Partnerships
The Port Towns and Urban Cultures project is working in partnership with the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Networks
The Port Towns and Urban Cultures research group are in a Port City Lives network with the Universities of Liverpool, John Moores, Hull and Warwick.
The Port Towns and Urban Cultures research group are in a Mapping the Waterfront network with the University of Gothenburg, the Maritime Archives at the Regional State Archives of Gothenburg and the Maritime Museum, Gothenburg.
The Port Towns and Urban Cultures research group are currently working with members based at the University of Southampton and University of Winchester to develop a Solent Maritime History Network
The Port Towns and Urban Cultures website and social media platforms facilitates a growing online network of international contributors and collaborators. The website is also home to Isaac Land’s The Coastal History Blog.
External Funding
2009 Arts & Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historic Trust.
2013 Port Towns & Urban Cultures’ Project Leader, Dr Brad Beaven is a Co-Investigator in the Arts & Humanities Research Council funded Gateways to the First World War Centre.
2015 Dr Rob James is a project partner on a HLF project with Portsdown U3A exploring the impact of the Battle of Jutland on Portsmouth.
2015 Dr Brad Beaven and Dr Melanie Bassett for an Arts & Humanities Research Council funded project titled ‘Mapping the National Impact of the Jutland Battle: civic and community responses during the First World War.’
2017 Port Towns and Urban Cultures has been awarded funding from the Daiwa Foundation Small Grants Fund for an exciting collaboration with Kobe University’s Port Cities Study Centre.
Education Liaison and Outreach
Port Towns and Urban Cultures are working with and exploring outreach opportunities with the University of Portsmouth’s Education Liaison and Outreach Department in particular, developing sessions for the highly successful and energetic UP for It Scheme for 11 to 16 year olds.
2016/17 Professor Brad Beaven and Dr Melanie Bassett are working in partnership with the Kings Theatre, Southsea, on their ‘Theatre of War’ project.
To explore networking, collaboration, education liaison and outreach opportunities please email ptuc@port.ac.uk
