Vlaardingen is de oudste stad van de Rotterdamse delta. De aanleg van de Nieuwe Waterweg bracht nieuwe industrie naar de stad, maar Vlaardingen veranderde pas…
De Nieuwe Waterweg bracht Rotterdam ongekende welvaart. Havens breidden uit tot ver buiten de stadsgrenzen. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog was herstel van de haven…
150 jaar geleden voeren de eerste schepen door de Nieuwe Waterweg. Maar het plan voor de Waterweg was al ouder: de Zeeuwse ingenieur Pieter Caland presenteerde…
LDE PortCityFutures is looking for a Student Assistant! PortCityFutures is a Leiden-Delft-Erasmus universities’ initiative that investigates the evolving socio…
Merten Nefs Trade infrastructure and logistical activities have long been a source of prosperity as well as nuisance. Important trade hubs, such as Rotterdam…
Arkar Phyo In the free online course (Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture , which ran between May 26 and July 7, 2021, learners…
Nancy Couling While researching urbanisation processes unfolding in the North Sea, architect Nancy Couling, Marie Curie Research Fellow at TU Delft 2017-19…
Gaetano Di Tommaso and Dario Fazzi In the last few years, the humanities experienced a “blue” turn. As an effort to think critically about the role of water in…
Francesca Savoldi Historically, port cities are not only places of trade and connection, but also of friction and conflict.Working on her research project…
Ugo Poletti Ever since the unprovoked invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the port city of Odessa has remained relatively unharmed. Yet, argues Ugo Poletti, editor…
