About the events
The Oxford Seminars in Cartography have been taking place since 1993, with interested cartographers meeting regularly for a programme of lectures and field trips exploring all facets of mapping and cartography. All are welcome.
Events take place online via Zoom, and times listed are UK time.
Programme for 2025-26
Mapping Sense of Place: Travels and Maps of May Morris
Thursday 27 November 2025
16.30–18.00 (GMT)
Pragya Agarwal (Newnham College, University of Cambridge)
Map Readings – ‘Lies of the Land: Painted maps in Late Medieval and Early Modern France’
Thursday 12 February 2026
16.30–18.00 (GMT)
Camille Serchuk (Southern Connecticut State University) in conversation with Elizabeth Baigent (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)
The unique large-format print of the General Map of the Qing Empire by Li Mingche (李明徹, 1751–1832) in Göttingen: tracing its cartographical origins and journey to a German university
Thursday 12 March 2026
16.30–18.00 (GMT)
Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Geography and Catholic censorship in Europe at the end of the sixteenth century
Thursday 4 June 2026
16.30–18.00 (GMT+1)
Jean-Marc Besse (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Ordnance Survey: Twenty-First Century National Mapping Agency
Thursday 18 June 2026
16.30–18.00 (GMT+1)
Nick Bolton (CEO, Ordnance Survey)
Event information
- All events take place online via Zoom. Times listed are UK time.
- You will receive instructions for joining the webinars in your booking confirmation email, under 'Order details'. Please check your junk/spam email folder. If you have not received a link to join the event, please email: tosca@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Acknowledgements
The Oxford Seminars in Cartography are supported by:
- Friends of TOSCA
- Bodleian Libraries
- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Charles Close Society
- Lovell Johns Ltd
