New members and visitors are always welcome to attend these
events.
Please submit your meeting notices to John W. Docktor
<phillymaps(at)gmail(dot)com>
To learn more about
non-current maps see Map
History / History of Cartography.
Exhibition announcements
can be found at Cartography
- Calendar of Exhibitions.
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for archive of past events.
October 3-4, 2025 – Arlington, Texas To commemorate Dianne Powell , her collecting and leadership at the Texas Map Society and other organizations, the University of Texas at Arlington and the Texas Map Society are organizing a joint event. On October 3 (Friday), UTA Special Collections will host a Tribute Panel of fellow collectors and map historians to discuss the contemporary trajectory of map collecting and institutional collections. On October 4 (Saturday), the TMS Fall Meeting will highlight Dianne’s collecting by presentations on selected items she donated to UTA. Until the program is announced, logistical questions regarding the Tribute on October 3 can be directed to Rosalinda Sanders <rosalinda.sanders(at)uta.edu> and regarding the TMS Fall Meeting to Dr. Mylynka Cardona <mylynka.cardona(at)etamu.edu>.
October 8-9, 2025 – Rome (Hybrid) The Historical Wall Maps Research Group, an international collective of historians and geographers dedicated to advancing the study of modern historical wall maps, is pleased to announce a workshop Hang Them Up! New Perspectives on Historical Wall Maps Studies, at the Società Geografica Italiana, Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana via della Navicella, 12. The main aim of the event is to bring together experts from different fields to explore the historical and comparative dimensions of wall maps, their cultural significance and impact on geographical knowledge across different periods and regions, and finally the possibilities for their preservation and digitization. The workshop will be livestreamed via Microsoft Teams. Remote participants can join the event using the link in document on page 3. For inquiries, please contact Arturo Gallia: <arturo.gallia(at)uniroma3.it>.
October 8-10, 2025 – Stanford (Hybrid) The David Rumsey Map Center will host the fifth biennial Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography. The conference, themed Above and Below, will feature talks on cartography of anything but the earth's surface, from the ocean depths to the stars. To stay in the loop about the conference theme and speakers over the coming months, please sign up for the Ruderman Conference mailing list. Click here to register for in-person or remote registration.
October 14, 2025 – Washington (Online) Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 PM Mountain Time, and 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Henrik Dupont (Map Curator at The Royal Library, Denmark) will discuss Mapping of Greenland, from 1700-2025.
October 16-18, 2025 – Chicago (Hybrid) The Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St., will be hosting the 22nd Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography. The theme will be "Mapping from Mexico: New Narratives for the History of Cartography". This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The 2025 series will feature an exciting array of events that will take place alongside the talks, including a map fair, a papermaking workshop, discussions with local artists, exhibition tours, and presentations of unique and important maps from the Newberry’s collections. A map and book fair will run on the second and third day of the lecture weekend, featuring leading map and book dealers from across the country. Advance registration is required to attend in-person or if you wish to attend on livestream. You may also register to only attend the opening night of the Rare Book and Map Fair.
October 16, 2025 - San Francisco Join with California Map Society for a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the world’s only true bespoke globemaker. Peter Bellerby (founder of London’s Bellerby & Co, whose exquisite globes you may have seen at Stanford’s David Rumsey Map Center) will share how ancient craft meets modern technology to create objects of lasting beauty. An Evening with Peter Bellerby of Bellerby & Co Globemakers will be held 6-8 PM at 389 Clementina St, San Francisco (offices of PritchardPeck Lighting). Click here to register for the event.
October 17-18, 2025 - Hobart, Tasmania The annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS) will be held at Museum of Old and New Art. Papers will be presented about the theme Southern Frontiers. Additional information from Catherine Akeroyd <anzmaps1(at)gmail.com>.
October 18, 2025 - Bethany, Connecticut Join with the Connecticut Map Society for a Field Trip to Whitlock Book Barn, 20 Sperry Road, Bethany, CT. We will meet at in the barn at 2 pm. A Connecticut treasure, Whitlock’s Book Barn has been in business since 1948. In its two red barns, you’ll find hundreds of used books and maps. Because map lovers tend to be book lovers, the Connecticut Map Society thinks this field trip is for you. Store Manager Meg Turner will preside, describing the store’s history and showing us a selection of maps from the collection. Thereafter, you’re free to browse their maps and books. Please note that one area of the barn is accessible only by stairs. An RSVP to Connie Brown <brownie487(at)gmail.com> is requested but not required to attend.
October 19, 2025 - New York The New York Map Society has rescheduled its September 28 event featuring John Tauranac to 2:00pm. New York City subway riders have no doubt noticed the brand-new subway maps. We've been lucky to get expert John Tauranac to speak to New York Map Society members in Greenwich Village. Here's what to expect from John: "I will give a brief overview of early subway maps, including some privately printed maps, then start talking in greater depth on the MTA maps in the '40s–'60s, then the '72 Vignelli schematic, the ’79 MTA map, and the recently released schematic, with comparisons with my own most recent (2020) subway map." Members must confirm to <kapochunas(at)gmail.com to get the location and ensure a place at the event's new day.
October 23-25, 2025 – Denver The Society for the History of Discoveries annual conference will be hosted by the Rocky Mountain Map Society and the Denver Public Library, with opening reception the evening of October 23rd, and program October 24th and 25th. The theme will be Mountains as Sites of Myth, Barriers, and Exploration. Additional information from Cortney Berg, SHD Secretary: <cberg(at)gradcenter.cuny.edu>.
October 25-26, 2025 - Liège, Belgium The Brussels Map Circle next excursion, focusing on geological mapping, will take place in Liège. The programme includes visits to the Belgian Geological Society, CLADIC (Liège Coal Industry Archives and Documentation Centre), a brief tour in Liège and visits to the State Archives and Castle of Warfusée. More information is online. Please register before 30 September.
October 25, 2025 - London Professor Jerry Brotton hosts an afternoon dedicated to maps and their secrets. Secret Mapping: Mapping Secrecy will be held 14.00 – 16.00 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Book now.
October 30, 2025 - London (Hybrid) Join us for a day of expert panels discussing the connections, historical and contemporary, between maps and exploration. Challenging Maps and Exploration Symposium is generously sponsored and co-organised by The Sunderland Collection and hosted by the Royal Geographical Society. It is free to attend and hybrid; prospective attendees must register to come in-person or online. For each panel, speakers will present their thoughts on the theme via one or more maps. Then, the chair will lead the speakers through a discussion of the topic, followed by questions from the audience. At lunch, a table-top display of relevant maps will be shown in the Foyle Reading Room. The panels will be filmed and made available online at oculi-mundi.com after the event.
October 30, 2025 - Williamsburg The Williamsburg Map Circle is happy to announce that our speaker, at 5:00 p.m., at The Williamsburg Landing, APA Auditorium, will be Andrew Adamson, Editor of the Portolan Magazine. The Portolan is The Journal of the Washington Map Society. It "furthers the purpose of the Society to support and promote map collecting, cartography and the study of cartographic history". Mr. Adamson will speak about The Portolan as a Journal for Collectors, Researchers and Enthusiasts of Maps. Please let Ellen Spore <ellen.spore(at)gmail.com> know if you will be able to attend the lecture.
October 31, 2025 - London The British Library brings together a compelling expert panel together to explore how maps shape military thinking, decision-making and action. From historical campaigns to modern conflicts, they consider how maps influence the conduct and perception of war. They delve into how secrecy and restricted access to cartographic information have shaped the outcomes of war and how maps can be powerful tools of resistance and defiance. How Maps Win or Lose Wars will be held 19.00 – 20.30 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Book now.
October 31-November 1, 2025 – Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Hybrid) Registration is open for Mapping American Expansion, a two day seminar and Map Fair at The Museum Of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem. Moderated by Margaret Pritchard, Former Curator of Prints, Maps, and Wallpaper at Colonial Williamsburg, lecturers will include JC McElveen, Wesley Brown, and Chet Van Duzer. Concurrent with the seminar, a select group of dealers will be exhibiting maps for sale. A list of speakers, topics, dealers, and registration details (in-person or virtual) are available at https://mesda.org/program/map-seminar/.
November 1, 2025 – Brooklyn The New York Map Society offers a private tour 2:00pm – 4:00pm, for current members only, of the Brooklyn Historical Society's extensive map collection at the Center for Brooklyn History: over 1,500 maps depicting New York City’s five boroughs, Long Island, New England, and beyond, from the 17th century to the present. RSVP to <kapochunas(at)gmail.com> for one of 20 available spots.
November 6, 2025 – London (Hybrid) We're very pleased to invite you to this year's Maps and Society lectures in the history of cartography, hosted by the Warburg Institute. Meetings will start at the usual time of 5pm (GMT) on selected Thursdays. All meetings are free and take place online and in person. For those attending in person, meetings will be held in the Teaching Suite at the Warburg Institute and will be followed by refreshments. For those wishing to attend online, please register online in advance to receive a Zoom link on the day. Simon Morris (London Topographical Society): Mapping Local London — London Parish Maps to 1900. Any enquiries, please email <c.delano-smith(at)sas.ac.uk> or <philip.jagessar(at)kcl.ac.uk>.
November 8, 2025 - Milwaukee Join UW-Milwaukee professors Anne Bonds and Derek G. Handley for a presentation and discussion about racial covenants and Black resistance. Lecture is 1:00pm - 3:00pm in Centennial Hall, 733 N 8th St. Racial covenants were a widely used tool to racially segregate housing and communities in the first half of the twentieth century. Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County is a crowdsourced, community-engaged mapping project documenting all racial covenants in Milwaukee County and Black resistance to them. For nearly three years, Bonds and Handley have been working together with thousands of community members to read and transcribe racial covenants in property records in order to map these covenants and understand their geography and impact in Milwaukee County’s racially segregated landscape. Click here to register.
November 8, 2025 - Santa Monica, California You're invited to the California Map Society Southern California Meeting at the Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. We'll have an engaging program, including presentations by experts, opportunities to view unique maps, and time for discussion and networking. Meeting is from 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m..
November 13, 2025 – Washington (Online) Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 PM Mountain Time, and 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Ronald S. Gibbs, MD (President California Map Society) will speak about The American Revolution Told in Ten Maps.
November 14, 2025 - London Technologist Ed Parsons and Dr Ollie Ballinger joins this panel conversation to explore how maps and cartography is being used to reveal what those in power would rather keep hidden. From exposing environmental injustice and geopolitical cover-ups to challenging propaganda and reclaiming erased histories, this conversation uncovers the radical potential of mapping. Together, they examine how cartographic tools, are being used to hold truth to power, uncover hidden inequalities, and challenge dominant narratives. The Lie of the Land: Who Controls the Map? will be held 19.00-20.30 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Book now.
November 14, 2025 – Paris The History Commission of the CFC is organising a study day on Cartographic exhibitions at the Institut national d'histoire de l'Art, Vasari Room, Galerie Colbert 2 rue Vivienne. This one-day symposium is a continuation of the previous meetings on ‘Art and Cartography’ (2023) and ‘Cartography and Cinema’ (2024), in which cartography and its history were examined from the angle of their presence in modern and contemporary visual cultures. The aim of this new day is to consider the various aspects of the encounter between cartography and the general public. Maps have long been exhibited, more or less permanently, in the galleries of major palaces and public buildings. Think, for example, of the Vatican Map Gallery or the world map room in the Farnese Palace in Caprarola. But it is not to these perennial cartographic settings, which are already well known, that this Study Day aims to focus its analysis, but rather on temporary installations. Additional information from Catherine Hofmann <catherine.hofmann(at)bnf.fr>.
November 18, 2025 - Cambridge (Online) The Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography will meet at 5.30pm UK time. Chris Lukinbeal, University of Arizona, will speak about Cinematic cartography. All are welcome. All seminars will be on Zoom and joining instructions will be circulated nearer the time. Please send an email to <events(at)emma.cam.ac.uk> if you wish to join the mailing list. For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall at <sarah.bendall(at)emma.cam.ac.uk>, tel. 01223 330476.
November 19, 2025 – Washington Join with The Geography & Map Division of Library of Congress for the 26th annual Geospatial Information Systems Day. Additional details to be announced.
November 20, 2025 - Boston Join Kris Butler for a presentation and conversation on her book and latest research relating to Drink Maps in Victorian Britain. This talk is free, open to the public, and will be held in person at 6:00pm in Holland & Knight at 10 St. James Avenue, 11th floor. Local beer will be served and registration is required.
November 20–21, 2025 - Istanbul The IV International Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Symposium on the History of Islamic Science will be hosted by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University. The main theme of this year’s symposium is Islamic Geography and Maritime History. Sezgin emphasised the significant impact of Islamic maps on the European cartographic tradition, underscoring the inseparable link between cartography and geographical thought, and highlighting its substantial influence on Western scientific heritage. The symposium aims to both preserve Prof. Sezgin's scientific legacy and encourage new research in these fields.
November 21, 2025 - London Secret reading a map often requires a knowledge of keys and codes as cryptic as any crossword puzzle to unlock its secrets. X might mark the spot but what other treasures are hiding in plain sight on its surface? Early cartographers took their bearing from the stars, their art then having much in common with fortune telling and astrology. In Newton’s time, palms were presented as charts to be read, cardinally located to the north, south, east and west, and read with regard to the moving celestial bodies. Satellites still guide us today, but what of geomancy in the age of Google maps and palmistry in an era of genetics and digital footprints? From the lines on the body to ancient alignments in the landscape, Alison Bashford, author of "Mapping the Hand: How Physicians used Palm Lines to Reveal Secrets Within", and Travis Elborough, whose books include "Atlas of Vanishing Places", explore the more uncanny sides of cartography and the place of myth and magic in guiding our direction of travel. Mapping the Mysterious will be from 19.00 – 20.30 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Booking required.
November 21-22, 2025 Paris The
24th Paris Map-Fair
will be held 22 November from 11 h 00 - 18h 00 at Hôtel
Ambassador Marriott, 16 Bd Haussmann. About 25 dealers will be
present. Free entry - Free estimation of your maps, atlases and
globes.
On 21 November there will be a cocktail reception in Hotel
Ambassador. It is open to visitors and participating dealers and will
feature a premium open bar. The reception will start at 7 PM and last
for one hour. Free entry - by reservation
only. A dinner in a typical Parisian Bistro, Restaurant Le
Valentine in the famous Passage Jouffrey, will follow at 20.30 –
22.00.Open for dealers, collectors and map enthusiasts. 50 euros pp.
By reservation
and pre-payment only.
November 22, 2025 - Woodbury, Connecticut Are you intrigued by old maps, and perhaps collect them too? Are you confused and tongue-tied by jargon such as “foxing” or “neat line”, or simply not sure where to start or how to develop your collection? Come join with the Connecticut Map Society at 2pm as our president, Brian Tims, enlightens us about collecting (and, most importantly, enjoying) antique and vintage maps of all types. Brian will be your sherpa as he walks you through the land of collecting, including how to define your collection, where to search for and acquire maps, evaluating them, negotiating, and preserving your collection. Antique Map Collecting 101: Foxing, soiling, and worm holes, oh my! will be presented at Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main Street South. Click here to view the event on the library’s website and to pre-register.
November 24, 2025 - London Secret Maps exhibition curator Tom Harper provides an insider’s perspective on the exhibition process, from shaping its narrative to the final touches. He reveals the secrets behind the selection of maps, and how the gallery’s design and visual language have been intentionally crafted to tap into and showcase the key themes of the exhibition. Lecture will be from 13:00 – 14.00 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Free but booking required.
December 4, 2025 - London An evening navigating the long history of espionage, cartography, and covert operations. Spies and maps are inseparable tools in intelligence gathering, statecraft and secret missions. Find out how they combine to shape the shadowy world of espionage. A panel discussion of Spies, Maps, and Secret Missions: Deep Into Enemy Territory will be held 19.00 – 20.30 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Book now.
December 4, 2025 – London (Hybrid) We're very pleased to invite you to this year's Maps and Society lectures in the history of cartography, hosted by the Warburg Institute. Meetings will start at the usual time of 5pm (GMT) on selected Thursdays. All meetings are free and take place online and in person. For those attending in person, meetings will be held in the Teaching Suite at the Warburg Institute and will be followed by refreshments. For those wishing to attend online, please register online in advance to receive a Zoom link on the day. Noémi Ujházy (University of Nottingham): Mapping Soils in the Early 20th Century and the Material Politics of Internationalism. Any enquiries, please email <c.delano-smith(at)sas.ac.uk> or <philip.jagessar(at)kcl.ac.uk>.
December 6, 2025 - Brussels The Brussels Map Circle announces their annual conference on globes. It will be held in Royal Library of Belgium. More information soon.
December 6, 2025 – New Haven The Connecticut Map Society is switching gears this year, holding our Annual Show & Tell from 2-4pm at Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison Street, in the Westville section of New Haven. It’s a friendly space with a big parking lot and, for those who care, no stairs. Here’s how Show & Tell works: six people give short (10 minute) talks about a map or map topic that interests them. It can be anything cartographic, from an antique map with an interesting backstory to a hand-rendered map to an intriguing map from a publication. If you’d like to give a 10 minute talk, register with Connie Brown, our events manager: <brownie487(at)gmail.com>. No need to register if you’re attending as a member of the audience.
December 6, 2025 - New York Members of the New York Map Society are invited to RSVP to <kapochunas(at)gmail.com> to reserve a spot at our Show & Tell and Holiday Social, 5:00pm – 7:00pm New York (ET) time, at a Manhattan location TBD. If you have a map to show, please provide details with your RSVP, and expect to discuss your map in about five minutes.
December 11, 2025 - London (Hybrid) Writer and international journalist Tim Marshall’s iconic bestseller "Prisoners of Geography" has sold over three million copies worldwide, in its original and recent, fully updated edition. His clear and insightful analysis of the global geopolitical landscape in the book and its successors "The Power of Geography and The Future of Geography" has for so many been a vital guide to understanding world history, current conflicts and changing power structures and the possible future. This special event The Future Map of the World, with Tim Marshall explores how the political map of the world may or may not change in the years ahead. Lecture will be held 19.00 – 20.30 in Pigott Theatre, British Library. Book now for in-person attendance or for Zoom online.
December 11, 2025 – Washington (Online) Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 PM Mountain Time, and 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Tom Harper (Lead Curator of Antiquarian Mapping, The British Library) will speak about an Overview of the British Library's New Map Exhibition, “Secret Maps”.
January 22, 2026 – Washington (Online) Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 PM Mountain Time, and 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Mark Giordano (Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs and Professor of Geography, Georgetown University) will discuss Teaching Geopolitics with Maps. Georgetown University’s “Map of the Modern World” is likely the largest class in the world that still uses maps to teach geopolitics and world affairs. The current instructor will provide examples of how historic and contemporary maps and custom cartography are used to engage students in global issues and help them understand international challenges from multiple perspectives.
January 29, 2026 – London (Hybrid) We're very pleased to invite you to this year's Maps and Society lectures in the history of cartography, hosted by the Warburg Institute. Meetings will start at the usual time of 5pm (GMT) on selected Thursdays. All meetings are free and take place online and in person. For those attending in person, meetings will be held in the Teaching Suite at the Warburg Institute and will be followed by refreshments. For those wishing to attend online, please register online in advance to receive a Zoom link on the day. Elizabeth Chant (University of Warwick): Road Maps, Leisure Travel and Petro-modernity in 20th Century Argentina. Any enquiries, please email <c.delano-smith(at)sas.ac.uk> or <philip.jagessar(at)kcl.ac.uk>.
January 30, 2026 - Killingworth, Connecticut Did you miss Brian Tims’s other talk? Join with the Connecticut Map Society for this encore presentation of Antique Map Collecting 101: Foxing, soiling, and worm holes, oh my! as Brian travels the state in the name of maps. Meeting will be at 6pm in Killingworth Library, 301 Route 81. Click here to view the event on the library’s website and to pre-register (after December 5).
February 19–21, 2026 - San Francisco The Renaissance Society of America will hold its 72nd Annual Meeting at the San Francisco Hilton Union Square. Ricardo Padrón, Asa Mittman, and Dan Terkla will be having a panel Premodern Mapping Today. They are planning to have papers which address any aspect of mapping in the premodern world (pre-1700), from any mapping tradition. Additional information from Ricardo Padrón <padron(at)virginia.edu>.
February 19, 2026 – Washington (Online) Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 PM Mountain Time, and 4:00 PM Pacific Time. This meeting is arranged in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Map Society. Whether a trail map of a serene forest or a plot of historical markers in a bustling city, maps help us understand and connect to the spaces we inhabit, creating a feeling of topophilia, or “love of place”. In this talk Astrotopophilia: A Love of Place with Maps of Space, Sam Cartwright (PhD candidate, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder) will trace the history of planetary cartography from the earliest telescope sketches to today’s high-resolution imagery and explore the indelible link between maps and humanity’s fascination with space.
February 24, 2026 - Cambridge (Online) The Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography will meet at 5.30pm UK time. Adrian Webb will discuss Churchill’s secret chart-makers All are welcome. All seminars will be on Zoom and joining instructions will be circulated nearer the time. Please send an email to <events(at)emma.cam.ac.uk> if you wish to join the mailing list. For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall at <sarah.bendall(at)emma.cam.ac.uk>, tel. 01223 330476.
February 26, 2026 – London (Hybrid) We're very pleased to invite you to this year's Maps and Society lectures in the history of cartography, hosted by the Warburg Institute. Meetings will start at the usual time of 5pm (GMT) on selected Thursdays. All meetings are free and take place online and in person. For those attending in person, meetings will be held in the Teaching Suite at the Warburg Institute and will be followed by refreshments. For those wishing to attend online, please register online in advance to receive a Zoom link on the day. Bob Headland (Scott Polar Research Institute): Cartographical Conundrums and Antarctic Sovereignty. Hakluyt Society Speaker. Any enquiries, please email <c.delano-smith(at)sas.ac.uk> or <philip.jagessar(at)kcl.ac.uk>.
March 19, 2026 – Washington (Online) Hosted by the Washington Map Society, this Zoom meeting is presented in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. Anyone interested in participating in the meeting must RSVP to John Docktor at washmap(at)gmail.com in order to receive the meeting ID and passcode. Meeting will start at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00 PM Central Time, 5:00 PM Mountain Time, and 4:00 PM Pacific Time. Louis Miller (Assistant Director for Research and Fellowship Programs and Cartographic Reference and Teaching Librarian, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine) will speak about Resurrecting ‘Rhat Soupe’: Alcohol and Allegorical Maps in Mid-19th Century America.
March 26, 2026 – London (Hybrid) We're very pleased to invite you to this year's Maps and Society lectures in the history of cartography, hosted by the Warburg Institute. Meetings will start at the usual time of 5pm (GMT) on selected Thursdays. All meetings are free and take place online and in person. For those attending in person, meetings will be held in the Teaching Suite at the Warburg Institute and will be followed by refreshments. For those wishing to attend online, please register online in advance to receive a Zoom link on the day. Mimi Cheng (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz): Aesthetics and Authority in 19th Century Maps of China. Any enquiries, please email <c.delano-smith(at)sas.ac.uk> or <philip.jagessar(at)kcl.ac.uk>.
April 8-10, 2026 - La Plata, Buenos Aires The XI Simposio Iberoamericano de Historia de la Cartografía will take place in Sergio Karakachoff Graduate Center – National University of La Plata, located at 7th Street, No. 776. Theme is "Mapear y proyectar. Territorios dibujados, diseñados y representados." Registration is free, and the official languages will be Spanish and Portuguese. Contact email: <xisiahc(at)gmail.com>.
April 10, 2026 - Paris The History Commission of the French Cartography Committee and the National Library of France are joining forces to organise a one-day symposium to coincide with the exhibition “Cartes imaginaires, imaginaire des cartes <Maps of the Imagination, Imagination of Maps>”. The symposium will be held at the François-Mitterrand site of the BnF in Paris. Additional information from Catherine Hofmann <catherine.hofmann(at)bnf.fr>.
May 5, 2026 - Cambridge (Online) The Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography will meet at 5.30pm UK time. Juliette Dumasy, Université d’Orléans, will discuss The rise of local cartography in Europe, 12th-14th century. All are welcome. All seminars will be on Zoom and joining instructions will be circulated nearer the time. Please send an email to <events(at)emma.cam.ac.uk> if you wish to join the mailing list. For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall at <sarah.bendall(at)emma.cam.ac.uk>, tel. 01223 330476.
May 7, 2026 – London (Hybrid) We're very pleased to invite you to this year's Maps and Society lectures in the history of cartography, hosted by the Warburg Institute. Meetings will start at the usual time of 5pm (GMT) on selected Thursdays. All meetings are free and take place online and in person. For those attending in person, meetings will be held in the Teaching Suite at the Warburg Institute and will be followed by refreshments. For those wishing to attend online, please register online in advance to receive a Zoom link on the day. Anthony Terry (Independent Researcher): The Derrotero Ingles: Unravelling the Mysteries of an early 18th Century English Waggoner in Peru. Any enquiries, please email <c.delano-smith(at)sas.ac.uk> or <philip.jagessar(at)kcl.ac.uk>.
June 6, 2026 – London The Annual General Meeting of the International Map Collectors' Society will be held at Royal Geographical Society, Additional details to be announced.
June 6-7, 2026 - London The largest Antique Map Fair in Europe, established 1980, is the London Map Fair. It will be held in the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore. Saturday 12.00 pm to 7.00 pm and Sunday 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.
July 7-11, 2026 – Prague & Brno The 31st International Conference on the History of Cartography will have as its primary venue the main building of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6. The theme is Bridging the Past and Present in Cartography. Additional information from <ichc2026(at)hiu.cas.cz>.
July 29-August 1, 2026 – St. John's, Newfoundland The Society for the History of Discoveries annual conference will be held at Memorial University. Wednesday, July 29 we will have a reception and presentation in the evening. Panels will run all day Thursday and Friday, with the Annual Banquet Thursday evening. Saturday, August 1, there will be optional tours/excursions. Additional details remain to be determined.
October 1-3, 2026 – Arlington, Texas The 15th biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography will be conjoined with the Texas Map Society’s annual meeting. Both events will take place in the Central Library at the University of Texas at Arlington. The Virginia Garrett Lectures will take place on Thursday and Friday and will focus on the cartography of Antarctica. The Texas Map Society’s meeting will take place on Saturday. Additional details and registration will be available in May 2026.
November 8-14, 2026 - Tokyo and 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 program in English. A pre-symposium tour is planned on 8 November to Nikko and a post-symposium tour is planned for 14-15 September to Kyushu; Japan's most southerly island. Program currently is tentative.