Maps and Society Series 2026-2027

26 November 2026 – 20 May 2027
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).