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Nineteenth century engraving of boat in a storm

Online Event: Perilous Voyages to New York’s Safe Harbor

The Metropolitan Chapter (New York City) of the Victorian Society in America presents an online book event that sheds light on nineteenth-century sea journeys for refuge seekers. &[...]

09 Sep 2021

Tag Atlantic World, Black Atlantic, digital event, Immigration, Irish Atlantic, maritime history, New York City, Nineteenth century, Slavery

SY Ena, Edwardian steam-powered Australian-built yacht

Updates from the Australian Association for Maritime History

The Australian Association for Maritime History (AAMH) has two exciting announcements: First, together with the Western Australian Museum and Sheridan Institute of Higher Ed[...]

02 Sep 2021

Tag Australia, CFPs, conferences, Indian Ocean, journals, maritime history, publishing, scholarly societies

ADM 8 Database Project Update: Major Changes Coming

I’m glad to say that since the last time I’ve blogged about this project, I’ve decided to throw most of the plans away- or at least the intended implementation ha[...]

26 Jul 2021

Tag 17th century, Academic Practice, ADM8 Database, ADM8 Database Project, Anglo-Dutch Wars Project, Archives, maritime history, Research, Royal Navy, Sam McLean, Samuel McLean

Discuss-A-Vol: ADM 7/639 Instructions for Admiralty Navy Board Officials.

In this post, we’re looking at my photos of ADM 7/639: Instructions for Admiralty Navy Board Officials. I have 185 images to share. This is a very interesting volume, [...]

19 Jul 2021

Tag 17th century, 18th century, Archives, Atlantic World, Britain, Discuss-A-Volume, maritime history, National Archives, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean

Call for Papers: Working Group for History of Ocean Science, Technology, and Medicine

Following a successful series during the 2020-2021 academic year, the Consortium Working Group for the History of Ocean Science, Technology, and Medicine seeks new papers for the 2[...]

15 Jul 2021

Tag CFPs, History of Medicine, history of science, maritime history, Technology, working group

Call for Papers: John Scholes Prize for Transport History

The John Scholes Prize is awarded annually to the writer of a publishable paper based on original research into any aspect of the history of transport and mobility. The prize is in[...]

08 Jul 2021

Tag CFPs, Early career, maritime history, mobility, Prizes, Transport History, Transportation

Painting of the Battle of Trafalgar, painted by J M W Turner

Call for Papers – “Scientific and Technological Advances in the Navies of the Georgian Era”

CALL FOR PAPERS: TRAFALGAR CHRONICLE Publication Date: Fall 2022 “Scientific and Technological Advances in the Navies of the Georgian Era” For three decades, the T[...]

01 Jul 2021

Tag CFPs, Georgian Navy, Georgian Period, journals, maritime history, Ocean Science, Publication, Technology

Museum staff working on a ship in the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven

CFP: A Civil Ocean – A Naval Space: Negotiating Boundaries between War and Peace at Sea

A Civil Ocean – A Naval Space: Negotiating Boundaries between War and Peace at Sea International conference of the Northern Sea Maritime Museums’ Network April 28th-30th, 2022 in B[...]

24 Jun 2021

Tag CFPs, conferences, empires, maritime history, Maritime Museums, Maritime Warfare, Material Culture, Naval History, shipwrecks, Technology

Discuss-A-Vol: ADM 25/1 Officer Half-pay Records 1693-1704

Today’s volume is ADM 25/1 Officer half-pay records for the period 1693-1704. This is an interesting volume that is a pretty important record. Unfortunately, my photos are.. [...]

21 Jun 2021

Tag 17th C, 18th C, ADM, Admiralty, Archives, Atlantic World, Digital Humanities, Discuss-A-Vol, Half-pay, Kew, maritime history, National Archives, Royal Navy

Discuss-A-Vol: ADM 7/168 Estimates

This volume is contains transcribed/copied records of naval estimates from August 1673 (shortly following the removal of the Duke of York as Lord High Admiral) through to the end o[...]

14 Jun 2021