CFP deadline: 11 November 2017, 11am Symposium: 9 June 2018 at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London in the Wolfson Conference Room The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) are keen to engage with urban and cultural historians who do not identify as architectural historians but whose work has obvious implications […]
Submission deadline: 1st December 2017 Conference: 13-15 September 2018, The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. To mark the opening of its new exploration wing in September 2018, the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, invites proposals for papers centred on the role and significance of memory in histories of maritime exploration. Over the last few decades maritime […]
The National Museum of the Royal Navy are hosting a special talk by Dr Jim Clipson on a little-known aspect of HMS Warrior’s history to be held on 19th October 11:00 – 12:00 in the Princess Royal Gallery, National Museum of the Royal Navy. HMS Warrior never fired a shot in anger, nor entered United States’ territorial waters, but […]
Organisers of the panel ‘Challenges or opportunities? The social fabric of colonial port cities, 1500-1850’ are looking for speakers to present at the 14th International Conference on Urban History in Rome (29th August-1st September 2018). The panel fits into the rising interest in global history. The digitalization of colonial archives also stimulated new research on […]
In June, four members of the history team at Portsmouth participated in a series of field trips, presentations, and workshops with academics from Kobe University in Japan. In this blog, one of the founding members of the Port Towns and Urban Cultures research group, Dr Rob James, who is a senior lecturer in history, discusses the […]
The University of Portsmouth’s successful MA in Naval History is producing some exciting research into the social and cultural background of the Royal Navy. Distance Learning Student and ex-Royal Navy Artificer, John North, is researching the history of Artificers in the RN, and is calling on the public to help him write a history of […]
