The Politics of Surf Tourism
Date / Time: 3 May 2016
Professor Scott Laderman from the University of Minnesota, will present a seminar at the Faculty of Education on the politics of surf tourism on the 3 May 2016. Professor Laderman will speak on the history of surfing and its connection to the political struggles that marked decolonization and the global Cold War.
Professor Laderman is the author of Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing (University of California Press, 2014) and the Fullbright Visiting Professor of American Studies at the University of Hong Kong.
All are welcome to attend this interesting seminar. For further details please see the Seminar flyer.