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Subject: Call for Papers: "Early American Cartographies"
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005
From: Schrover, M.L.J.C. <[log in to unmask]>


Call For Papers


"Early American Cartographies"

March 2-4, 2006

The Newberry Library

A conference sponsored by the Society of Early Americanists; the
Newberry Library's Center for Renaissance Studies, Hermon Dunlap Smith
Center for the History of Cartography, D'Arcy McNickle Center for
American Indian History, and Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and
Community History; and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal
Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Notre Dame


Keynote speaker:  Barbara Mundy, Fordham University


This cross-disciplinary conference investigates the enduring
significance of space and place in scholarship of the early Americas
against the backdrop of the Newberry Library's world-class cartographic
holdings. We welcome proposals for papers and panels on the materials
and metaphors of mapping the early Americas - from marchlands to middle
grounds, from borderlands to contact zones, from frontiers to public
spheres.

Papers concerning the following topics are especially welcome: Native
American mapping; cartographic fantasies and maps in literature from the
Americas; cartography's relations to imperial conflicts and colonialism
in the Americas; the portrayal of rural and urban spaces; Midwestern and
Great Plains geographic space and the Jeffersonian grid; the map trade
and map consumption in the Americas; maps used in land speculation,
Boosterism, and promotional schemes; mapping and exploration; the
mapping of early transportation networks; the history of pedagogic
cartography; and the use of maps in contemporary high school and college
classrooms.

Those interested in participating should submit a 350-word abstract for
receipt by October 1, 2005 to [log in to unmask] (e-mail
preferred) or:

Center for Renaissance Studies
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610-7324

Please contact us at [log in to unmask] or 312-255-3514 for more
information.

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