Mark Giordano: "Teaching Geopolitics with Maps”

Sponsored in partnership with California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies.

Location: Zoom

Time:  7:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM CT/ 5:00 PM MT/ 4:00 PM PT

Title: “Teaching Geopolitics with Maps”

Speaker: Mark Giordano, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs and Professor of Geography, Georgetown University

Summary: Georgetown University’s “Map of the Modern World” is likely the largest class in the world that still uses maps to teach geopolitics and world affairs. The current instructor will provide examples of how historic and contemporary maps and custom cartography are used to engage students in global issues and help them understand international challenges from multiple perspectives. Examples in the talk will include a Spanish colonial manuscript map of 18th century South America, maps of migratory bird flyways plotted on two different projections, and Google maps of Crimea generated in multiple countries.

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