Justin Colson
@justincolson.bsky.social
(Digital) historian of fifteenth and sixteenth century cities, communities, trade, guilds, maps
I'm speaking (online) on "Deep Mapping in Practice: ‘Layers of London’ and Participatory Experiential Mapping" at the Warsaw Spatial Humanities Seminar next Thursday 6th November. Sign-up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm speaking (online) on "Deep Mapping in Practice: ‘Layers of London’ and Participatory Experiential Mapping" at the Warsaw Spatial Humanities Seminar next Thursday 6th November. Sign-up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Highlight was catching an eel! Guide Paddy guessed this one was 2 years old already - crazy to think about their migration and lifecycle. Seeing a Kingfisher was also pretty cool!
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Highlight was catching an eel! Guide Paddy guessed this one was 2 years old already - crazy to think about their migration and lifecycle. Seeing a Kingfisher was also pretty cool!
Great afternoon exploring Deptford Creek courtesy of Tom Chivers and the Thames Festival Trust
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Great afternoon exploring Deptford Creek courtesy of Tom Chivers and the Thames Festival Trust
Apparently working time is decreed to be over ... But loved hearing @vch-home.bsky.social colleagues celebrating their 250th Big Red Book!
September 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Apparently working time is decreed to be over ... But loved hearing @vch-home.bsky.social colleagues celebrating their 250th Big Red Book!
I've been re-reading some Terry Pratchett recently, and this passage seemed particularly apt ...
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I've been re-reading some Terry Pratchett recently, and this passage seemed particularly apt ...
Running a @layersoflondon.bsky.social workshop with the wonderful "Lost and Found" heritage trainees from the Thames Festival Trust was a delight! So many great ideas and questions from a wonderful group of budding heritage practitioners, who shared the love of maps as a way to engage in heritage
June 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Running a @layersoflondon.bsky.social workshop with the wonderful "Lost and Found" heritage trainees from the Thames Festival Trust was a delight! So many great ideas and questions from a wonderful group of budding heritage practitioners, who shared the love of maps as a way to engage in heritage
Just realised what a juxtaposed story the coasters and pen pot on my desk at work tell ...
February 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Just realised what a juxtaposed story the coasters and pen pot on my desk at work tell ...
Printing these in two colours has been a bit of a challenge, but we got there. Watching the three lions of the VCH shield emerge is endlessly fascinating!
November 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Printing these in two colours has been a bit of a challenge, but we got there. Watching the three lions of the VCH shield emerge is endlessly fascinating!
Celebrating the iconic @vchlondon.bsky.social "Big Red Books" with 3D printed book "baubles" for the @ihr.bsky.social Christmas tree! 🎄
November 26, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Celebrating the iconic @vchlondon.bsky.social "Big Red Books" with 3D printed book "baubles" for the @ihr.bsky.social Christmas tree! 🎄
Still plenty of places available on my short course on using Historical Maps in GIS! If you're keen to work with archival maps as sources, other rasters like LIDAR in historical work, or interested in history of cartography, please take a look! (NB. date changed!) www.history.ac.uk/events/using...
October 9, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Still plenty of places available on my short course on using Historical Maps in GIS! If you're keen to work with archival maps as sources, other rasters like LIDAR in historical work, or interested in history of cartography, please take a look! (NB. date changed!) www.history.ac.uk/events/using...
I'll be teaching my @ihr.bsky.social short courses in GIS for historians again this November! Two separate courses: using historical maps in GIS (i.e. archives and georeferencing) and making maps (geocoding and cartography) www.history.ac.uk/search-event...
September 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I'll be teaching my @ihr.bsky.social short courses in GIS for historians again this November! Two separate courses: using historical maps in GIS (i.e. archives and georeferencing) and making maps (geocoding and cartography) www.history.ac.uk/search-event...
What fresh hellscape is this?! I don't know if it's worse if this comes from Microsoft, or from the University...
April 9, 2024 at 2:15 PM
What fresh hellscape is this?! I don't know if it's worse if this comes from Microsoft, or from the University...
Have historical data about places that you would like to map? This one day course covers recording historical data in ways that can be mapped, and practical issues of GIS map making with vectors. We still have spaces (in-person) @ihr_history in late May!
March 7, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Have historical data about places that you would like to map? This one day course covers recording historical data in ways that can be mapped, and practical issues of GIS map making with vectors. We still have spaces (in-person) @ihr_history in late May!
Working with historical maps and want to build your experience working with georeferencing, interpreting archival maps, and working other raster images like LIDAR in GIS? We still have spaces on an in-person course @ihr.bsky.social in late May!
March 7, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Working with historical maps and want to build your experience working with georeferencing, interpreting archival maps, and working other raster images like LIDAR in GIS? We still have spaces on an in-person course @ihr.bsky.social in late May!
We just added the magical 1938 Bartholomew Children's Map of London to Layers of London @chppc.bsky.social This decorative map shows all kinds of attractions in London for a 1930s day out! The map was originally published as a fundraiser for Great Ormond St www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...
February 26, 2024 at 11:22 AM
We just added the magical 1938 Bartholomew Children's Map of London to Layers of London @chppc.bsky.social This decorative map shows all kinds of attractions in London for a 1930s day out! The map was originally published as a fundraiser for Great Ormond St www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...
Want to try a structured and social way of focusing on writing tasks? At @ihr.bsky.social we're running Shut Up and Write sessions for all members of our community. IHR third floor seminar room N.304 from 1.30pm-3.30pm, every Thursday!
February 8, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Want to try a structured and social way of focusing on writing tasks? At @ihr.bsky.social we're running Shut Up and Write sessions for all members of our community. IHR third floor seminar room N.304 from 1.30pm-3.30pm, every Thursday!