V isualising the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape University of St Andrews, Scotland, Jun 10–11, 2027 Deadline: Sep 1, 2026 During the long nineteenth century, the landscapes of the eastern Mediterranean were in transition. Inside and outside the shifting territories of the Ottoman Empire, urban areas and infrastructure expanded, networks of transport and travel grew, rural hinterlands were linked to global economies, and minerals and antiquities alike were extracted at a quickening pace. At the same time as these unevenly distributed changes, narratives of ‘timeless’ classical, Biblical or Oriental picturesque landscapes for tourist consumption persisted, often in contrast to local modes of landscape value or . . . → En lire plus