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He joined Carleton in 1969 and has since undertaken visiting teaching commitments in Australia, the UK and South Africa. He is co-author of The Tourist-Historic City ( Elsevier, London, 2000) and Dissonant Heritage (Wiley,Chichester, 1996) and his research is concerned with the various dimensions of the geography of heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;He has recently been (2009-15) a&nbsp;Visiting Professor, School of Business (Heritage Studies) at Brighton University, UK, and School of Marketing at Curtin University, Perth, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tourist-historic cities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The geography of heritage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing tourism in cities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recent Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.E.Tunbridge and G.J.Ashworth, &#8216;Is all tourism dark?&#8217;, in Hooper, G. and Lennon, J. editors, Dark Tourism: Practice and Interpretation<br>\n(Aldershot: Ashgate, New Directions in Tourism Analysis series), 2016, pp. awaited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G.J.Ashworth and J.E.Tunbridge, &#8216;From blue to grey? Malta&#8217;s quest from mass beach to niche heritage tourism&#8217;, in Harrison, D. and Sharpley R.A.J. editors, Mass Tourism in a Small World<br>\n(Wallingford, CABI), 2016 IN PRESS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;The US and Bermuda: from foe to friend?&#8217;, Transactions of the Naval Dockyards Society, 10, 2016 IN PRESS. Expansion of presentation at Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, June 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J.E.Tunbridge, G.J.Ashworth and B.J.Graham, &#8216;Decennial reflections on A Geography of Heritage (2000) [book by present authors]&#8217;, discussion paper for debate, with six collegial responses and concluding &#8216;Comments on comments&#8217; [by present authors]&#8217;; International Journal of Heritage Studies 19 (4), 2013, 365-400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With G.J.Ashworth, &#8216;Heritage, tourism and quality of life&#8217;, in Uysal, M., Perdue, R. and Sirgy, M.J. editors, Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research: Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities, International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer), 2012, 359-371.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Naval heritage and postcolonial geography: why it should matter to Australia&#8217; (International Review), Geographical Research &#8211; Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers 49, 1, 2011, 86-98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Sustainable communities: the roles of heritage and tourism&#8217;, in Amoeda, R., Lira, S. and Pinheiro, C. (eds), Heritage 2010: Heritage and Sustainable Development (Barcelos, Portugal: Green Lines Institute), 2010, 325-31. (From keynote conference address, Evora, Portugal, June 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Forging a European heritage: the role of Malta&#8217;, Geographische Zeitschrift (Theme issue: European heritage &#8211; in Europe and beyond) 97 (1), 2009,12-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Plural and multicultural heritages&#8217; in The Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity ed B.Graham and P.Howard (Aldershot: Ashgate), 2009, 299-313.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Malta: reclaiming the naval heritage?&#8217;, International Journal of Heritage Studies 14 (5), 2008, 449-466.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G.J.Ashworth, B.J.Graham and J.E.Tunbridge, Pluralising Pasts: Heritage, Identity and Place in Multicultural Societies (London: Pluto), 2007, 236pp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Empire, war and nation: heritage management perspectives from Canada and Malta&#8217;, Public History Review , 2006, 13, 4-22. (Development of invited keynote presentation, University of Otago, New Zealand, July 2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With G.J. Ashworth, &#8216;Move out of the sun and into the past: the blue-grey transition and its implications for tourism infrastructure in Malta&#8217;, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism , 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With G.J. Ashworth, &#8216;Moving from blue to grey tourism: reinventing Malta&#8217;, Tourism Recreation Research, 2005, 30 (1), 45-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Commodifying the heritage of atrocity? 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