Ancient World Mapping Center

An interdisciplinary research center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The Ancient World Mapping Center promotes cartography, historical geography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies through innovative and collaborative research, teaching, and community outreach activities.

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Pleiades Receives Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grant

4 April 2008

We are happy to report that Pleiades, as part of a partnership, has received additional funding under the rubric of an NEH/JISC Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grant. The award goes jointly to ISAW at NYU and to CCH/Classics at King's College, London, for a collaboration called "Concordia." This funding will allow Pleiades to make several important additions.

To read the full announcement from Dr. Tom Elliott, please click here.

Introducing the new global.unc.edu

4 April 2008

Explore this comprehensive new web site, illustrating the breadth and depth of UNC's international assets and opportunities. At global.unc.edu, you will travel world regions, read news and stories about Carolina in the world, and discover over seventy units engaged in global teaching, research and service. The site illustrates how UNC, through its strategic partnerships and global presence, affects positive change in people's lives around the world. To find all this and much more, visit global.unc.edu.

Announcement from Prof. Richard Talbert

16 January 2008

On January 31, 2008, Dr. Tom Elliott is to end his employment with UNC’s Ancient World Mapping Center in order to take up the permanent position of Associate Director for Digital Programs in the prestigious new Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, effective February 1, 2008.

To read the full announcement from Prof. Richard Talbert, please click here.

Lecture Announcement

15 January 2008

We would like to announce that Professor Richard Talbert will be giving a lecture in Oxford that may be of interest to students of ancient cartography. This lecture is related to his ongoing work on Peutinger's Roman Map. His lecture is entitled "Rome Rules the World: Peutinger's Map Reconsidered," and will take place on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 5pm. For a flyer with information pertaining to the lecture, please click here. For details and updates, please visit the OCLA web-site.

Articles of Interest to the AWMC community

15 January 2008

We invite you to access electronically five recent articles written by Professor Richard Talbert, and one written jointly with Dr. Tom Elliott. These articles pertain to the Antonine Itinerary, the Peutinger Map, and other topics of interest to students of ancient cartography. The articles can be found here, and are accessible in .pdf format.

Elizabeth Robinson joins AWMC

10 October 2007

We are happy to announce that Elizabeth Robinson has taken up the position of AWMC Director. Please join us in welcoming her aboard, and in wishing all the best to out-going director Jeff Becker.

The Book of Curiosities

14 March 2007

The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford has launched an online version of the Medieval text known as The Book of Curiosities of the Sciences and Marvels for the Eyes. This newly discovered medieval Arabic treatise on the depiction of the Heavens and the Earth is an important new resource for the study of geography and worldview. For more information, click here.