On October 25 and 26, the Harvard Map Collection will host a one-and-a-half-day symposium reflecting on the past and future of cartographic collections. We hope everyone from map lovers to newcomers interested in how maps might help their research and teaching will come away inspired to use maps and geospatial data in their lives and work!
On October 25, we will be holding two roundtables on teaching with maps and geospatial data. The first will feature presentations and conversations about teaching with historic materials — both old maps and datasets derived from them; the second will focus on teaching with data more generally.
On October 26, four panels throughout the day will bring together scholars for conversations around the circulation of objects in the 18th-century Atlantic; the growth of museums and map collections; the relationship between dealers, scholars, and collectors in the history of maps; and collections as data.
Registration is required; details will become available closer to the event.