Conference: Maps: Digital|Analogue

26 February 2026
Oxford and Online, UK and Online

Organisation: The Bodleian Libraries

The Bodleian Libraries announce the second Sunderland Collection Symposium: MAPS Digital | Analogue. This day-long event will take place in-person at the Weston Library and online.
Discover the fascinating art and science of digitising historical maps and atlases, the analysis of colour on antique maps, and cutting-edge conservation techniques.

Programme

9.15 - Registration
10:15 - Morning Panel: Digital Discoveries in Maps

Nick Millea: "The Sheldon Tapestry Maps: A Digital Re-Imagining of the Tudor Landscape"
Donna Sherman and Jamie Robinson: "Non Du Tout Descouverte": Exploring the Hidden Lives of Two Maps from the John Rylands Library"

11:45 - Eric de Broche des Combes: "It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue".
13:00-14:00 Lunch and Exhibition>
14:00 - Sylvia Sumira: "The Model World, the Model Heavens: the Making and Conservation of Globes"
15:00 - Diana Lange, Oliver Hahn and Sara Öberg Strådal - Afternoon Panel: "Colours on Maps - Purpose and Materiality"

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