The British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH) invites you to join them for the twenty-sixth conference for new researchers. The event will be held virtually for the first time via Zoom. Registration is now open! About this Event The Conference gives new researchers a unique opportunity to present their work in a constructive and supportive […]
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Extended CfP: Canadian Coastal Histories
Deadline for proposals: February 12, 2021 Conference date: September 2021 Dialogues about Canadian coastal cultures, coastal places, and global oceanic connections have taken on a new tenor in a time of climate crisis that will dramatically and disproportionately reshape the future of such conversations. Growing international interest in coasts from a range of disciplines suggests […]
The first three ‘Coastal Connections’ IHR Partnership Seminars announced!
The IHR Partnership Seminar ‘Coastal Connections’ series is excited to announce its first three webinars. All welcome, the seminars are free to attend but booking is required. Webinars Coastal Brexit – 21st Jan 7pm GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/events/coastal-brexit This event explores the complexities of Brexit for the coastal communities spanning the Irish Sea Basin. What coastal connections will strengthen […]
Event: John Gillis Tribute Roundtable. Presented by the Coastal History Network
Dear Friends and Colleagues: Please join us on December 3 from 11 am to 12:30 pm EST (4 pm – 5.30pm UK) —see Zoom link below—for a roundtable discussion celebrating the career and scholarship of historian John Gillis. John’s work has been wide-ranging, examining German, British, and American social and cultural history. His most recent […]
Book launch: Gunboats, Empire, and the China Station by Dr Matthew Heaslip, 22 October 4.30pm
Join us online in marking the launch of Gunboats, Empire, and the China Station – a book that ‘transforms our understanding of the Royal Navy in the 1920s’. 22nd October from 4.30 to 5.30 pm. Please book via Eventbrite. Professor Joe Maiolo (King’s College London) will open the event with a short introduction, after which the author […]
Join the Coastal History Network!
The old adage ‘necessity is the mother of all invention’ can certainly apply to new ways of networking in these times of global pandemic. As a response to the Covid-19 crisis on 13 April 2020 Professor David Worthington (Firths and Fjords, University of the Highlands and Islands) sent out a call to those interested in […]