The James Ford Bell Library Celebrates
the 500th Anniversary of the Waldseemüller Maps
Exhibit: October 1-December 31, 2007 • Free & open to the public
The Map That Named America,
1507-2007: An Anniversary Exhibition
of the Waldseemüller Globe Gores Map and
Its Place in History
T. R. Anderson Gallery, James Ford Bell Library
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday;
Thursday evenings, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; weekends
and evenings by appointment
•Groups and Classes Welcome. To schedule
an appointment: jfbell@umn.edu
Public Event: October
4, 2007 CANCELLED!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mr. Lapham
has cancelled his trip to Minneapolis.
"What Does 'America' Means Today"
A talk by Lewis H. Lapham, editor of the new Lapham's Quarterly,
host of the radio program The World in Time, longtime editor and now national correspondent and
contributor to Harper's magazine, as well as the author of several books, including Theater of War and Money and Class in America.
—A dessert reception will follow—
Location: Willey Hall, 225-19th Av S, U of M West Bank Campus.
Link here for directions and parking information.
CANCELLED: If questions, contact
the Bell Library at 612/624-1528 or
jfbell@umn.edu
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Friends of the Libraries
Workshop: Saturday, October 13, 2007 • Free • Reservations Required
The Wood Engraver's Art
Join local wood engraving luminaries Gaylord Schanilec,
William Myers, and Joanne Price for a show-and-tell of their recent work and
a world tour of their favorite wood engraving masters. A visit to the Elmer L. Andersen Library at the U of M to view examples by master woodcarvers, from Archives and Special Collections, will follow the workshop.
Workshop Location: Minnesota
Center for the Book Arts
1011 Washington Av S, Open Book Building, Minneapolis
•
Directions
Schedule: 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Roundtable Discussion, MCBA
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Demonstration by Presenters, MCBA
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Tour of the James Ford Bell Library and the Waldseemüller exhibit, University of Minnesota
For additional information, contact Jordana at
engraversworkshop@gmail.com
or 952.212.7922.
Sponsored by the Associates of the James Ford Bell Library
Lecture: Thursday, October 25, 2007
"Early Modern Religious
Cartographies in the New World"
presented by: Jorge
Cañizares-Esguerra
Professor of History, University of Texas at
Austin
7:00 p.m., 4th Floor Gallery, Wilson Library,
U of M west bank campus
A discussion and reception will follow the presentation;
for reservations, contact: James Ford Bell Library,
jfbell@umn.edu
This event is co-sponsored by TEMS
(Theorizing Early Modern Studies; an
Institute for Advanced Studies
initiative), with support from the Center
for
Early Modern History, in cooperation with the Sixteenth
Century Society's
Annual Conference, which will be held in Minneapolis,
24-28 October 2007.
