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Short courses, 2012:

18-29th June 2012:Spatial Narratives and Deep Maps: Explorations in the Spatial Humanities. Hosted by the Virtual Centre for Spatial Humanities and administered by the Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, this institute will be held from June 18 to 29, 2012. It will offer scholars the opportunity to discover the benefits of a spatial-analytical approach to humanities scholarship and to explore how to bend geo-spatial technologies, including GIS and Web 2.0 tools, to the needs of the humanities. Two areas of emphasis will be spatial narratives and deep maps. Up to 12 fellowships will be available.Applications are due by Friday, Feb 3rd, 2012.

Short courses, 2011:

21st Jan 2011: Historical GIS: An introductory workshop will be held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. This is a one-day workshop that provides an overview of how GIS can be used for historians but does not provide any software training.

3-6th May 2011: GIS for Historians will be held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. A four day short course that will teach historians the basics of how to use GIS.

6-10th June 2011: The Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria, British Columbia will host a course on Geographical Information Systems in the Digital Humanities.

27-30th Sept 2011: GIS for Historians will be held at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. A four day short course that will teach historians the basics of how to use GIS. It will follow the same syllabus as the May course.

Short courses, 2010:

The 2010 Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) includes a week-long course in GIS in the Digital Humanities. This will be held at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on June 7-11th.

The 2010 Digital Humanities Observatory (DHO) Summer School will take place in Dublin 28th June-2nd July. It includes a workshop on Geospatial methods for humanities research. For more information see: www.dho.ie/ss2010.

Short courses, 2008:

Tue. 13th May 2008: GIS for Historical Research. A one-day workshop held at the University of Manchester.

Short courses, 2007:

Wed. 28th February 2007: Using GIS to study the Past. A one-day seminar that will introduce the basics of historical GIS. Funded by the ESRC under their Seminar Programme. The workshop will be help at the University of York and has been organised by Ian Gregory (Digital Humanities, Lancaster University) and AHDS History. More details are available form the AHDS History Website. This workshop has now taken place.

Thus. 28-Fri. 29th June 2007: Minnesota Population Center's GIS Summer Workshop. A two-day event designed to train social scientists to use the US National Historical Geographic Information System. More details are available from the Minnesota Population Center.

Thus. 20-Fri. 21st September 2007: A two-day workshop hosted by the Digital Humanities Initiative at Lancaster University that will provide hands-on training in using GIS software aimed specifically at historians and others with an interest in the past. This meeting has been funded by the ESRC's Research Methods Programme.This workshop has now taken place.

Wed. 24th October 2007: Using GIS to study the Past. The second in the series. This seminar will follow the same format as the February meeting in York (see above) but will be held at Kings College, London. Some places may still be available. For further details and booking instructions see: http://ahds.ac.uk/history/hgis/seminar-london.htm

Masters courses:

The History Department at Idaho State University (ISU) has set up an MA program in Historical Resource Management that will make extensive use of GIS. This course will start in the Autumn of 2007. Information on how to apply is available from their website.

PhDs:

As far as we are aware no-one currently explicitly offers PhD courses in historical GIS however there is clearly potential for studentships that use GIS in many aspects of history. If you are interested please contact Ian Gregory at Lancaster University for an initial discussion.