Stephen Snelders Throughout history, port cities and the smuggling of drugs have been closely connected. From the recent tv-series Poldark to the 4,000 kilos of…
This article is from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus magazine edition 2021 Water-rich cities, such as port cities, often have a rich history. They also have a dynamic…
Paroma Sadhana In the free online course (Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture, which ran between May 26 and July 7, 2021…
Tianchen Dai, Carola Hein In July 2021, the world lost and gained a heritage site connected to a port city. The 44th session of the World Heritage Committee…
Marcel Andrzejczak Water-related heritage can play an important role in creating a sustainable future for various kinds of landscapes. As an intern at the…
Yvonne van Mil, Vincent Baptist How can we better grasp, articulate and examine particular character traits of port cities, especially when research endeavors…
Claudiu Forgaci Bucharest is one of the very few capitals in inland Europe not accessible by waterways. The capacities of the Romanian capital’s rivers…
Riwa Abdel Khalek After the blast in Beirut in August 2020, Lebanon’s second port city - Tripoli - quickly took over the capital’s port functions. Tripoli’s…
Learning from 400 years of Pilgrim Fathers’ America, what does the future of globalisation hold? Thanksgiving is about hope; after the presidential election in…
