**apologies in advance for cross-listing, please post far and wide** - 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 [log in to unmask] | 650.723.5100 library.stanford.edu/people/gsalim rumseymapcenter.stanford.edu David Rumsey Map Center Green Library Stanford University 557 Escondido Mall; MC 6004 Stanford, CA 94305-6004 "Live simply so others can simply live." -Gandhi.