16 SEP 2026 (WED) 16:00-17:00

HKU Tourism Seminar Series

The Scenic Mediterranean:  Curating the Touristic Gaze through Guidebooks, 1881–1911

Date: 16 SEP 2026 (Wednesday)

Time: 16:00-17:00 (HKT)

Venue: CPD-2.45, 2F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=109306

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Prof. Elvan Cobb

Assistant Professor, Department of History, HKBU

Elvan is a historian of the built environment, focusing on the histories of place in the Ottoman Empire and the modern Middle East. In her work, Elvan juxtaposes histories of space with histories of technology, archaeology, tourism, and the senses. Her recently published monograph, Infrastructured Landscapes: Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways, investigates how spatial practices were altered with the advent of railways in western Anatolia during the second half of the 19th century.

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