The lecture by prof. Jordana Dym (Skidmore College, NY, USA) will be held on 4 April 2025 from 12:30 at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, room no. 201 (nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, 116 38 Praha). The lecture is organised by the Institute of History – Historical Geography Research Centre in cooperation with the Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
As map makers, circulators, and consumers, travelers have increasingly become subjects of interest to map historians. This is not surprising because maps have been important to travelers for centuries, as forms of inspiration, support, and documentation. Perhaps as importantly, digitization of many travelers’ manuscript diaries, maps, and correspondence as well as published narratives has opened new lines of inquiry as well as expanded access to materials beyond physical collections through online portals. This presentation considers the map making and use of a select group of footloose eighteenth- to early twentieth-century women travelers, primarily from Europe and North America, as well as the maps published to accompany their travel narratives. It explores patterns of experience and representations in their work and in dialogue with that of male peers and travel companions.
For more information please contact Dr. Jitka Močičková: mocickova@hiu.cas.cz.
