[ISHMap-List] Reminder: Calls for papers for panels on maps at medieval congress in Kalamazoo, May 14-17, 2015

[Chet Van Duzer]

Just a reminder of the Calls for Papers, with a deadline of the 15th of
this month, for two panels on maps at the International Congress on
Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in May of next year. Full
information below.

Best wishes,

Chet Van Duzer

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Rethinking Medieval Maps I: The Unmapped, Marginalized and Fictitious



This panel is devoted to the cartography of spaces that are far—either
geographically or conceptually—from the *umbilicus terrae* at Jerusalem and
seemingly well-known confines of Europe. Proposals are invited for papers
that explore the less privileged aspects of medieval maps: the mapping of
the unknown, negative space, and things omitted from maps; the inhabitants
of the margins, monsters, and marginalized peoples; and the cartography of
the fictitious or counterfactual. While we seek papers that engage closely
with the details of the maps themselves, we welcome proposals that
highlight new approaches to maps across time and space.



Papers are expected to be amply illustrated with high-quality images of the
maps discussed.



Please send your title and abstract (250 words), together with a short CV
focusing on your work in the history of cartography, to
chet.van.duzer at gmail.com and LauraWhatley at ferris.edu by September 15, 2014.





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Rethinking Medieval Maps II: Evidence for the Use and Re-Use of Maps



P.D.A. Harvey has written that “Medieval Europe was a society that
functioned largely without maps”—and we take this statement as a call for a
closer look at how medieval Europeans engaged with maps when they did
resort to them. What evidence do we have, either from maps themselves,
their contexts, or from textual sources, about how medieval maps were used?
What about cases in which maps were designed for one purpose, but employed
for another? What do these uses and re-uses tell us about the place of maps
in medieval society, and their connection with broader developments in
visual or material culture?



Papers are expected to be amply illustrated with high-quality images of the
maps discussed.



Please send your title and abstract (250 words), together with a short CV
focusing on your work in the history of cartography, to
chet.van.duzer at gmail.com and LauraWhatley at ferris.edu by September 15, 2014.
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