Port Towns & Urban Cultures: International Histories of the Waterfront, c.1700 – 2000, Eds. Brad Beaven, Karl Bell and Robert James, (Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2016) Despite the port’s prominence in maritime history, its cultural significance has long been neglected in favour of its role within economic and imperial networks. Defined by their intersection of maritime […]
Below, Port Towns & Urban Cultures’ first-ever visiting scholar, Laura Mier Valerón from the University of Oviedo (Spain), explains how she came to be involved with the project, outlines her research and discusses how being a visiting scholar with Port Towns & Urban Cultures has enhanced her research, skills and academic experiences. First of all, let me […]
Maritime Masculinities, 1815-1940 19th- 20th December, 2016, Oxford, UK Keynote speakers include: Dr Mary Conley, College of the Holy Cross, USA Prof. Joanne Begiato, Oxford Brookes University Dr Isaac Land, Indiana State University, USA The Department of History, Philosophy & Religion, Oxford Brookes University, and the Port Towns and Urban Cultures group, University of Portsmouth, invite […]
Before the Docks: London River and Port in the Eighteenth Century Museum of London Docklands – Saturday 7th May 2016 Jointly organised by Professor Sarah Palmer and Chris Ellmers, this one-day symposium will explore how key aspects of London’s river and port developed and changed during the momentous years of the eighteenth century. Full programme available here Further […]
Professor Albert Grundlingh: Mutating memories & the making of a wartime myth. Remembering the SS Mendi Disaster, 1917-2007 This year, the Gateways to the First World War centre is delighted to welcome Professor Albert Grundlingh (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) as a visiting researcher. At events at the University of Kent and the University of Brighton […]
Port Towns and Urban Cultures’ Dr Rob James is a project partner on a Heritage Lottery Funded bid with the Portsdown U3A (University of the Third Age). The project will establish the impact of the Battle of Jutland on the people of Portsmouth. It will identify those sailors who lost their lives at the battle […]
