Carto-Cymru - The Wales Map Symposium 2016: Shaping the Nation, will take place at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth tomorrow (Friday).
Carto-Cymru is hosted by the library in association with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and will evaluate 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.
It will explore how maps have shaped the nation through looking at the borderland, the geography of the Welsh language and the achievements of Renaissance Welsh cartographer, Humphrey Llwyd.
This event will share the wealth of cartographic material available to researchers at the library and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
It will also show how innovative technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, are being used to depict sites and landscapes of the past.
Pedr ap Llwyd, director of collections and public programmes, said: “It is fitting that this map symposium is held in the National Library of Wales, the home to the largest map collection in Wales and one of the largest in the British Isles. I’m confident it will offer us the opportunity to showcase the wealth of our map collection which belongs to the people of Wales
Huw Thomas, map curator at library, added: "This is the first time we have held such an event. We've had a really positive response and we are looking forward to a great day with some really excellent speakers."
Presentations include Mapping the Marches: Marginal Places and Spaces of Cartographic Innovation by Keith Lilley, Professor of Historical Geography, Queen’s University Belfast
Shapes of Scotland: Maps, history and national identity will be the topic for Chris Fleet, map curator at the National Library of Scotland. Yolande Hodson, map historian and cataloguer of King George III's Military Maps in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, will speak about ‘The Military Map Collection of George III: a cartographic record of European wars, empires won and empires lost’.
Rhys Jones, head of geography and earth sciences at Aberystwyth University, will speak pn ‘Ail-ddychmygu daearyddiaethau’r iaith Gymrae - Re-imagining geographies of Welshness while Huw Thomas address the audience about ‘Humphrey Llwyd and the map of Wales’.
‘Maps and mapping at the Royal Commission; putting the past in its place’ is the topic for Tom Pert, on-line development manager for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
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Further Information: Elin-Hâf, 01970 632471 or post@llgc.org.uk
Carto-Cymru is hosted by the library in association with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and will evaluate 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.
It will explore how maps have shaped the nation through looking at the borderland, the geography of the Welsh language and the achievements of Renaissance Welsh cartographer, Humphrey Llwyd.
This event will share the wealth of cartographic material available to researchers at the library and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
It will also show how innovative technologies, such as augmented and virtual reality, are being used to depict sites and landscapes of the past.
Pedr ap Llwyd, director of collections and public programmes, said: “It is fitting that this map symposium is held in the National Library of Wales, the home to the largest map collection in Wales and one of the largest in the British Isles. I’m confident it will offer us the opportunity to showcase the wealth of our map collection which belongs to the people of Wales
Huw Thomas, map curator at library, added: "This is the first time we have held such an event. We've had a really positive response and we are looking forward to a great day with some really excellent speakers."
Presentations include Mapping the Marches: Marginal Places and Spaces of Cartographic Innovation by Keith Lilley, Professor of Historical Geography, Queen’s University Belfast
Shapes of Scotland: Maps, history and national identity will be the topic for Chris Fleet, map curator at the National Library of Scotland. Yolande Hodson, map historian and cataloguer of King George III's Military Maps in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, will speak about ‘The Military Map Collection of George III: a cartographic record of European wars, empires won and empires lost’.
Rhys Jones, head of geography and earth sciences at Aberystwyth University, will speak pn ‘Ail-ddychmygu daearyddiaethau’r iaith Gymrae - Re-imagining geographies of Welshness while Huw Thomas address the audience about ‘Humphrey Llwyd and the map of Wales’.
‘Maps and mapping at the Royal Commission; putting the past in its place’ is the topic for Tom Pert, on-line development manager for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
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Further Information: Elin-Hâf, 01970 632471 or post@llgc.org.uk
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