Educational activities and outreach can help facilitate mutual engagement. UNESCO – the UN organization for education,…
Port cultures
Port-City-Regions in a Time of Transitions: Value Deliberation on Port City Futures
Politicians, academics, and citizens in many cities around the world have started to pay close attention…
Oil in Oil (and Other Art Media): Painting the Petroleum Port
The oil industry depends on water both for the refining process and for transportation, so many…
Universities and Ports Cities: Stumbling Block, Place Filler or Innovation Hub?
In 1911, under the aegis of Hamburg’s General Lecture system, an academic lecture hall was inaugurated…
Writing Port Cities
In Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino famously imagined Marco Polo describing imaginary cities to Kublai Khan. Reflecting…
Professional and Academic Conferences on Port Cities: Connecting Past, Present, and Future
In cities with and without major ports, from Hamburg to Lisbon, from Paris to Barcelona, from…