6 pm (CET)

Venue:

Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Einstein-Saal
Jägerstraße 22/23

10117 Berlin

As one of the oldest forms of human communication, maps are an important historical record of space. Yet maps are much more than a visual representation of a territory at a given time, but a reflection of the historical, political, religious, and cultural contexts in which they were created.

This lecture series invites a critical and fresh look at mapping, its role in the global circulation of knowledge, its influence on state sovereignty and royal authority, colonialism, imperialism, and national identities throughout history. The series is organized by Dagmar Schäfer (BBAW, MPIWG) Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (CNRS Paris; EC-Chronoi and MPIWG) and Ute Tintemann (BBAW), in cooperation with the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science.

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11 November 2024

Maps and Mapping in Global Cultural Perspectives: Temporality in Map History

5 December 2024

Lecture with DialogueVisualising Time-Space in East Asia: Mapping ‘Round Heavens & Square Earth’ from Ancient Rotating Devices to Late Modern Commercial Maps

19 December 2024

Lecture with DialogueTranscultural Cartographies: The Japanese Buddhist World Map and the Birth of Asian Studies in Europe

For more information and updates, please visit the BBAW event page.