S. 5. 1. – Visual and written representations of the sea

Chair: Tirza Mol (Rijksmuseum) 

• Erkan Kurul (Mediterranean Civilisations Research Institute, Akdeniz University) – Ancient Thalassography: The Role of the Ancient Maritime Records in the Discovery of Terrae Incognitae
• Anne Tove Austbo (Stavanger maritime museum/Museum Stavanger) – Picturing Seafarers – New perspectives on the photograpic crew portrait ca. 1870-1940. Which image of the profession of seafaring was established transnationally?
• Dóris Santos (Researcher at the Art History Institute (IHA/NOVA-FCSH) – From sea-work to sea-tragedy. Memories and visual representations of Nazaré
• Cristina Ferreira (FBAUP) – Images of Ocean, the discourse of photography on the sea