The Oxford Seminars in Cartography (TOSCA)

The Oxford Seminars in Cartography are supported by: The Friends of TOSCA / The Bodleian Libraries / The School of Geography and the Environment / The Charles Close Society / Lovell Johns Ltd.

Sessions continue to be virtual, unless otherwise stated.

Further details can be found here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/tosca
Or contact Nick Millea: mailto:nick.millea@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or on 01865 287119
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Nick Millea (Bodleian Library), Elizabeth Baigent (Wycliffe Hall)
Timing: Thursdays 16:30-18:00 via Zoom Webinar
Web Address: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/tosca
Organising department: Bodleian Libraries

Talks:

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Vernacular environmental cartographies – landscapes and navigation unseen in Lacanjá Chansayab, Chiapas, México
Date: 28 November 2024, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Luz Martin del Campo (City University of New York)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 30 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Map Readings – ‘Routledge Handbook of Cartographic Humanities’
Date: 30 January 2025, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker s: Tania Rossetto (Università degli Studi di Padova), Laura Lo Presti (Università degli Studi di Padova), Elizabeth Baigent (School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Title to be confirmed
Date: 13 February 2025, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker s: Margriet Hoogvliet (Universiteit van Amsterdam), Anouk de Vries (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 May 2025 (17th Week, Hilary Term)

Trans-Pacific maritime routes and Peruvian agency in three 17th-century nautical atlases
Date: 15 May 2025, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 17th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Carolina Martínez (Universidad Nacional de San Martín-CONICET, Argentina)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 May 2025 (19th Week, Hilary Term)

Unmapping Africa in the Age of the Enlightenment
Date: 29 May 2025, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 19th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Petter Hellström (Uppsala Universitet)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 June 2025 (21st Week, Hilary Term)

Geography and Catholic censorship in Europe at the end of the sixteenth-century
Date: 12 June 2025, 16:30 - 18:00 (Thursday, 21st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Jean-Marc Besse (L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark