Department: Gardens, Libraries and Museums
Talks:

Wednesday 14 January 2025

TOSCA Field Trip – Mapping the North
Date: 14 January 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Charlotta Forss (Stockholm)
Venue Details: In-person only event. Contact nick.millea@bodleian.ox.ac.uk, or 01865 287119, for further details
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 February 2025

Map Readings – Lies of the Land: Painted maps in Late Medieval and Early Modern France
Date: 12 February 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker s: Camille Serchuk (Southern Connecticut State University), In conversation with: Elizabeth Baigent (Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2025

Writing in the Museum
Date: 24 February 2026, 18:00 - 20:00
Speaker
Venue: History of Science Museum, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Venue Details: Please note there is no step-free access to the museum.
Organiser: Ruth Holliday (History of Science Museum)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2025

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
Date: 12 March 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 June 2025

Geography and Catholic censorship in Europe at the end of the sixteenth century
Date: 4 June 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Jean-Marc Besse (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 June 2025

Ordnance Survey: twenty-first-century National Mapping Agency
Date: 18 June 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
Speaker : Nick Bolton (CEO, Ordnance Survey)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom Webinar
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA