I thought this looked so interesting, I thought some of the rest of you might agree! A. Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/FAX (416) [log in to unmask] http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html => REED-L's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 15:01:46 -0500 From: Carol Brobeck <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "FICINO: FICINO Discussion - Renaissance and Reformation Studies" <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list FICINO <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Conference on mapping at the Folger ANNOUNCEMENT Posted on various listservs. Mapping The Early Modern World 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.