Studentship title: ‘Nipcheese’ the Bean Counter: The Implications of Royal Naval Pursery in the Development of Accounting Closing date: Tuesday 21st April 2015 Preliminary explorations of maritime and accounting archives and historical literature in the Royal Navy [RN] Dockyard Library, Portsmouth, have considered the role and significance of pursers on RN ships (1600 to 1850) […]
The University of Portsmouth and the National Museum of the Royal Navy wish to appoint two new Lecturer/Research Fellows in order to expand their existing successful range of research collaborations. The successful appointees will assist in the development of new museum galleries and work with others to develop and launch a new Masters degree programme in Naval […]
Portsmouth University, March 31st – April 2nd 2015 A call for papers has been announced for the Social History Society’s annual conference to be held on 31st March – 2nd April 2015 at the University of Portsmouth. The annual Social History Society Conference is the largest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK. Proposals […]
Meet the Guernsey evacuees who fled their homes to northern England in June 1940, just days before Germany invaded their island. An event for all the family. Admission free. Activities for all ages. Hear their stories and discover how 17,000 Guernsey children, teachers and parents adjusted to life on the British mainland during WW2. Thousands came […]
Engaging with the Past is a heritage and public history reading group which aims to discuss, debate and share ideas concerning ‘heritage’ through contemporary cultural production and the representation of the past – through management, public engagement, and various methods of dissemination. It is hoped that this reading group can provide an opportunity for friendly […]
Call for Papers for the following conference, Self, Other & Elsewhere: Images & Imagination in the Port Cities of Atlantic & Mediterranean Europe, held in Bordeaux 11th – 12th May. In these times when urban marketing is being applied to outline the identity of our cities with a view to promoting it more effectively, this […]
