matthew edney

NEW JOB - Reference Librarian in Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Information at: usajobs.gov/job/751888600 Please share widely

CFP: Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea The Journal of Historical Geography is planning a special issue ed. by Frederico Ferretti see #liquid-worlds-historical-geographies-and-cartographies-of-the-sea" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">sciencedirect.com/journal/journa… Please share

important news: workshop for first-time books in map history!! get your phd into shape!! trim that flab! info: newberry.slideroom.com/#/login/progra… please forward! Here's a map in a book ...

quick note: I'm only posting big news here at the app formerly known as Twitter. Please follow me at mastodon: @mhedney@historians.social !!! There you'll find updates about the current writing projects and other fun mappy things! Max Eckert's 1921 redrawing of a famous map:

30th International Conference on the History of Cartography !!! CFP NOW OPEN (through 20 November) The conference is 1–5 July 2024 in Lyon, with a preday 29 June 2024 in Paris (I believe) cfp: ichc2024.univ-lyon3.fr

Want to know why YOU should read and assign the volumes of *The History of Cartography*? Check out the testimonials we've received, at geography.wisc.edu/histcart/testi… Want to share your experiences with the volumes? Write us and let us know!!

CARTOGRAPHY IN THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT = volume 4 of The History of Cartography series is now, as of today, FREELY AVAILABLE !!!!! Goto press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/inde… and click the link for volume 4. WOW WOW WOW The prettiest of all the volumes, if I say so myself.

FELLOWSHIP! 8 weeks at Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division ... #maps or #maphistory or #digitalhumanities ... For info see blogs.loc.gov/maps/2023/06/a…

CONFERENCE on "Artful Maps"- Bodleian Library, Oxford, 26 September - proposals due 30 June 2023 - so get 'em in quick! More info at: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/tosca #maps #maphistory

Conference on #maphistory !! FYI - the cfp for the big International Conference on the History of Cartography in Lyons, France, in July 2024, #maps will be released in September, I've been told. Current info: ichc2024.univ-lyon3.fr You have time to plan dedicated sessions!

I'll be talking (virtually) on 4 May at 1pm Eastern time on modernism, architecture, and world maps in the 20th century: Cahill, Harrison, and Fuller. More info and link to register at: mailchi.mp/miami.edu/libr… #cartography #map #maphistory #design #modernism #architecture

Job Alert !!!! Map librarian, Banner Library, Stanford University. Info: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/map-libra…

Job Alert !!!! Head of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford! WOW!!!! info: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/head-and-…

The next meeting of the Society for the History of Discoveries will be held at the James Ford Bell Library, UMinn, 21–23 September 2023. Proposals due by 17 April 2023. Info at: discoveryhistory.org/event-5153853

JOB OPENING: curator of maps and graphics, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -- more info at careers.umich.edu/job_detail/229…. #maphistory Please forward

If you're interested, I have opened an account on the big mammothy place: @mhedney@historians.social See you there

Dear All: Rare Book School: H-65 "Material Foundations of Map History, 1450–1900'" -- 11–16 June 2023, at UVa. On the course see rarebookschool.org/courses/histor… to apply etc., rarebookschool.org Taught by me - please retweet

Job opening: Harvard Map Collection - teaching, reference and special projects librarian - so cool! bit.ly/HMCMapLibraria…

I'm Quitting Twitter mappingasprocess.net/blog/2022/12/9… #mappingasprocess

Dear all - I’m out of here! The plan was to leave as part of a new year’s resolution, but then I’ve never done one before, so why start now? The last straw was the firing of the janitorial staff. Just atrocious behavior. If you like what I blog, please use an RSS reader.