Map Library

Who shapes your world? Our new exhibition Secret Maps opens today – discover some of history’s most mysterious maps, from medieval manuscripts to military codes 🤫 🗺️ Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps

Calling mid-career library and archive professionals 📣 Looking to advance your career and connect with international peers? Join our International Library Leaders Programme for behind-the-scenes access and valuable insights. Apply by 6 February 2025: bit.ly/BL-Internation…

We are looking to recruit a new Curator of Digital Mapping here at the British Library. For details and to apply please see ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webre…

A reminder that the deadline for applications to the Harley fellowships is 1 November

The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography is a funding opportunity for anyone who wishes to work with historical map collections in the UK. Deadline for applications is 1 November maphistory.info/harley.html

The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography. Applications are invited from students of any discipline looking to do post grad-level work in UK historical map collections (deadline 1 November). For more information see maphistory.info/application.ht…

CARTOGRAPHY IN THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT = volume 4 of The History of Cartography series is now, as of today, FREELY AVAILABLE !!!!! Goto press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/inde… and click the link for volume 4. WOW WOW WOW The prettiest of all the volumes, if I say so myself.

Biscuits flavoured with Earl Grey and Yorkshire Lavender (because research is fuelled by tea). All designs painted by hand using food colouring gels, edible lustres, and vodka. Find out more about the history of the collection items featured in this set: blogs.bl.uk/living-knowled…

It’s the @BritishLibrary’s 50th birthday! This biscuit (cookie) set is inspired by the British Library’s wonderful collections. Each biscuit depicts an item from one of their six core collection areas: stamps, newspapers, manuscripts, printed materials, maps, and sounds. 🍪

Make Maps Not War Wednesday, 21st June 2023. 18:00–20:00 Pushkin House, Live and online pushkinhouse.org/events/make-ma… @livingmaps @Pushkin_House

Latest @livingmaps event @Pushkin_House: Mapping Armageddon 1945- 2045: Out of the nuclear bunker into the fire next time With Timothy Barney and Bradley Garrett, Chaired by Phil Cohen   May 17th Online Webinar. 6.00 pm – 8.00pm (UK BST)   Tickets : mapping-armageddon.eventbrite.co.uk

British Antarctic Survey data is now available on the @Britishlibrary onsite digital maps viewer blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmap…

Applications are invited for the Helen Wallis Fellowship, open to scholars using the @Britishlibrary map collection in historical investigation. Deadline is 1 May bl.uk/projects/helen…

Tomorrow (Tuesday 21 March): The War Map as Spectacle: Cartographies of Terror and Conflict in Contemporary News Media @Pushkin_House @livingmaps pushkinhouse.org/events/maps-me…

Looking forward to this @AmerTrustBL online event on Blaeu’s giant world map held by @ransomcenter. Here’s the @BritishLibrary copy for comparison bl.uk/picturing-plac…

The British Library has collaborated with Escape Studios’ School of Interactive and Real Time to create an interactive version of the Ebstorf map. Made c. 1300, the Ebstorf map was the largest known medieval world map, made up of 30 parchment sheets. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

For details of past awards, numbers of applicants, and extracts from previous fellows’ reports, see maphistory.info/harlflws.html [part of the 'Map History' gateway site]. This also contains information about applying for a Fellowship (closing date 1st November each year).

There were nine applications, four from the USA and one each from France, India, Peru, the Philippines and the UK. Disciplines: art history, comparative literature, history, political science, environmental science and physics.

The J.B. Harley Fellowship Trust Awards for 2023 (thirtieth series), offering support to assist research on the history of cartography in the map collections of the UK. Awards have been made to: