The Waterfront Working Group is a mobile seminar that meets a few times per year. We organize engaged site visits and field days, often coupled with research workshops for current members. Please feel free to be in touch about attending.

Group members also collaborate on occasional events and projects with the Shifting Shorelines project at Northwestern’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.

Past Meetings

December 8–9, 2025
Waterfront Working Group #3 / Scheldt Study Days (SIGMAPLAN + Drowned Land of Saeftinge)

Convened by Stephen Ramos. With Harris Feinsod, Corey Byrnes, Heather Houser. Intensive workshops led by Patrick Meire, Tom Maris, and collaborators.

May 6, 2025
Shifting Shorelines Workshop (Northwestern)

Convened by Corey Byrnes. Talks by Simon Richter, Jamie Jones, Stephen Ramos, Harris Feinsod, and Corey Byrnes.

April 25, 2025
Waterfront Working Group #2 / Hart Miller Island and Research Share (JHU)

Convened by Harris Feinsod and Stephen Ramos. With Corey Byrnes, Sabine Mohamed, Stephanie Saxton, Cotten Seiler, David Alff, Margaret Rorison, Joshua Messick, and Marcelo Nogueira. Pre-circulated papers by David Alff, Corey Byrnes, and Harris Feinsod and Stephen Ramos.

October 18, 2024
Waterfront Working Group #1 / Port of Baltimore Study Day (JHU)

Convened by Harris Feinsod and Stephen Ramos. With Corey Byrnes, Sabine Mohamed, Stephanie Saxton, Cotten Seiler, Nadia Nurhussein, Jayme Collins, and David Alff.

April 5, 2024
Reclamation Workshop (Northwestern)

Convened by Corey Byrnes and Harris Feinsod. With talks by Sean Burkholder, Chandana Anusha, Lydia Barnett, Corey Byrnes, Hollyamber Kennedy, Doug Kiel, Uche Okpa-Iroha, Mariajosé Rodríguez-Pliego, and Maria Romanova