Prof. Bozdogan presented in workshop in Cyprus

Landscapes of Leisure: Architectural Histories of Tourism and Development is a new research initiative led by Professor Panaiyota Pyla and her MesArch Lab at the University of Cyprus in collaboration with Professor Bozdogan. With a specific focus on the eastern Mediterranean, the project brings together scholars from around the world for critical investigations of architectural and planning histories of tourism development in relation to national, global, geopolitical and environmental agendas. Prof. Bozdogan recently presented in the Landscapes of Leisure Workshop, University of Cyprus, Nicosia.. More information can be gained via this MesArch page.

Workshop participants and the British UN soldier who guided the tour of Ledra Palas, Nicosia with special permission.
Limassol Coast today. After the division of the island following the Turkish invasion of the north in 1974, hotel building and tourism development have boomed in the south. The Amathos Hotel can be seen to the left of the picture (second large building from the left)