■ Scientific project

CartOrient is a website for diffusing cartographical studies on the Caucasus and western and central Asia. Its goal is to provide for:
- pooling data
- developing tools for making and analyzing maps
- diffusing cartographical knowledge to the scientific community and a broader public
- fostering interactions between colleagues working in different disciplines and countries.

CartOrient is a multidisciplinary projectheedful of studies in all the social and human sciences (geography, history, archeology, etc.) on this geographical area, regardless of the historical period, whether ancient or modern.

CartOrient has three modules for viewing maps:
- an interactive atlas
- thematic atlases
- a library of digitized atlases and maps

CartOrient is a scientific publication. An editorial board reviews the maps and texts posted on this website.

CartOrient’s development is assumed by UMR 8041 Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien (CNRS, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, ÉPHÉ, INALCO) in collaboration with EA 4313 Centre de recherches Europes – Eurasie (CREE, INALCO). This project received funding from Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC) for the period from 2015 to 2016. This website has drawn on the experience acquired when Irancarto was developed for UMR 7528 Mondes Iranien et Indien under the supervision of Bernard Hourcade.

■ Partner institutions

- Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO)
- Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne nouvelle (Sorbonne Nouvelle)
- Ecole pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
- Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF)
- Institut français d’études sur l’Asie centrale (IFEAC)
- TGIR Huma-Num (Huma-Num)

■ Partner programs

- Programme CASCADE “Exploring the Security-Democracy Nexus in the Caucasus”, financed by the European Union and installed at Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) (2014-2017). http://www.cascade-caucasus.eu/

- Labex EFL “Empirical Foundations of Linguistics”, funded by the French government as part of a program of investments for the future. http://www.labex-efl.org

■ Acknowledgments

CartOrient would like to thank for their help and backing:

- Jean-Christophe Carius, research assistant, CETOBAC, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales
- Robin Cura, doctoral student - UMR 8504 Géographie-cités
- Manuelle Franck, president of INALCO
- Benjamin Guichard, scientific director of BULAC
- Catherine Hofmann, Maps and Plans Department, BNF
- Laurent Jégou, senior lecturer, Université de Toulouse 2 – Jean Jaurès
- Nicolas Lambert, cartographer and geomatics engineer, CNRS, UMS 2414 RIATE
- Pollet Samvelian, director of UMR 7528 Mondes Iranien et Indien
- Arnaud Vandecasteele, cartographer and geomatics engineer, Mapali
- Adrien Van Hamme, cartographer and geomatics engineer, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Capgemini
- Christine Zanin, director of UMS 2414 RIATE
- Farzaneh Zareie, librarian, research assistant, CNRS, Mondes Iranien et Indien

■ Contact

julien.thorez@cnrs.fr
CartOrient, Centre de recherche sur le Monde iranien, CNRS, 7 rue Guy Môquet, 94 800 Villejuif, France

CartOrient = ISSN 2557-1818