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Celebrating International Archives Week: Queer History Club visit the Society
To celebrate International Archives Week, we will be sharing some updates from our Collections team. Today, we’re featuring the first visit to the Society’s Foyle Reading Room by the Queer History Club.
New Society and artist collaboration: integrating historical instruments in art
Artist and printmaker Kristina Chan's new exhibition at Canada House explores the accuracy of recording territories through maps, measurements and visual records. Her work is also the latest in a series of artistic partnerships for the Society.
First blue plaque to include the word ‘geographer’ unveiled in London
On 8 August a blue plaque was unveiled to commemorate eminent photographer, travel writer and geographer, John Thomson FRGS. This is the 1,112th blue plaque in London, but the first to include the word ‘geographer’.
Society book sheds new light on 1924 Mount Everest Expedition
To mark the centenary of the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition, a new Society book, Everest 24, has been published.
Sharing our thanks this National Lottery Open Week
We are proud to once again be taking part in National Lottery Open Week, an annual celebration of the contribution National Lottery players make every week in support of good causes.
From belongings to artefacts: exploring David Livingstone’s expeditionary collecting
We caught up with WDA Research Fellow Kate Simpson, who has been researching David Livingstone’s expeditionary collecting through the Society's Collections.
Exploring experiences of women and gender in the 19th century
We caught up with WDA Research Fellow Ellen Smith, who has been exploring our Collections to reconstruct the experiences of Minna Markham in South America, India and Sri Lanka in the 19th century.
Mountain cartography and our Collections
We caught up with WDA Research Fellow Felix de Montety, who has been delving into our Collections to help answer questions about mountain cartography and the languages of exonymy.
Applications open to propose studentships on the Society’s Collections
Applications are now open for proposals from prospective supervisors for Collaborative Doctoral Programme studentships on the Society’s Collections.