Curriculum Vitae October 2016 Office Address

“The History of Cartography Project: An Update and Overview of Current Work.” Selected panel for the 21st International Conference on the History of Cartography. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. 17-22 July 2005. Papers by mhe, Mary Pedley (University of Michigan), and Mark Monmonier (Syracuse University).

[mhe, Yolanda Theunissen, and David Cobb] ICHC 2003: The 20th International Conference on the History of Cartography. Cambridge, Mass. (Harvard University) and Portland, Me. (University of Southern Maine). June 15-20, 2003. Competitive selection by Imago Mundi Ltd. In addition to general coordination, in conjunction with Ms. Theunissen and Mr. Cobb, my special responsibilities were as chair the program committee (David Woodward, Günter Schilder, Anne Godlewska, Cynthia Van Zandt, Tom Conley), as sole member of the conference’s “academic secretariat,” and as editor of all conference publications (initial flyer, call for papers, poster, and program/abstracts).

[mhe and Joseph A. Conforti] “Maps as Cultural Artifacts and Political Texts: Great Britain and France.” New England Historical Association. Providence, RI. 21 April 2001. Papers by mhe, Christine Petto, and Lucy Chester.

[D. Graham Burnett and mhe] “Maps for Enlightenment: Cartography and Science in the Eighteenth Century.” Competitively selected panel for the annual meeting of the History of Science Society. Vancouver, BC. 2 November 2000. Papers by mhe, Anne Godlewska, Michael Bravo, Michael Dettelbach, and John Heilbron.

“Teaching Beyond the Discipline.” International Cartographic Association, Symposium on Teaching the History of Cartography, in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on the History of Cartography. National Archives, Lisbon, Portugal. 5 July 1997. Papers by James R. Akerman (Newberry Library, Chicago), Francesc Nadal (University of Barcelona), Peter van der Krogt (University of Utrecht), and MHE.

“Charting the New England Coast” and “Discovering New England’s Interior.” Society for the History of Discoveries. 36th Annual Meeting. Portland, Me. 2 November 1996. Papers by Donald S. Johnson (independent scholar), Grace Machemer (independent scholar), David Bosse (Historic Deerfield, Mass.), MHE, Richard D’Abate (Maine Historical Society), and Nathan Hamilton (University of Southern Maine).

[mhe and Jonathan Perry] “Geography and Images: From Modernity to Postmodernity.” Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Charlotte, NC. 11 April 1996. Papers by MHE, Gordon Bleach (Rochester Institute of Technology), Jonathan Perry (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Nik Huffman (Pennsylvania State University), and Denis Cosgrove (University of London).

“J. B. Harley and Cartographic Theory: Review and Commentary.” Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Atlanta. 8 April 1993. Papers by MHE, Anne Godlewska (Queen’s University), David Woodward (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Jeremy Crampton (University of Portsmouth), and Denis Wood (North Carolina State University).

“The Social Context of Geographic Information Systems and Computer Mapping.” 14th Applied Geography Conference. Toledo. 24 October 1991. Papers by Rex Honey and David Jones (University of Iowa), John Pickles (University of Kentucky-Lexington), and MHE.

“New Ground with The History of Cartography: Cartography in the Enlightenment and in the Modern Era.” Keynote lecture for the Miami International Map Fair, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami. 4 February 2006.

“Creating New England: The Cartographic Naturalization of a Region.” Paper for the selected panel, “American Maps, American Culture: The Cartographic Fixing of Identity, Knowledge and Power,” organized by Maria Lane (Texas). American Studies Association, Washington, D.C. 3-6 November 2005.

“Designing the Structure for Cartography in the European Enlightenment.” Paper in the competitively selected panel, “The History of Cartography Project: An Update and Overview of Current Work,” organized by mhe. 21st International Conference on the History of Cartography. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. 17-22 July 2005.

“Creating ‘New England’: Reading Maps in Eighteenth-Century Public Discourse.” Invited lectures to the department of geography, Michigan State University, 10 December 2004, and the departments of history and geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 28 January 2005.

Discussant (invited). “Narratives of Empire: The Western Tradition from Ancient to Modern,” an interdisciplinary colloquium organized by Megan Williams. Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, 3 December 2004.

“The Irony of Imperial Mapping.” Invited lead lecture for the 15th Nebenzahl Lectures, “The Imperial Map: Cartography and the Mastery of Empire,” organized by James R. Akerman. The Newberry Library. 7 October 2004.

“Modes of Cartography.” Guest lecture for the NEH-sponsored summer institute for faculty on “Reading Popular Cartography,” organized by James R. Akerman. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 14 July 2004.

“Reading Popular Maps.” Guest lecture and workshop (with James R. Akerman) for the NEH-sponsored summer institute for faculty on “Reading Popular Cartography,” organized by James R. Akerman. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 13 July 2004.

“Imperial Mapping as the Construction of Exclusive Identities.” Invited lecture for the conference, “Space and Place in the Early Modern World,” organized by Benjamin Schmidt and Louisa Mackenzie. Early Modern Research Group at the University of Washington, Seattle. 21 May 2004.

“Land Surveying in Colonial New England: A Truly Colonial Practice.” Invited lecture for the annual meeting of the Maine Society of Land Surveyors, Portland, Me. 23 January 2004.

Discussant (invited). “Maps of Conquest, Maps of Control,” organized by Evelyn Edson (Piedmont Virginia Community College). Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Washington, DC. 10 January 2004.

“John Mitchell’s Map.” Maine Historical Society. 28 October 2003.

“Strategies for Reading Maps.” Invited keynote lecture for the conference, “On the Map: Cartography, Geography, and Politics,” organized by Ron Hassner (Stanford University). Minnesota-Stanford-Wisconsin MacArthur Consortium on Peace and International Cooperation. Center for International Security and Cooperation. Stanford University, 12 April 2002.

“Reading Maps: A Workshop.” Organized by Neil Safier (Johns Hopkins University). John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, 1 April 2002.

“Colonial Contours: The English Mapping of North America.” Lunchtime lecture. John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, 20 February 2002.

“Some Strategies for the Cultural Reading of Maps.” Invited paper for the international workshop, “The Making of the European Cartography,” organized by Diogo Ramada Curto, Angelo Cattaneo, and André Ferrand de Almeida (European University Institute, Florence). Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze. 15 December 2001.

“New England Mapped: The Creation of a Colonial Territory.” Invited paper for the international workshop, “The Making of the European Cartography,” organized by Diogo Ramada Curto, Angelo Cattaneo, and André Ferrand de Almeida (European University Institute, Florence). Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze. 14 December 2001.

Discussant (invited). “Mapping the Empire: Geography and Travel Across the Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century World.” Northeastern Conference on British Studies. Worcester, Mass. 17 November 2001.

“Modes and Domains of Cartographic Practice.” Guest lecture for the NEH-sponsored summer institute for faculty on “Popular Cartography and Society,” organized by James Akerman. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 13 July 2001.

“Cartography of Power and Resistance.” Guest lecture for the NEH-sponsored summer institute for faculty on “Popular Cartography and Society,” organized by James Akerman. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 12 July 2001.

“Manuscript and Print Practices and the Cartographic Representation of New England in the Eighteenth Century.” Competitively selected paper for the 19th International Conference on the History of Cartography. Madrid. 2 July 2001.

“Configuring New England: Dr. William Douglass and the ‘Plan of the British Dominions of New England’ (ca.1750).” Paper for the panel, ‘Maps as Cultural Artifacts and Political Texts: Great Britain and France,’ organized by mhe and Joseph A. Conforti, New England Historical Association. Newport, RI. 21 April 2001.

Discussant (invited). “Cartographic Narratives in the History of North America,” organized by Susan Schulten (University of Denver). American Historical Association. Boston. 5 January 2001.

“Mapping Eighteenth-Century Intersections of Scientific and Cartographic Practices.” Paper for the panel, ‘Maps for Enlightenment: Cartography and Science in the Eighteenth Century,’ organized by D. Graham Burnett and mhe, History of Science Society. Vancouver, BC. 2 November 2000.

“Manuscript and Print Practices and the Cartographic Representation of New England in the Eighteenth Century.” Invited plenary lecturer for the annual meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, organized by Lucinda Cole (University of Southern Maine). Portland, Me. 27 October 2000.

“Bringing Distant Places to Hand: Mapping Empires, Denying Space.” Invited paper for the ‘From China to Peru: East/West Interminglings,’ session 3 of ‘The Global Eighteenth Century: The Four Corners of the Earth,’ organized by Felicity Nussbaum (UCLA). William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and the Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies, UCLA. 26 February 2000.

Guest lecture for the graduate summer seminar, “Maps and Nations: Discovering and Debating the Interaction Between Society and Cartography,” sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, organized by James R. Akerman. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 21 July 1999.

“J. B. Harley’s Pursuit of Specific Theories and of the Big Picture.” Invited paper for the special session, ‘Theory, Practice, and the History of Cartography Project,’ organized by Edward H. Dahl (formerly with National Archives of Canada). 18th International Conference on the History of Cartography. Athens. 11 July 1999.

“The First Discoveries of America: The Spatial Imagination.” Invited paper for the Atlantic History Seminar, organized by Bernard Bailyn. Harvard University. 24 April 1999.

“The Eighteenth-Century Map of New England at the Intersection of Print and Cartographic Cultures.” Research-in-progress seminar. University of Southern Maine. 12 April 1999.

Guest lectures (two presentations) for the graduate summer seminar, “Maps and Nations: Discovering and Debating the Interaction Between Society and Cartography,” sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, organized by James R. Akerman. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 20-22 July 1998.

Guest lectures (two presentations) for the summer institute for faculty, “Cartography and Literature in Early Modern France,” sponsored by NEH, organized by Tom Conley. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 14-16 July 1998.

Panelist (invited). “Teaching Geography with Old Maps,” organized by James R. Akerman (Newberry Library, Chicago). Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Boston. 29 March 1998.

Panelist (invited). “Author Meets the Critics: Mapping an Empire,” organized by Margaret Pearce (Clark University). Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Boston. 28 March 1998.

Discussant (invited). “Mapping Nationalism in the Twentieth Century,” organized by Susan Schulten (University of Denver). American Historical Association. Seattle. 9 January 1998.

“Reading J. B. Harley on Cartography: A Student’s Guide to Getting the Most out of His Work.” Association of American Geographers, New England and St. Lawrence Valley Regional Meeting. Salem State University, Salem, Mass. 8 November 1997.

“Using the World-Wide Web for Outreach in Cartographic History.” Special symposium on Teaching the History of Cartography — “Teaching Beyond the Discipline” — organized by mhe for the International Cartographic Association, in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on the History of Cartography. National Archives, Lisbon, Portugal. 5 July 1997.

“Rethinking Discovery and Settlement in the Maine Context.” Special session, ‘Discovering New England’s Interior,’ organized by mhe. Society for the History of Discoveries, 36th Annual Meeting. Portland, Me. 2 November 1996.

“Reconnaissance, Mapmaking, and the Enlightenment’s Geographical Archive.” Invited paper for ‘Geography and Enlightenment,’ organized by David N. Livingstone (Queen’s University, Belfast) and Charles Withers (University of Edinburgh). Institute Program in the European Enlightenment, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. University of Edinburgh, UK. 5 July 1996.

“The Visualism of Geographical Representation, ca.1800.” Special session, ‘Geography and Images: From Modernity to Postmodernity,’ organized by mhe and Jonathan Perry. Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Charlotte, NC. 11 April 1996.

Panelist (invited). “‘What is a Map?’ Revisited,” organized by Scott Freundschuh (University of Minnesota-Duluth). Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Charlotte, NC. 10 April 1996.

“Current Theories in the History of Cartography.” Invited paper for the special panel, ‘Theoretical Aspects of the History of Cartography: A Discussion of Concepts, Approaches, and New Directions,’ organized by Edward H. Dahl (National Archives of Canada). 16th International Conference on the History of Cartography. Vienna. 14 September 1995.

“New Approaches to the History of Cartography.” Invited paper for a panel on the history of cartography, organized by Charles Seavey (Arizona State University) for the Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association. Chicago. 25 June 1995.

“Envisioning Hellenistic Greece: Geo-Graphy and Barthelémy’s Voyage du jeune Anacharsis (1788).” Competitively selected paper for special panel, ‘Map and View: The Construction of Place,’ organized by David Friedman (MIT). 83rd Annual Conference, College Arts Association. San Antonio, Tex. 28 January 1995.

“Surveillant Technologies and Spatial Power: Geographical Narratives, Landscapes, and Maps, ca.1800.” Invited paper for the special panel, ‘Spatial Structures and Spatial Experience,’ organized by Lisa Blansett (UNC-Chapel Hill). 2nd Annual Meeting, Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies. Rochester, NY. 4 November 1994.

Discussant (invited). “Reading the World: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Maps.” Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine. Portland, Me. 15 October 1994.

“Contingent Map Design.” Invited discussion of session, ‘Map Design: Schools of Thought.’ Symposium on Cartographic Design and Research. Canadian Institute of Geomatics. University of Ottawa. 7 August 1994.

“Towards a Self-Critical Cartography.” Invited paper for the special session, ‘Mapping Policy in the Classroom: Issues, Integration, and Ideas,’ organized by Mark S. Monmonier (Syracuse University). Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. San Francisco. 1 April 1994.

Discussant (invited). 29th Annual Conference on Editorial Problems: ‘Editing Early and Historical Atlases.’ University of Toronto. 5 November 1993.

“Mathematical Practices and the Social Conditions of British Cartography, 1780-1820.” Competitively selected paper for the 15th International Conference on the History of Cartography. The Newberry Library, Chicago. 22 June 1993.

“Internal and External Power Relations of the Map.” Special session, ‘J. B. Harley and Cartographic Theory: Review and Commentary,’ organized by MHE. Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Atlanta. 8 April 1993.

“Reinterpreting the Nature and History of Cartography without Progress.” Invited paper for the Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth, UK. 26 February 1993.

“Scientific Images and Images of Science: The British Mapping of India, 1750-1850.” Invited paper for the lecture series, ‘Maps and Society.’ The Warburg Institute, University of London, UK. 25 February 1993.

“U.S. Cartography and Subliminal Geometry in 1810.” Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers, Fall Meeting. Syracuse University. 17 October 1992.

“Images of Empire: The British Mapping of India, 1799-1843.” Competitively selected for the Warren Nystrom Competition, Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. San Diego. 19 April 1992.

“The History of Cartography as Cultural History.” Presented in conjunction with the exhibit, ‘Maps and Columbian Encounter,’ Bartle Library, State University of New York at Binghamton. 12 November 1991.

“Strategies for Maintaining the Democratic Nature of GIS.” Special session, ‘The Social Context of Geographic Information Systems and Computer Mapping,’ organized by MHE. 14th Applied Geography Conference. Toledo, Oh. 24 October 1991.

“British Military Education and Military Mapping, ca.1800.” Competitively selected paper for the 14th International Conference on the History of Cartography. Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm. 18 June 1991.

“The Conceptual Bases of Modern Cartography: The Encyclopedic Mentality and the Idea of Progress.” Invited paper for the special session, ‘Alternative Cartographies,’ organized by Jeremy Crampton (Pennsylvania State University). Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. Miami. 15 April 1991.

“Systematic Surveys and Mapping Policy in British India, 1757-1830.” Invited paper for the Sir George Everest Bicentenary Conference. Royal Geographical Society, London. 8 November 1990.

“Cultural Values and Cartographic Policy: The History of the National Topographic Survey in the Early Nineteenth Century.” Departments of Geography, University of California-Los Angeles, SUNY-Binghamton, and Syracuse University. February and April 1990.

Panelist. “Ethics in Cartography: Round Table.” North American Cartographic Information Society. Ann Arbor, Mich. October 1989.

“Geography, Geodesy, and Imperialism: The British in India, 1799-1823.” London Group of Historical Geographers and the Department of Geography, University College London. March 1989.

“Politics, Science, and Cartography: Nineteenth-Century Government Mapping in the U.S.” Competitively selected paper for the 11th International Conference on the History of Cartography. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa. July 1985.

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

Awards

Finalist. Warren Nystrom Competition. Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting. San Diego. 1992.

University College London, Department of Geography. Sir William Meyer Prize. May 1983.

Fellowships

Public Goods Council, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship: Teaching with Research Collections. “Seminars in the History of Cartography.” Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2004-2005.

John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, RI. Jeanette D. Black Memorial Fellowship. Project: “Cartographic Practices and the British North American Colonies.” Spring 2002.

University of Southern Maine. Sabbatical. “Studies in the Cartography of Colonial North America.” 2001-2002.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, University of Wisconsin. Grant-in-Aid. “New Concepts in the History of Cartography.” Summer 1995.

Binghamton University, Harpur College of Arts and Sciences. Dean’s Research Semester Award. Competitive selection from across all three divisions (five funded). Project: “The Cultural and Social Construction of Cartography: Anglo-American Mapmaking, 1650-1950.” 1993-1994.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geography. Whitbeck Fellow. 1989.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Graduate School, and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Dissertator Fellow, 1988-89. Competitive selection from across the social sciences (ten funded).

National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. “The History of Cartography, Volume 4.” 2005-06. $200,000 out-right plus $200,000 matching.

National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. Subcontract through the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “The History of Cartography, Volume 4.” 2003-05. $87,878.

[Lucius Willis and MHE] Town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County, NY. “Tax Map Digitizing.” 1994-1995. $5,800.

Population and Marketing Analysis Center, Wysox, Penn. “The Creation of a Tax-Parcel Based Geographic Information Systems for Northern Pennsylvania.” 1994-1995. $64,123.

[MHE and Lucius Willis] Alexis International Inc. “Production of Reference Maps for Inclusion in a GPS Manual.” May-June 1993. $3,000.

Population and Marketing Analysis Center, Towanda, Penn. “An Automated System for the Creation of Census-Geography Databases.” 1991. $2,000.

National Endowment for the Humanities. Travel to Collections Award, FE-26205-91. “U.S. Cartographic Culture in the Early Republic.” 1991. $750.

Binghamton University, Office for Research and Sponsored Programs. Mini-Grant. “U.S. Cartographic Culture, ca.1800.” 1991. $1,000.

Grants: University of Wisconsin (Graduate School)

National Science Foundation, Geography and Regional Science Program. Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, SES 88-01781. “The Trigonometrical Surveys of India, 1800-1858, and the European Concept of Systematic Topographical Survey.” 1988-1989. $11,400.

In addition, I gave one guest lecture for HTY 302.1, “Mapping Black Detroit,” Winter [i.e., Spring] 2005.

American & New England Studies 650. Native Peoples of North America. Prof. P. Erikson: Spring 2003.

American & New England Studies 650. Tocqueville’s America. Prof. A. Tuchinsky: Spring 2004.

Anthropology 254. African Prehistory. Prof. D. Crader: Spring 1998, Fall 2003.

Anthropology 307. Environmental Archaeology. Prof. D. Davis: Fall 1998.

Art 152. Fundamental Drawing II. Prof. J. Piribeck: Fall 2000.

Community and Planning Development 664. Principles of Design. Theo Holtwijk: Spring 2001; Spring 2003.

Core 160. Power, Profit, Privilege. Taught by an interdisciplinary team led by Prof. L. Deprez: Fall 2002; Fall 2003.

English 100. College Writing. Prof. D. Walker: Fall 2002.

English 350. English Renaissance Literature. Prof. B. Bertram: Fall 1997.

English 370. Literature of Discovery, Exploration, and Colonization. Prof. L. Carroll: Fall 2000 (3 distinct classes); Spring 2003 (3 distinct classes)

French 291. French Civilization. Prof. N. Bouzrara: Spring 1999; Spring 2003.

French 399. Paris. Prof. N. Bouzrara: Fall 1999.

Geography 101. Human Geography. Prof. L. Savage: Spring 1997 (2 classes), Fall 1997 (2 classes), Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Summer 2000, Fall 2000, Fall 2002, Summer 2004.

Geography 399. Cartography III: Map Projections. Prof. F. Hodges: Spring 1999 (3 distinct classes).

Geography 402. Urban Geography. Prof. L. Savage: Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2003.

Geography-Anthropology 202. Research Methods. Prof. L. Savage: Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2004.

History 101. Western Civilization I. Prof. B. Rodrigue: Fall 2002, Fall 2003.

History 102. Western Civilization II. Prof. B. Rodrigue: Spring 2004.

History 131. U. S. History, to 1877. Prof. D. Long: Fall 1998.

History 181. Colonial Latin America. Prof. D. Carey: Fall 2000, Fall 2002 (2 classes), Fall 2003 (2 classes).

History 182. Modern Latin America. Prof. D. Carey: Spring 2001 (2 classes); Spring 2003 (2 classes), Spring 2004 (2 classes).

History 200. Research, Reference, and Writing. Prof. D. Long: Fall 1997, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000 (2 classes), Fall 2002, Fall 2003 (2 classes), Spring 2004 (2 classes).

History 200. Research, Reference, and Writing. Prof. A. Padula: Fall 1998.

History 394. Latin American History. Prof. D. Carey: Fall 2000.

History 394. Africans in Latin America. Prof. D. Carey: Fall 2002.

History 400. Senior Seminar: Topics in American History. Prof. J. Bibber: Spring 1998.

History 400. Senior Seminar: Topics in American History. Prof. J. Eastman: Spring 2001.

Honors 201. Scientific Revolution and Critiques. Prof. D. Long: Fall 2000.

Portuguese 101. Introduction to the Portuguese. Prof. J. Kinsela: Spring 1999.

Spanish 270. Spanish Culture and Civilization. Prof. C. Suscavage: Fall 2000.

Women Studies 130. Introduction to Women’s Studies. Prof. D. Carey: Spring 2003.

Bates College. History s40. Historical Methods. Profs. J. Cole and J. Hall. Cartography and geopolitics in eighteenth-century North America. 11 May 2004 (2 classes). (Conducted at USM.)

Bowdoin College. French 351. Senior Seminar: Travel Writing. Prof. C. Daniels. French travel writing, orientalism, and mapping. 31 March 2003. (Conducted at USM.)

University of Maine-Farmington. Geography 233. Historical Geography of North America. Prof. Paul Frederic. Colonial and early federal land surveys. 22 October 2002. (Conducted at USM.)

Wellesley College. History 369. Mapping the Past. Prof. A. Knowles. The intellectual and institutional identities, with recent developments in both, of the history of cartography. 29 March 1999. (Conducted at Wellesley.)