Mappings I: Maps as/and Narratives

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Felicitas Schmieder

Organizer Affiliation

Historisches Institut, Fernuniv. in Hagen

Presider Name

Oren Falk

Presider Affiliation

Cornell Univ.

Paper Title 1

Epic Mapping in Medieval Europe

Presenter 1 Name

Amanda Gerber

Presenter 1 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 2

Medieval Maps and the Bayeux Tapestry

Presenter 2 Name

Rachel Dressler

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. at Albany

Paper Title 3

Spatial Awareness and Historia in Northern England

Presenter 3 Name

Dan Terkla

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Illinois Wesleyan Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Sangren 1730

Description

Speakers in this session explore the narrative functions of medieval maps' verbal and visual representations of history, myth, and geography and the relationships of those maps with other narratives, both verbal and visual.