[MGSA-L] Lecture on Cartography and cultural politics in "the German lands, c. 1830s-1860s"

Roilos, Panagiotis roilos at fas.harvard.edu
Fri Mar 4 14:35:04 PST 2016



Dear all,

I would like to invite you to the following event.

Sincerely,
Panagiotis Roilos
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Panagiotis Roilos
George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
Member of the Governing Board, European Cultural Center of Delphi

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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Bernhard Struck, Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Associate Professor in Modern European History, School of History, University of St. Andrews.

The Untrustworthy Mr. W. A. Mozart: Cartography and the Visualization of Territory and Time in the German Lands, c.1830s-1860s

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

Abstract:

How were the German Lands seen cartographically between the 1830s and the 1860s? Statistical maps (as thematic maps) were a new way of interpreting territory from c.1830 onward. They provide formerly unknown information on people, languages, religion. However, more information or more accurate maps do not necessarily lead to a more stable understanding of space. Quite the contrary. As objective as mapped dots and numbers may seem, they create a rather messy picture along the borders of the German Lands. This is countered by a new cartographic layer that starts coming up in maps: time and history. How does Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, music, and opera fit into all of this? Well, he does not! Beethoven and Bach are in, Mozart is not.




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