MAPPING EARLY MODERN INTERACTION AND RELATIONSHIPS
Department of History and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
23-24 November 2007

In the past few years, studies in social interaction and the exercise of power have expanded to embrace the spatial dimension of social action. As a consequence, maps are now considered both sources and tools of analysis also within fields other than geography and cartography.

The symposium Mapping Early Modern Interaction and Relationships,
to be held in Jyväskylä on the 23rd and 24th of November 2007, will address these themes. The symposium is organized by the project Politics of Brothers, Neighbours and Friends - Political Culture and Strategies of Influence in Early Modern Sweden, funded by the Academy of Finland.

Focusing on the time span of circa 1400 to 1700, the symposium will deal with such topics as the geography of networks in local communities, the spatial dimensions of individual agency, the mapping of communication and the distribution of information. Different approaches and multidisciplinary contributions are welcomed.

Interested scholars are invited to propose a paper of approximately 20 minutes by sending an abstract of roughly 300 words to the following email address: piia.einonen@campus.jyu.fi by the end of March 2007, with "Mapping: Proposal" in the subject header.

Further questions can be directed to Piia Einonen (piia.einonen@campus.jyu.fi) or Marko Lamberg (marko.lamberg@campus.jyu.fi)

Welcome!