BGEAH Conference 2017: Land and Water.

By Melanie Bassett on July 10, 2017 in event, notfeature

The British Group of Early American Historians conference 2017, is open for registration!

The theme this year is ‘Land and Water: Port Towns, Maritime Connections, and Oceanic Spaces of the Early Modern Atlantic World’ and will take place at the University of Portsmouth between 31 August – 3 September 2017.

Event co-organiser, Dr Tom Rodgers describes the BGEAH and conference as:

BGEAH is an informal grouping of historians working in the field of early America and the early modern Atlantic World. The conference is always a collegial event attracting scholars from across the UK, the USA, and Europe.

For more information about the event, including the programme, and to book your place, please visit http://www.port.ac.uk/centre-for-european-and-international-studies-research/events/bgeah-2017-land-and-water/

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About Melanie Bassett

Dr Melanie Bassett is a Faculty Research Fellow at the University of Portsmouth. She manages the PTUC website and social media outputs alongside undertaking her own research on port towns. Her PhD research, 'The Royal Dockyard Worker in Edwardian England: Culture, Leisure and Empire' re-examined the concept of a monolithic imperial identity and tracked the nuances of working-class imperialism. She has worked with Professor Brad Beaven on a number of WW1 projects, including 'Mapping the National Impact of the Jutland Battle: Civic and Community Responses during the First World War' and 'Lest We Forget' in partnership with Portsmouth City Museum, which culminated in a large-scale exhibition that commemorated the ways that Portsmouth and its people experienced the War. Mel previously worked in museums and was employed at Portsmouth City Museum and the Royal Naval Museum. Follow Melanie @melanie_bassett

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