Off the Grid: Maps and Mapmakers in 20th-Century Egypt @FranklinCenterAtDuke
Off the Grid: Maps and Mapmakers in 20th-Century Egypt @FranklinCenterAtDuke
Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Wednesday at the Center welcomes Chloe Bordewich who will share a presentation focused on several 20th century Egyptian train maps held by Duke University Libraries.

Chloe Bordewich is a writer and researcher focused on the history of information and the politics of historical narrative in the Arab world. She holds a Ph.D. in history and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research.
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Off the Grid: Maps and Mapmakers in 20th-Century Egypt

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