars in the field. The Workshop will be fully remote.
More information here.


London, UK
The Harley Fellowships - the only one of their kind in Europe – provide support for those working on the history of cartography, from any discipline, doing the equivalent of post-graduate level work in the historical map collections of the United Kingdom. Awards range up to £2000.
The closing date for applications is 1st November.
All information on this page.

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Istanbul, Turkey
Organisation: Piri Reis University
The life, works, and era of Piri Reis, one of the most important figures in Ottoman maritime history, are re-examined from a multifaceted perspective focusing on the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
More information here.

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London and Online, UK and Online
A series of lectures on the history of maps and mapping worldwide, from earliest times to the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the social and cultural factors of the maps’ context, production, and use. To attend online, register here.

Programme

  • 26 November 2026 - David Fletcher (Independent Researcher): A New Picture of the Tudor Realm: Christopher Saxton’s Atlas of England and Wales
  • 17 December 2026 - Giles Darkes (Historic Towns Trust): Turning an OS into History: Creating Historical Maps for the Historic Towns Trust”
  • 21 January 2027 - Kristen Lippincott (Director of The Saxl Project): A Rediscovered Witness: The Art of Making Celestial Globes in 15th-Century Italy
  • 25 February 2027 - Rachel Herrmann, Hakluyt Society Speaker (Cardiff University): Maps of the Mar del Golpho de Mexico, or, what made Florida so weird
  • 29 April 2027 - Marissa Griffioen (University of Amsterdam): Map Encounters in the Dutch Republic (c.1600–1800): Analysing the Material Culture of Early Modern Maps
  • 20 May 2027 - Anne-Sophie Pratte (Georgetown University in Qatar): Mapping the Steppe: Mongol Manuscript Maps of the 19th Century
Convenors: Catherine Delano-Smith (Institute of Historical Research) and Philip Jagessar (King’s College London).


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Organisation: Imago Mundi CIO
The Trustees of Imago Mundi CIO invite applications to host the 2030 International Conference on the History of Cartography. The International Conference on the History of Cartography (ICHC) has been held biennially since 1964, with highly successful recent meetings in Bucharest (2022) and Lyon (2024). The 31st ICHC will be held in Prague, from July 7-11, 2026. The 32nd ICHC will be held in Oxford in summer, 2028. Applications should include:
  • information about the proposed conference venue(s);
  • details of the membership of the organising committee and any partner institutions;
  • suggested theme(s) for the conference;
  • an outline of the conference schedule, including any proposed exhibitions.
Informal enquiries and expressions of interest are very welcome, and should be directed to Wouter Bracke, Chair of Imago Mundi CIO.
The deadline for formal applications to host the 2030 ICHC is December 1, 2026. Applications should be sent to Wouter Bracke