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Where Does Map History Go Now? (ISHMap Symposium
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Over the last fifty years, scholars, collectors, and curators revolutionized and invigorated the practice of map history. Theoretically informed studies, grounded in new archives and shaped by new technologies, have globalized both the subject and the community of map history. As a new generation of map historians emerges, as the last of the six volumes of The History of Cartography approaches completion, and as Imago Mundi, the leading journal in the field, anticipates its second century of publication, the International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap), in collaboration with the editors of Imago Mundi, are organizing a small, one-day symposium.
Where Does Map History Go Now? invites reflection on the series and its intellectual significance, and provides an opportunity to brainstorm and imagine what comes next for the field with interventions attending to the global and digital contexts of our work. It is expected that the symposium will generate a forum section for Imago Mundi.
The symposium will take place on 2 September 2024 at the Royal Geographical Society, London. Although in-person space is closed, ISHMap members in good standing by August 31 may participate virtually. Registration for virtual participants is opened here.
