The Historical GIS Research Network

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The following conferences have a strong focus on the use of GIS to research the past:

Historical GIS 2008:

This conference will take place at the University of Essex, 21-22nd August 20008.

The Social Science History Association:

The SSHA's Historical Geography Network has been increasingly influential as a venue for presenting work in historical GIS. Its annual conference is held in the United States usually in November. Over the past few years there have typically been at least a dozen sessions focusing on a wide variety of aspects of historical GIS at this conference.

The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative:

ECAI is an international organisation hosted by the University of California, Berkeley that was set up to explore the use of GIS in the humanities with the particular aim of creating a cultural atlas. It holds two meetings a year.

Other conferences that often host historical GIS sessions:

The Association of American Geographers

The Association for History and Computing

The European Social Science History Conference

The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers