Katie Parker
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
This rather epic edited collection is now on the Palgrave site! To be published in April 2027! I'm thrilled to be included alongside so many stellar thinkers and friends like @thehistoriann.bsky.social . #Pacifichistory #maritimehistory #skystorians 🗃️
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Oceanic Encounters throughout History
This handbook examines oceans, seas, beaches, bays and estuaries where cultures and species meet, focused on Pacific, Indian and Australasian histories.
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On this day of US #midtermelections2026, it is helpful to see the effects of acts passed by Congress, in this case the Indigenous dispossession caused by the Homestead Act of 1862. We choose who gets to make laws. It is a great responsibility. #vote 🗳️
Countermapping Indigenous Dispossession Through the Homestead Act - Edge Effects
A project to map the Homestead Act reveals the complex story of land transfer from Tribal communities to European settlers.
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Great to see Tom Bassett share his research on Indigenous contributions to European maps of Africa in @theconversation.com. #maps #Indigenoushistory 🗃️
Who mapped Africa? Debunking the myth that Europeans alone plotted the continent
African guides drew lines in the sand to help Europeans understand the terrain. But they rarely got the credit.
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#CFP The Georgian Revival in Interwar Britain: Conservation, Campaigning, and Collections 12 May 2027 Please email proposals to anya@georgiangroup.org.uk with a 250 words abstract + brief bio by 7 December 2026 using subject line ‘Georgian Revival CFP’. #18thC #skystorians 🗃️
1. The kids are all right (bc they can make resources like this!) 2. #arcgisstorymaps are so cool 3. Vote! 🗳️ This StoryMap by two young Kanaka Maoli leaders (one of whom now goes to @oregonstate.edu !) is designed to increase voter turnout in Hawai'i. #Pacifichistory #vote 🗃️
Kuleana ʻŌiwi
Kuleana ʻŌiwi
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📢 Applications are officially OPEN! We’re excited to launch our latest round of Fellowships, Prizes, and Bursaries ! Whether you're a early career scholar, or established historian, discover how our funding can support your research, travel, and publications. 🗓️ Apply: buff.ly/2aZE829
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Beyond tickled by the #baaewetapestry @nhm-london.bsky.social ! Halloween fun, knitter sweaters, and #museums, all in one!
Really enjoyed Rising Voices at the V&A. A broad, intriguing survey that shows how artists are grappling with history, especially of colonialism, in many formats. #art #victoriaandalbertmuseum #skystorians 🗃️
Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&A
A landmark collaboration between the V&A and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane.
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This is a great call looking at #empires and the #pacific over a broad chronological period: Island Empires and Pacific Power, 1688-1995. Flinders University, June 2027. #pacifichistory #skystorians 🌊 🗃️
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It almost always rains when I take classes to Chiswick House, but today was glorious! 🌞 Enjoy Inigo Jones’s arch, originally from Sir Hans Sloane’s house and then moved to Chiswick by Lord Burlington. #amteaching #architecture #skystorians 🗃️
Interested in Asian collections in UK archives? Come to a one-day conference @thejohnrylands.bsky.social on 4 Dec! Sponsored by the National Committee for Information Resources on Asia, it includes fascinating talks and networking opportunities for only a tenner (to cover biscuits). #skystorians 🗃️
NACIRA Conference and AGM
NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES ON ASIA CONFERENCE & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DECEMBER 2026 John Rylands Library, University of Manch
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Calling all London #creatives! Come and grab surplus #maps for FREE the week of 5 October from the Foyle Reading Room @rgs.org . All we ask is that you show us your creations later on! #art #geography #skystorians
Had a great time discussing how to use #maps as historical sources with our Historical Geography Research Group! And very proud to hear PhD student @charutag.bsky.social present her work on border ethnography in northern India. @rgs.org #skystorians 🗃️
Teaching in glorious Greenwich this afternoon. Colonnades and sunshine is all you need for teaching the history of architecture! #skystorians #architecture #amteaching 🗃️
It's that time again! Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography applications are open! Awards range up to £2000 for research in UK collections. Application procedure is linked (please ignore old info, same procedure still applies!). Due 1 Nov! #fellowships #maps #skystorians 🗃️
History of Cartography - Harley Fellowships
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Wide-ranging AND online! "Environmental Approaches to the Reformation World, 1500-1800" 🌳⛪ 🗃️
Nicole Maceira Cumming@nicolemaceira.bsky.social · 2mo ago@joshuarushton8.bsky.social & I are very pleased to be able to share the fantastic programme (all credit to the speakers!) for our colloquium 'Environmental Approaches to the Reformation World, 1500-1800' Online, Wed 30 Sept 13:00-18:15 BST Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmen...
What a week! Chaired two Map Room Conversations for @rgs.org Annual Conference, started the semester’s teaching, and finished Friday with speaking on a panel on community archiving at Voice ESEA’s Salo Salo exhibition. Don’t miss the #FREE exhibition this weekend at the OXO gallery. #skystorians 🗃️
At the #rgsibg26 conference do join myself and @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social for 3 more “Map Room Conversations”: Vietnam and the Visualisations of War; Foresting Landscapes;& Re-Thinking Indian Map Traditions. Wed, Thurs and Fri at 11.10 in the Foyle Room @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @rgs.org
Katie Parker@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 9mo agoWhat happens when you put experts, prescient topics, engaged audiences, and #maps together? A Map Room Conversation! Our Area special section is now available #openaccess #geography #skystorians 🗃️
Wonderful, rare morning at my intellectual happy place, @britishlibrary.bsky.social , researching globes. Thanks to the Maps Room team for welcoming me back! #maps #skystorians 🗃️
Finally updated my #womenalsoknowhistory profile. The database is a great resource for those who need expertise (and value equality). #skystorians @womenknowhistory.bsky.social 🗃️
Scholar - Women Also Know History
Expert Historians. Women Also Know History is a media and curriculum tool for promoting and connecting the work of professional women historians to other scholars, journalists, and anyone looking to l...
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Like #art? Like #maps? Come to a #FREE, fun workshop @rgs.org this Friday, 31 July! Steph Morris will lead participants through his exhibition, 'Skin Maps: semi-permeable cartography' and a collage activity on identity and mapping. Book now for the last places! #artsky #academicsky #skystorians
Redrawing the map – art workshop
Join artist Steph Morris in exploring his exhibition followed by making your own maps with collage and other techniques.
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Lovely afternoon sharing a new set of table-top displays (the Pacific and the @rgs.org , inner-Australian expeditions (1830-80)) with the @captcooksociety.bsky.social . #maps #skystorians 🗃️
Glad to have stumbled on Our Life is Here, response pieces from artists who went to the Marshall Islands to see how it is responding to past nuclear testing and the current climate crisis. See it at the #nationalmaritimemuseum in #greenwich. #Pacifichistory
Stumbled upon this excellent article title while doing other research today: 'The Bibliographic Dinosaurs of Georgian Geography (1714-1830)' 🦖🦕📚🗺️ Alan Downes, Geographical Journal 146, no. 2 (1980): 167-9.
New date for a tour of #skinmaps, Steph Morris' beautiful collage exhibition inspired by #maps in the @rgs.org collections! 11 August, 2pm, FREE for all! #art #exhibition #freeevent www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Skin maps: semi-permeable cartography, guided exhibition tour - 11 August | RGS
See the maps which inspired the art of Steph Morris, and join the artist for a guided walk through the exhibition on 11 August.
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That’s a wrap on #ichc2026! A wonderful week of mappy research and discussion! Every one of those stairs was worth #maps #skystorians 🗺️🗃️
In awe after a wonderful visit to Strahov Monastery. Two magnificent library halls shared with us by one of the monks. #ichc2026 #libraries #prague
