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Details of the final two talks in this series are as follows:
'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
The Warburg Institute
Thirteenth Series: 2003-2004
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Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith
(Institute of Historical Research) and Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library,
British Library). Meetings are held on selected Thursdays at the Warburg
Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London,Woburn Square,
London WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm. Admission is free. Meetings are followed by
refreshments. All are most welcome. Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Dr
Delano Smith) or < [log in to unmask] >.
April 22. Dr Zur Shalev (Princeton University) The Church Cartographical:
Propaganda and Controversy in Early Modern Ecclesiastical Mapping. {*Please
note that this is a change to the programme*}
May 27. Dr Scott Westrem (City University of New York) Calculation,
Delineation, Depiction, Inscription: the Practicalities of Medieval
Mapmaking.
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This programme has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of
The International Map Collectors' Society, Jonathan Potter of Jonathan
Potter Ltd., and Laurence Worms of Ash Rare Books, and is supported by Imago
Mundi. DISPLAYS for each lecture, at the Royal Geographical Society, are
arranged by Francis Herbert, Hon FRGS. Note that the Society's Library and
Map Room will be closed until Spring 2004, although both the Picture Library
and Archives remain open by appointment. See<http://www.rgs.org> -
'Collections'; 'Unlocking the Archives Project'.
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Please note that the web version of the programme is at a new URL
< http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html > [the 'Map History' site has
moved]. That URL can be bookmarked, as it will always contain the current
programme. For a comprehensive list of talks and meetings in the history of
cartography, see John Docktor's 'Calendar'
< http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/index.htm >. [You will note there the
details of another talk being given by Dr Shalev in London on 24 May].
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Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
