We are excited to announce the tentative programme for our conference ‘Port Cities in Comparative Global History: Potentials and Issues‘ which takes place in Hong Kong on the 15th and 16th June 2023. The event is funded by the History Department and Modern History Research Centre at the Hong Kong Baptist University and Lloyd’s Register […]
Proposals for papers are welcomed to be part of a selected anthology regarding the historic moral, religious, medical, legal, political, physiological or environmental ‘corruption’ of coastal culture in the 18th and 19th century. Entries are to make contributions to a ‘New Coastal Historiography’ and develop discussions relating to a moral geography concept. The ‘corruption’ of […]
Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust (PRDHT) launched its mobile exhibition and the ‘Colin Lay education resource pack’ for the culmination of the ‘Triangle Girls’ project on 29 March 2022. The project explored women workers in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard during the First World War. The launch was a bitter-sweet as the project lead, and originator of […]
New Researchers in Maritime History Conference at the University of Portsmouth 31 March – 1 April 2023 The British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH), in association with Port Towns and Urban Cultures Research Group, University of Portsmouth, is delighted to invite you to the twenty-eighth conference for new researchers. This annual conference organised by BCMH […]
International Conference: Port Cities in Comparative Global History: Potentials and Issues Date: 15-16 June 2023 Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Sponsored by Lloyd’s Register Foundation via the University of Portsmouth and the History Department and Modern History Research Centre at the Hong Kong Baptist University The University of Portsmouth’s ‘Port Towns […]
PhD students from the University of Portsmouth, Suzanne Marie Taylor, Charlotte Steffen and Daisy Turnbull are embarking on an insightful new project looking ‘Beyond The Porthole’ at aspects of maritime and coastal history in a brand new podcast series! This 7-part series will be diving into current themes of maritime history and talking to some […]
