Posted on behalf of the H-Oceans Team
We are thrilled to announce the onboarding of a new H-Net network: H-Oceans!
H-Oceans considers the volumetric, global oceans as a site of historical inquiry and is devoted to analyses of this environment. Scholars in multiple academic fields, living and working across the globe, have shown that oceans—covering 70% of the planet’s surface and 99% of its living space—in all their dimensions are (and have been) places with historical pasts.
H-Oceans unites scholars across the humanities and social sciences who study the global oceans and challenge assumptions about the seas as timeless, acultural and unchanging spaces. The study of oceans, marine and coastal environments, marine geopolitics, work and recreation, as well as knowledge production about oceans derive from human and natural archives and show that oceans are sites with their own histories. Highlighting interconnectedness especially in the face of anthropogenic climate change, we recognize that, historically and culturally, oceans have been considered geographically distinct, and indeed that past, present, and future oceans are not the same.
The H-Oceans editorial board aims to provide opportunities for those interested in histories of oceans to share research, book reviews, and announcements, as well as to promote projects that advance the study of the rapidly expanding field of oceans and their histories. We welcome colleagues from any field interested in incorporating interdisciplinary humanities and social science perspectives into their research methodologies to better understand the human interaction with the oceans and their histories.
The H-Oceans editorial board hopes to foster communication across disciplines as we consider the intertwining histories of oceans and their denizens, past and present, including human beings, and we welcome you to join this endeavor.
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