#  Introduction to GIS research for the SHARP and BLISS fellows 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **July 26, 2018** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS South (1730 Cambridge St.), Room S0305**  



 

 



 

 The CGA organized and moderated a seminar introducing GIS and featuring presentation by Harvard researchers who use GIS for the [SHARP](https://artsandhumanities.fas.harvard.edu/sharp) and [BLISS](https://socialscience.fas.harvard.edu/BLISS) summer fellows.

 12:15 - [Jeff Blossom](/people/jeff-blossom) provided an overview of GIS applications for research and the Center for Geographic Analysis. View the [slides](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/PPT_MISC/GIS_Introduction_BLISS_and_SHARP_2018.ppt).

 12:30 - Professor [Michael McCormick](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/michael-mccormick) presented on current projects at the [Science of the Human Past Initiative](https://sohp.fas.harvard.edu), and the [Digital Atlas of the Roman and Medieval Civilization](https://darmc.harvard.edu/).

 12:45 - Hari Iyer of the [Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention group](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cecp/members/doctoral-students/) presented "Applying GIS to Cancer Epidemiology". View the [slides](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/PPT_MISC/HARI-CGISpresentation25jul18_v2.pptx).

 1:00 - [Xue Wang](/people/xue-wang) presented several remote sensing applications to GIS. View the [slides](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/PPT_MISC/WANGXueCGATalk180726-f.pptx).

 1:15 - [Emerson Morgan](http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~emorgan/home/index.html) presented using GIS to map Chant and Urban Procession in medieval Rouen, France.

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   ![BLISS](/sites/g/files/omnuum9996/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/BLISS_logo.png?itok=9nT_819N) 

 

   ![SHARP](/sites/g/files/omnuum9996/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/sharp_logo.jpg?itok=nXkHyuJ8) 

 



 

 



 

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