Conferences and Workshops

Scientific Workshop

Novi Sad, 04 to 06 November 2024.

Inland waterways, transport corridors and urban port districts have increasingly attracted the attention of business and politics in the fields of transportation, trade and housing over the last two decades. This interest can also be observed to some extent in academia, for example when the sociological dimension of urban development or historical perspectives on waterways as enabling spaces for the circulation of knowledge, people and goods are examined. For the port facilities and port districts on the Danube, such a scholarly thematization has so far been largely absent. This is in contrast to the importance of the Danube waterway for economic development in Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 19th century, which also led to the growth of cultural diversity in the cities and regions along the Danube. The Danube ports formed the hubs of such processes, were the carriers of a maritime culture and had a significant influence on the shaping of their surroundings. The networking between centers and peripheries, the urbanization of river landscapes, industrialization and regional and supra-regional cultural exchange were influenced by the dynamics of the numerous port facilities over the last two centuries.

For the first time, the workshop will bring together researchers on ports and urban port areas on the Danube for a scientific exchange on their development, function, form, social and economic impact on cities and landscapes as well as loss of significance and revitalization.