Events

Japan Cartographers Association (JCA) and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) will host the 2026 IMCoS International Symposium. The theme is ‘Early interactions between the Western world and Japan seen through historical maps’. A pre-symposium tour is planned on 8 November to Nikko and a post-symposium tour is planned for 14-15 November to [...]

Hosted by the Washington Map Society, in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies, Kory Olson (Professor of French, Stockton University; Secretary and Vice-Chair, The International Society of the History of the Map) will discuss ‘Motoring Africa: Michelin’s Road Maps for an Exotic Continent’, based on [...]

In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Kitāb-ı Bahriye, the International Piri Reis and Maritime History Symposium will be held at Piri Reis University.  The symposium aims to address the life and works of Piri Reis within their historical context through a multilayered perspective. The symposium will address, through an interdisciplinary approach, topics such [...]

The 25th edition of the Paris Map Fair will take place at Espace Cléry, in the heart of Paris. It will open its doors to visitors at 11 a.m on November 21. A cocktail reception will be held the day before, 20 November, and is open to visitors and participating dealers and will feature a [...]

This year the British Records Association annual conference will be held on the topic of records and archives which take the form of maps or geographical plans and charts. The conference will be on the theme ‘All Mapped Out: Maps, Plans and Charts in the Archives’.

Hosted by the Washington Map Society, in partnership with the California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies, Tom Paper (Managing Partner Webster Pacific, LLC; California Map Society, Board of Directors Member at Large) will discuss ‘Mistakes on Maps’. Originally presented to the California Map Society and the Edinburgh Fringe [...]

Save the date for the next conference of the Brussels Map Circle, which will focus on nautical cartography!

The 3rd Venice International Map Fair will be held in Palazzo Pisani. Internationally renowned exhibitors will gather in Venice to display cartographic works, travel books, and masterpieces by famous landscape artists to an audience of collectors and novices alike. The event is organized by Palazzo Pisani-Revedin and Lux In Art Gallery, which will welcome collectors, enthusiasts [...]

The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) symposium and workshop will take place in Barcelona. The Symposium is organized in collaboration with the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya. The theme, ‘Mapping Outside the Metropole’, will think about centres of cultural production outside of the imperial capital. A two-day workshop (24 May - [...]

The International Map Collectors’ Society will be holding their International Symposium around the weekend of the Amsterdam Map Fair. Dates are tentative and more information to come.

The 32nd International Conference on the History of Cartography will be held in Oxford. Exact dates and additional details to be announced.