During 2007 the ESRC, as part of the Historical Geographical Information
Systems Research Network, is sponsoring a number of free seminars on the
use of GIS to study the past. These will be led by Dr Ian Gregory, author
of A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research.
Historical GIS is a rapidly growing field within historical research. A
Geographical Information System (GIS) is a form of database management
system within which every row of data is linked to a co-ordinate-based
location. By using GIS historians can structure, integrate, analyse and
visualise the geographies of the past.

The seminars will consist of a mixture of presentations and roundtable
discussions and will help attendees to make better use of GIS in their
research, by considering what exactly GIS has to offer historians, in what
ways historians make, or would like to make, use of GIS in their research
and what technological and methodological issues are faced. They are aimed
at a broad audience including established academics, members of the
heritage sector, junior researchers and post-graduates.

The first seminar will take place in York on 28 February 2007.  Places are
limited and booking forms need to be returned by 15 December 2006.
Further details of the seminar, including a downloadable booking form, can
be found at http://ahds.ac.uk/history/hgis/seminar-york.htm

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