Washington Map Society 41st Annual Dinner - Guest Speaker Matthew D. Mingus

Please join the Washington Map Society for our 41st Annual Dinner!

Come enjoy an evening of fine food & drink, camaraderie and an enlightening presentation

Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant, Tysons II Galleria, McLean VA

Schedule:

6:00 pm - Social Hour (cash bar)

7:00 pm - Italian Feast

8:00 pm - Presentation

Cost: $75 per person

Registration: You must register online by clicking the "Register" button above. You will be given the option to pay online by credit card or to mail a check (made payable to Washington Map Society). Registration will be limited to 72 people. RSVP required by Friday, May 13.

Speaker:  Matthew D. Mingus, Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico-Gallup, 2009 Ristow Prize Winner, and Book Review Editor for The Portolan. His first book, Remapping Modern Germany after National Socialism, 1945-1961, was published in 2017.

Presentation:  "Mapping a Defeated Germany in the Aftermath of World War II" -- After defeating the Nazis in the Second World War, the Allied powers occupied a German nation-state that was experiencing extreme territorial instability. This presentation will discuss some of the strategies and maps used by bureaucrats, educators, public relations firms, and the various Allied militaries to convincingly denazify, truncate, and divide postwar Germany. Not only is the cartographic chaos after World War II interesting, but it also shows just how vital maps were (and are) in constructing new political realities.

Questions? Email Tom Litke at Tom.Litke@gmail.com