“The Power of Maps and the Politics of Borders”
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA
October 10-12, 2019
The American Philosophical Society Library invites
scholars in all fields to submit paper proposals for an international and
interdisciplinary conference investigating the power of maps and the politics
of drawing borders. This three-day conference will be held in conjunction with
the APS Museum’s exhibit, Mapping
a Nation: Shaping the Early American Republic,
which traces the creation and use of maps from the mid-eighteenth century
through the early republic to show the different ways in which maps produced
and extended the physical, political, and ideological boundaries of the new
nation while creating and reinforcing structural inequalities.
The program committee is now accepting proposals for the conference. While the exhibit and conference are focused in particular on the early American republic, the committee will consider proposals whose work places such themes in broader geographic and chronological contexts. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
Applicants should submit a title and a 250-word proposal along with a C.V. by March 15, 2019 via Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/59727. Decisions will be announced in May, 2019. All presenters will receive travel subsidies and hotel accommodations. Accepted papers will be due a month before the conference and pre-circulated to registered attendees. Papers should be no longer than 15-double spaced pages. Presenters may also have the opportunity to publish revised papers in the APS’s Proceedings, one of the longest running scholarly journals in America.
For more information, visit https://www.amphilsoc.org/, or contact Adrianna Link, Head of Scholarly Programs, at [log in to unmask].