An Interview with Claire Tratnyek, Learning Resource Specialist

We’re excited to introduce Claire Tratnyek to the LMEC team as the Learning Resource Specialist in our expanding Education department! Claire joined us this June and is currently finishing her dissertation research in Northeastern University’s Department of History. We sat down with Claire to learn more about her interests, future work at the Center, and her favorite part of the gallery.

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Last Chance to Add your Name to Our Community Star Map

As we reach the end of our fiscal year on June 30, we are counting on you to help make our future work shine! Inspired by the celestial chart in our current exhibition Heaven & Earth, we’re creating a special community constellation chart drawn by our supporters. This week is your last chance to put your name amongst the stars—and support our mission at the same time. Draw your own starry design and then donate $20 or more to become part of the community-drawn star chart. You can even draw and dedicate a constellation for a loved one and we’ll send it to them by email or postcard! We rely on your generosity to make our programs accessible and your support makes a big difference.

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New Spring 2024 Atlascope Tours

This past spring, undergraduate interns worked with the Leventhal Center to create new layers for Atlascope, georeferencing digitized atlases and working to expanding the current range of cities and towns displayed in the tool. We asked our interns to create Atlascope tours of subjects they discovered through their georeferencing work and we couldn’t be more excited to share the results with you!

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Call for Fall Interns! · Due July 12, 3 pm ET

Applications are now open for our fall cohort of college interns. Our paid internship program trains the next generation of professionals in topics related to geospatial technology, public humanities, and librarianship. Interns will work onsite in the Center’s offices at the Central Library for 6-10 hours per week from mid-September 2024 through mid-December 2024 focused on Geohumanities & GIS. Apply online by Friday, July 12, 2024 at 3 pm ET.

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FTV Highlights: Views of Housing & Home

From The Vault is a biweekly event series featuring collections objects selected by Leventhal Center staff. Each program revolves around a theme to explore in the collection, and objects are on display in our Learning Center for the afternoon. No registration is required! This June, we hosted one From The Vault event with the theme of “Housing and Home,” specially curated by Ian Spangler, Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography! Read about the collections from this event roundup article, complete with captions, images of the maps, and links back to the digital collection records.

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If You Missed It: Dr. Elke Papelitzky on the Blue Maps of China

On Monday, June 17, Dr. Elke Papelitzky joined the LMEC community for a virtual talk on the blue maps of China. In this talk, Dr. Papelitzky focused on how the makers of the blue maps saw their place in the world, across both space and time. The full talk is available to watch on our website.

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