2021 Virginia Garrett Lectures Schedule

A Joint Meeting with

International Cartographic Association Commission on the History of Cartography

and the Texas Map Society

Coordinating Cartographic Collections

Searching for Africa Accompanying Exhibit

View the Searching for Africa Gallery Guide

Thursday, September 30 (In-Person and Online)

8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Registrations /Exhibit Sneak Peek [Atrium/SPCO]
9:00 am-1:00 p.m. ICA, Commission on the History of Cartography Virtual Sessions  [Parlor]
(See also, video presentation: Gerard Mercator's scientific library reconstituted)

SESSION I: Experiencing Maps in Collections
9:00-9:10 am Welcome and Introduction to Session I (Demhardt, McClurkin) [Parlor]
9:10-9:35 am Presentation 1 and Q&A: Finding our Bearings: Developing a Rare Maps Collection at Cushing Memorial Library & Archives, Sierra Laddusaw, Texas A&M
9:35-10:00 am Presentation 2 and Q&A:  Navigating a Map Collection Review as a New Librarian, Janet Reyes, University of California, Riverside
10:00-10:25 am Presentation 3 and Q&A : Unified Descriptive Standards as a Road to Interoperability:: Best Current Practice Concerning Old Maps in Czech GLAM Institutions, Eva Chodejovska, Jiri Dufka, Milos Pacek, Petr Zabicka, Moravian Library, Brno, Czech Republic
10:25-10:40 am Break

SESSION II: Handling of Mature Collections
10:40-10:45 am Introduction to Session II (Demhardt) [Parlor]
10:45—11:10 am Presentation 4 and Q&A: The Seymour I. Schwartz Collection of North American Maps, 1500-1800, S. Max Edelson, PhD, University of Virginia
11:10-11:35 am Presentation 5 and Q&A: The Atlases of Bodel Nijenhuis,  Martijn Storms, Leiden University
11:35-11:50 am Break

SESSION III: Accessing Map Collections and Map Literature
11:50 am-Noon  Introduction to Session III (Demhardt) [Parlor]
Noon -12:25 pm Presentation 6 and Q&A: The Woldan Collection: History and Digital Processing, Petra Svatek, PhD, University of Vienna
12:25-12:50 am Presentation 7 and Q&A: Towards a Cumulative, Open, Online Bibliography of the Literature of the History of Cartography, Robert Karrow, Newberry Library; Thomas Horst, University of Lisbon
12:50-1:00 pm Concluding Remarks (Demhardt, McClurkin) [Parlor]
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch [Box lunches, Parlor]
1:00-5:00 pm Exhibit Tour and Visit to African Mask Exhibit [SPCO / VRC Gallery, Fine Arts Building]
7:00-8:30 pm Speaker Dinner  [Location TBD]

 

Friday, October 1, 2021 (In-Person and Online)

UTA Central Library, Sixth Floor

8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Registrations /Exhibit Sneak Peek [Atrium/SPCO]
9:00-9:15 am Introductions for VGL, ICA, TMS [Parlor]
9:15-10:15 am Presentation: Why African History Matters, Dr. Toyin Falola, PhD, UT Austin  [Parlor] 
10:30-11:30 am Presentation: New Life for an Old Map: The Retrieval of Peter Verbist's Unique 1644 Wall Map of Africa and its Place in the Africa Museum’s Map Collection. Wulf Bodenstein, Volunteer, History Section, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Brussels, Belgium [Parlor]
11:30 am-12:30 pm Presentation: Skeleton Coast and the “Land that God Created in Anger,” Imre Demhardt, PhD UT Arlington
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch  [Atrium]
1:30-2:30 pm Presentation: Reimagining Notions of Exploration: Mapping Colonialism in British and American West Africa, 1751-1847. Daniel Degges, Ph.D., UT Arlington [Parlor]    
2:45-3:45 pm Presentation:  Slave Voyages Project, Daniel B. Dominigues da Silva, PhD, Rice University  [Parlor]
3:45-4:15 pm Exhibit Introduction, Ben Huseman  [Parlor]
4:15-6:45 pm Exhibit Tours at Special Collections / African Mask Exhibit [SPCO / VRC Gallery, Fine Arts Building]
5:30-6:45 pm Wine/Cheese Reception  [Atrium]
7:00-9:00 pm Dinner, Keynote Speaker: A Grateful Maverick, Jack Franke, PhD, Defense Language Institute [Atrium]

 

Saturday, October 2, 2021 (In-Person and Online)

UTA Central Library, Sixth Floor

8:30 am Continental Breakfast / Registrations /Exhibit Sneak Peek [Sixth Floor Atrium/SPCO]
9:00-9:15 am Introductions for VGL, ICA, TMS [Sixth Floor Parlor]
9:15-10:45 am Panel Session: Use of Collections   
Leah McCurdy, PhD, UT Arlington; Joci Ryan, PhD, UT Arlington; Mya Lewis, UT Arlington; Julie Baar, UT Arlington. [Parlor]
11:00 am-12:30 pm Panel Session: Collecting Maps: Map Collectors  [Parlor]
Jack Franke, PhD, Collector; Jenkins & Virginia Garrett, Collectors, Gerald Saxon, PhD, UT Arlington; Martin Van Brauman, Collector.
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch  [Atrium]
1:30-2:00 pm TMS Business Meeting  [Parlor]
2:00-3:00 pm Panel Session: Collecting Maps: Dealers / Auction Houses, 
Barry Ruderman; Catherine Williamson, Bonhams  [Parlor]
3:00-5:00 pm TMS Session: My Favorite Map, David Finfrock, Host [Parlor]
Part I: Collectors
Part 2: Curators/Academics/Students
Part 3: Dealers