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International Conferences on the History of Cartography
(ICHC)

Statement of Purpose

The International Conference on the History of Cartography [ICHC] is the only scholarly conference solely dedicated to advancing knowledge of the history of maps and mapmaking, regardless of geographical region, language, period or topic. The conference promotes free and unfettered global cooperation and collaboration among cartographic scholars from any academic discipline, curators, collectors, dealers and institutions through illustrated lectures, presentations, exhibitions, and a social programme. In order to expand awareness of issues and resources, each conference is sponsored by leading educational and cultural institutions. Conferences are held biennially and are administered by local organizers in conjunction with Imago Mundi Ltd.

About the Conferences

The continuing series of biennial conferences started in London in the 1960s. To date, the following conferences have been held, all but four of them in Europe:

    1. London (1964)
    2. London (1967)
    3. Brussels (1969)
    4. Edinburgh (1971)
    5. Warsaw (1973)
    6. Greenwich (1975)
    7. Washington (1977)
    8. Berlin (1979)
    9. Pisa, Florence, Rome (1981)
    10.Dublin (1983)
    11.Ottawa (1985)
    12.Paris (1987)
    13.Amsterdam (1989)
    14. Uppsala, Stockholm (1991)
    15. Chicago (1993)
    16. Vienna (1995)
    17. Lisbon (1997)
    18. Athens (1999)
    19. Madrid (2001)
    20. Cambridge, Mass., Portland, Maine (2003)
    21. Budapest (2005)
    22. Bern (2007)
    23. Copenhagen (2009)
    24. Moscow (2011)

Conference papers are generally (but not necessarily) first offered for publication to Imago Mundi.

Useful introductory resources are:

Future Venues

2013
The 25th conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland, 30 June - 5 July 2013.
[See Bert Johnson's illustrated Preview in the Winter 2012 issue of the Washington Map Society's The Portolan.]

2015
The 26th conference will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, 12-17 July 2015

The Board of Directors of Imago Mundi Ltd, which co-ordinates this series of conferences, are inviting proposals for hosting the 2017 conference. If you are considering submitting a hosting proposal you should contact the Chairman of Imago Mundi Ltd, no later than 1 September 2013. Contact details: Tony Campbell, 76 Ockendon Road, London N1 3NW, UK, Email: info(at)tonycampbell.info [NB replace (at) with @]. A final proposal needs to be submitted by 1 December 2008. Proposals will then be considered by the Board of Imago Mundi Ltd. It is hoped to announce the result in or before Spring 2014.

Information about Proposing and Organizing an ICHC, and past conferences

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If you think you might be interested in hosting a future conference, please read the following document very carefully. It is intended to assist potential hosts to prepare a strong case:

A further document outlines the processes of organising a conference: It is not essential that potential organisers read through all of the second document, but it does contain much useful material that may help decision making.

For background information see also the websites of past conferences:

  • Moscow, Russia, 24th International Conference on the History of Cartography (10-15 July 2011), with the primary theme of "Multiculturalism in the History of Map Making".
          See the suite of photographs posted by the organizers. The list of Papers and Posters is available, in permanent form, on Peter van der Krogt's site.

  • Copenhagen, Denmark, 23rd International Conference on the History of Cartography (12-17 July 2009), with the primary theme of "Maps, Myths and Narratives: Cartography of the Far North". See the full text of the volume of Abstracts and CVs.
          See the suite of photographs posted by the organizers. The definitive list of Papers and Posters is available, in permanent form, on Peter van der Krogt's site, along with 124 of his photos.

  • Berne, Switzerland, 22nd International Conference on the History of Cartography (8-13 July 2007). For photographs, click on the relevant date on the calendar. The definitive list of Papers and Posters is available, in permanent form, on Peter van der Krogt's site. For a full report, with many photographs, see Cartographica Helvetica 36-2007, pp. 36-45.

  • Budapest, Hungary, 21st International Conference on the History of Cartography (17-22 July 2005). See the official Final Report of the conference organiser, Dr Zsolt Török (31 December 2005) and also a post-conference Record by Peter van der Krogt (follow the link to the photographs)

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