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Global change and the role of seaports since the 1950sInternational Conference of the Forschungstelle für Zeltgeshichte in Hamburg (FZH)13-15 mars 2014Thursday, March 13Hamburg Museum, Holstenwall 24, 20355 Hamburg,Lecture Hall18.30 – 20.00 Keynote AddressMichael B. Miller (Miami, FL ): Ports in the Global Ages Throughout the twentieth century ports were the nodes and gateways in a global system of exchange. But momentous changes in maritime business and also in globalization in the last half of the century changed the space, hierarchies, and cultures of world ports. This talk will trace that evolution from ports in one global age to ports in another.Michael B. Miller is the author of “Europe and the Maritime World:A Twentieth-Century History” (Cambridge University Press, 2012).&#160;Friday, March 149.00 – 9.30 Introduction Axel Schildt (Hamburg): WelcomeChristoph Strupp (Hamburg): Opening Remarks9.30 – 10.50 Panel 1 – The Changing Relationship of Ports and Port Cities IAlice A. Mah (Coventry): Reconstructing Port Identities: The Political Economy of Waterfront Development (Liverpool, Marseille and New Orleans)Sven Alexander Schottmann (Melbourne): Marketing a Maritime Gateway: The Port of Singapore and its Role in the Management of the National BrandChair / Comment: Dirk Schubert (Hamburg)11.10 – 12.30 Panel 2 – The Changing Relationship of Ports and Port Cities IIGrzegorz Skrukwa (Poznań): The Image of the Odessa Seaport and the Transformation of Post-Soviet UkraineJanine Schemmer (Udine / H amburg): Silent Revolution. Individual Memories and Official Representations of the Transformation of Dock Work in the Port of HamburgChair / Comment: Carola Hein (Bryn Mawr, PA )13.00 – 15.00 Boat Tour of the Port of Hamburg, sponsored by the Hamburg Port Authority[participation limited to active conference participants]15.30 – 17.00 Panel 3 – Ports and External Political and Economic Influences IChristoph Strupp (Hamburg): “Victim No. 2 of the Cold War?” Port and Politics in Hamburg in the 1950s and 1960sDirk M. Koppenol (Rotterdam): Resisting Port Expansion. The Case of the Port of Rotterdam (1980s – 2000s)Chair / Comment: Dorothee Wierling (Hamburg / London)17.30 – 18.15 Panel 4 – Presentation of the Vilport Research ProjectBéatrice Touchelay (Lille 3 - IRHiS) / Pierre Tilly (Louvain): Vilport – a Project and its Results: A New Configuration of Relations between Port and Hinterland in the North West of Europe since the 1950s (Project with Jean-François Eck, Lille 3-IRHiS)Chair / Comment: Christiane Reinecke (Hamburg)19.30 Conference dinnerSaturday, March 159.30 – 10.50 Panel 5 – Ports and External Political and Economic Influences IIIngo Heidbrink (Norfolk, VA): The Cod Wars and Related Changes in Major Fishing Ports (1885 – 2000)Jiyoung Park (Buffalo, NY): The Impact of the Widening of the Panama Canal Expansion on U.S. Ports (Paper with Harry W. Richardson, Los Angeles, CA)Chair / Comment: Alexander Nützenadel (Berlin)11.10 – 12.30 Panel 6 – Ports and Transportation: The Rise of a “Dangerous Box”Catarina Caetano da Rosa (Darmstadt): Revolution, Change, or Setback? The Seaport of Lisbon and the Introduction of the ContainerDaniel Castillo Hidalgo (Gran Canaria) / Miguel Suárez Bosa (Gran Canaria): Container Traffics and Changes on the Labour Organization at the Port of Las Palmas (1960 – 2007)Chair / Comment: Niels Wiecker (Hamburg)14.15 – 16.15 Panel 7 – Asia: Ports and the Challenges of a Global EconomyHemalata C. Dandekar (San Luis Obispo, CA) / Sulakshana Mahajan (Mumbai): Mumbai Port and Mumbai City. A Relationship in Transition in the Global EconomyMegan M. Campbell (Leipzig): The Changing Roles of Mumbai Ports in Light of State Rescaling and Special Economic Zone ProjectsChi-Kong Lai (Brisbane): Managerial Problems of Wharfs in a Modern Seaport: A Case Study of Kin Lee Yuen Dock in Modern ShanghaiChair / Comment: Martina Hessler (Hamburg)16.30 – 17.00 Concluding discussion