Research

Prof. Estelle SOHIER (UNIGE)

Research interests: history of photography, cultural geography.

Role within the project: research on visual devices, in particular stereoscopic photographs, enabling a virtual round-the-world tour.

Contact: estelle.sohier(at)unige.ch

Dr Julien BEAL (UNIGE/Lab. CTEL EA 6307)

Research interests: Comparative literature (Japan).

Position within the project: Research on Japanese globetrotters.

Contact: julien.beal(at)unige.ch

Laura SAYSANAVONGPHET (UNIGE), PhD. student

Research interests: contemporary history, cultural geography, comparative literature, South-East Asia.

Role within the project: PhD on the first globetrotters' travelogues (1869-1914), under the joint supervision of Prof. Odile Gannier and Prof. Jean-François Staszak.

Contact: laura.saysanavongphet(at)unige.ch