[ISHMap-List] Mapping and the Global Imaginary Conference at Rumsey Map Center - proposal deadline April 15, 2018

[G. Salim Mohammed]

**apologies in advance for cross-listing, please post far and wide**

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Hi everyone, a deadline reminder:

Our Spring Newsletter http://bit.ly/rumseyspringevents had details on an 
upcoming conference at the David Rumsey Map Center, *Feb 14-15, 2019* 
titled and excerpted here:

*Mapping and the Global Imaginary, 1500-1900.*

Maps have long been used to bring imaginary places to life, from Thomas 
More's Utopia to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. But the role of the 
imagination in mapping extends well beyond the depiction of fantasy 
realms. This conference—co-organized by the Global History and Culture 
Centre at the University of Warwick and the History Department of 
Stanford University—is designed to showcase research and facilitate 
conversation about the role of the imagination in the cartographic 
enterprise writ large. In a partnership with Stanford Libraries, the 
David Rumsey Map Center will host the event and an exhibit that will be 
curated by the speakers.

Presentations will ideally focus on a handful of particular maps, 
drawing chiefly on examples made between 1500 and 1900. Possible themes 
for exploration include:

- Mapping utopias and dystopias
- Projections of power and competing border claims
- Recidivist cartography
- Maps of alternative futures; maps of alternative pasts
- Topographies of the unknown (uncharted territories)
- Imagining populations, nations, and civilizations
- The fabulous; the monstrous

Please click on the link below for more information including proposal 
submission guidelines (clicking the below will give you a short pdf with 
details):

https://stanford.box.com/s/vejh4ruw33xiexkzraavlp9500x94pbd

*Note: The closing date for proposals is April 15, 2018. *

Best, Salim

-- 
G. Salim Mohammed, Head and Curator
David Rumsey Map Center
  
gsalim at stanford.edu | 650.723.5100
library.stanford.edu/people/gsalim
rumseymapcenter.stanford.edu
  
David Rumsey Map Center
Green Library
Stanford University
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Stanford, CA 94305-6004
  
"Live simply so others can simply live." -Gandhi.

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