Dear all,
Registration is still open for the free virtual conference of the National Committee for Information Resources on Asia on Tuesday 1st December 13:00-17:00 UTC/GMT. This year's theme is Asian Maps in UK Collections. Here is the programme:
13:00 Opening remarks – Colin Baker, Chair of NACIRA
13:10 – 13:40 Nick Krebs (British Library): Capturing the Maps:
Arabia, the Gulf and the Qatar Digital Library
13:40 – 13:50 Short break
13:50 – 14:20 Yossef Rapoport (Queen Mary University of London):
Islamic Maps
14:20 – 14:50 30 minutes’ break
14:50 – 15:20 Mélodie Doumy (British Library/International
Dunhuang Project): Mapping the Sky in Ancient
China: the World’s Earliest Star Atlas
15:20 – 15:30 Short break
15:30 – 16:00 Anne Taylor (Cambridge University Library):
Cambridge University Library Map Collection: a
Treasure Trove
16:00 – 16:10 Short break
16.10 – 16.40 Maria Kekki (British Library) and Jotika Khur-Yearn
(SOAS Library): Mapping the Shan States - Old Maps
and Manuscripts from the British Library and SOAS
Library
Register here: https://sites.google.com/view/nacira/home
Best wishes,
Radu Leca
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