Historical Geography Network
Graphic scale from a 1595 map, from David Greenhood, Mapping
(1951), p. 45.
2007 Conference:
The 2007 conference was held in Chicago, Illinois on the15-18th November, 2007. We had a total of 15 sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by the Historical Geography network including a trip to the Newberry Library.
2007 sessions :
| Thursday, Nov. 15th: | |
| 2:30-4:30: | Spatial Statistics in Demographic Research |
| 4:45-6:45: | Economic History and GIS |
| Rural historical geography: Historical GIS approaches to the countryside | |
| Friday, Nov. 16th | |
| 8:00-10:00 | GIS and Small Cities: New Opportunities in the Analysis of Urban Change in North America |
| 10:15-12:15 | Cartographic Design for History |
| Future Resources: Building the Foundation for GIS-Based Social Science History | |
| 1:00-2:00 | Network Meeting |
| 2:15-4:15 | Historical Geography of Population Change in Europe: New Results with GIS |
| 4:30-6:30 | Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Census Tract: Past, Present, and Future Possibilities |
| Saturday, Nov. 17th | |
| 9:00-11:00 | GIS, immersive experiences, and virtual worlds: opportunities and challenges for the Humanities and Social Sciences. |
| 1:00-3:00 | Trip to Newberry Library: Tour & Lecture - Festival of Maps |
| Workshop in Cartographic Design for History, Part I: How to Make Effective Thematic Maps | |
| 3:15-5:15 | Workshop in Cartographic Design for History, Part II: Map Critique Session |
| Sunday, Nov. 18th | |
| 8:00-10:00 | The Geography of the Holocaust: A Workshop Report |
| 10:15-12:15 | Spatial Patterns of Race and Migration in US Cities, 1860 – 2000 |
| Explorations in Historical Geography | |