A Conference at the Folger Shakespeare Library
13 and 14 March 1998
Supported by a grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Drawing upon the materials and methodologies of a number of
humanistic disciplines, "Mapping the Early Modern
World" will examine the development and increasingly
widespread use of maps in early modern Europe. The conference
aims to establish common scholarly ground through richly detailed
and suggestive examinations of topics that will collectively
inform what might be called map literacy.
Faculty:
Crystal Bartolovich, Assistant Professor of English, Syracuse
University; Philip Bohlman, Associate Professor of Music and
Jewish Studies, University of Chicago; David Buisseret, Professor
of History, University of Texas at Arlington; Tom Conley,
Professor of French, Harvard University; Catherine Delano-Smith,
Research Fellow, Institute of Historical Research; Richard
Helgerson, Professor of English, University of California, Santa
Barbara; Richard Kagan, Professor of History, Johns Hopkins
University; Walter Mignolo, Professor and Chair of Romance
Studies, Professor in the Program in Literature and Cultural
Anthropology, Duke University; Lena Cowen Orlin, Research
Professor of English, University of Maryland at Baltimore County;
Martha Pollak, Professor of Art History, University of Illinois
at Chicago; Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of Public Records, Public
Records Office, London; David Woodward, Professor of Geography,
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Grants
As always, travel and lodging grants-in-aid are available to
faculty and graduate students from the Institute consortium
schools. Additionally, support from the Gladys Krieble Delmas
Foundation makes travel and lodging grants available to faculty
at U.S. colleges and universities. Interested scholars are
encouraged to apply for grant support by 5 January 1998. Provided
funds remain, applications received by 5 February 1998 will also
be considered.
For the conference program and application guidelines, look to
the Folger Shakespeare Library web site at
<http://www.folger.edu>.
Conference Registration Deadline: 15 February 1998
The Folger Institute, The Folger Shakespeare Library
201 E. Capitol Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003.
PD 2 January 1998