CFA: 7th Advanced School in the Humanities, which will focus on Historical Formations of Spatial Knowledge (March 9–14, 2025, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Jerusalem)

This advanced school will explore the formation and exchange of spatial knowledge in a global context from approximately 1000 to 1900. Through interdisciplinary readings and site visits, participants will investigate the development of geographical concepts and their connection to political, social, and cultural contexts. The program will cover topics such as cosmographies, maps, city plans, travel narratives, and epics. Students will gain exposure to methodologies in spatial history and acquire knowledge beyond their immediate research topics.

 

Themes include:

 

  • Spatiality, territoriality, and power
  • Movement, travel, and description
  • The transmission of geographical knowledge
  • Cosmography as a genre and idea
  • Maps as texts and objects
  • Urbanism
  • Digital methods in spatial research

 

The program will be guided by an international team of leading scholars, with Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) serving as the General Director, alongside organizers Zur Shalev (University of Haifa), Zef Segal (The College of Management Academic Studies), and Moshe Yagur (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

 

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Anthony Grafton, Princeton university
  • Vincent Lemire, Gustave Eiffel University
  • Jessica Maier, Mount Holyoke College
  • Miri Rubin, Queen Mary University of London
  • Iris Schroeder, University of Erfurt
  • Zef Segal, The College of Management Academic Studies, Israel
  • Zur Shalev, University of Haifa
  • Daniella Talmon-Heller, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • Moshe Yagur, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

 

During the week, participants will have the opportunity to present their current research through either a poster or a short talk.

 

Application Deadline: December 30, 2024


Successful applicants will be notified in early 2025. Participation is free for Israeli scholars.

 

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://iias.huji.ac.il/event/7th-advanced-school-humanities-0

 

 

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