Carto-Cymru: The Wales Map Symposium 27th May 2016

Carto Cymru 2016

Carto-Cymru

The Wales Map Symposium 2016

“Shaping the Nation”

27th May 2016

10.00am – 4.30pm

An event hosted by the National Library of Wales in association with the

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

 

Theme:

 

Shaping the Nation – the role of maps in both depicting and creating the nation both as an entity on the ground and also as a perception in the minds of people.

 

Presentations:

 

Mapping the Marches: Marginal Places and Spaces of Cartographic Innovation

Keith Lilley, Professor of Historical Geography, Queen’s University Belfast

 

Shapes of Scotland: Maps, history and national identity

Chris Fleet, Map Curator, National Library of Scotland

 

The Military Map Collection of George III: a cartographic record of European wars, empires won and empires lost

Yolande Hodson, Map historian; cataloguer of King George III’s Military Maps in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle

 

Ail-ddychmygu daearyddiaethau’r iaith Gymraeg/Re-imagining geographies of Welshness

Rhys Jones, Head of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University

 

Humphrey Llwyd and the map of Wales

Huw Thomas, Map Curator, National Library of Wales

 

Maps and mapping at the Royal Commission; putting the past in its place

Tom Pert, On-line Development Manager, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

 

Tickets available for free, morning and afternoon refreshments provided.

For tickets phone: 01970 632 548 or visit: www.llgc.org.uk/drwm