Saturday, 17 October 2009, 8:30am-4:30pm

New Directions in the Study of Early American Cartographies

Cohen Education Center, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education

The inaugural meeting of the Maine Forum for Map History, held under the aegis of the Osher Chair in the History of Cartography, explores new approaches to the cartographies of the early Americas (to 1840).

Program

• 8:30am   / Coffee and pastries
• 9:15am   / Introduction. Matthew Edney (Osher Chair in the History of Cartography, University of Southern Maine)
• 9:30am   / Acts, Artifacts, and Arguments: The Natures of American Indian Cartographies. William Gustav Gartner (Lecturer in Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
• 11:00am / Mapping French Colonial Territory: Indians, Traders, Missionaries, and géographes du roy. Jean-François Palomino (Map Curator, Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec)
• 12:00pm / Lunch and guided tours of the library’s new facilities and exhibition, "American Treasures."
• 2:00pm   / Boundaries and Settlements: Mapping Occupation in Colonial British America. Max Edelson (Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia)
• 3:30pm   / Cartographies of Independence: Criollos Represent Gran Colombia in a Changing Atlantic World, 1808-1845. Lina Del Castillo (Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State University)

Space is limited and registration is required. USM Students: FREE (but must still register). Other students: $25. All others: $75. To register, either call 207.780.5960 or follow the link at the bottom of the page.

Accommodation: A small number of rooms are available at a reduced rate of $139/night per room (sleeps 1-4 people) from the Eastland Hotel, Portland; call 207.775.5411 and cite “Osher Map Conference,” before 15 September. Portland has many other hotels, although participants should note that this is a busy time of year.