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Canadian Nautical Research Society 2018 Conference

Lower Lakes, Upper Lakes: Connecting Maritime Heritage Canadian Nautical Research Society Annual Conference Programme Toronto, 21 June-23 June 2018 Thursday 21 June 2018 0800 Regis[...]

12 Apr 2018

The Battle of Jutland Animation

Thank you very much to Nicholas Jellicoe for this guest post in our ‘Disciplines and Maritime Studies’ series. In this post, he discusses the process of creating an ani[...]

09 Apr 2018

Tag 20th Century, Admiral Jellicoe, Animation, Battle of Jutland, digital history, First World War, maritime history, Nicholas Jellicoe, Royal Navy, WW1

“An Erotic Battle-Royale”

Last month’s post deconstructed the refrain of the popular sea chantey “Blow the Man Down” (a version from Gordon’s Inferno Collection) and established the sexual undertone of the [...]

29 Mar 2018

Tag 19th Century, chanteys, chanty, history, interdisciplinary study, Jessica Floyd, literature, maritime history, Sailors, sea chanteys, Sea Songs, shanties

Close Reading of an Old Favorite: Part I in a Series of Posts on ‘Blow the Man Down’

As with all other sea chanteys, versions of “Blow the Man Down” are multiple and idiosyncratic. Depending on the chanteyman, the ship, the particular crew, and/or the particular e[...]

12 Feb 2018

Tag 19th Century, Great Age of Sail, literature, maritime history, masculinty, Sailors, sea chanteys, Sexuality, work songs

ADM 8 Project, Part 4: Uploading to the Database

In the previous post, I talked about transcribing documents from ADM 8. This post- about the process of uploading the documents to the database, was separated due to length. Fair w[...]

05 Feb 2018

Tag 17th century, Academia, Academic Practice, ADM 8 Database Project, Anglo-Dutch Wars Project, Archives, coding, Digital Humanities, historical practice, interdisciplinary study, maritime history, Restoration, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean, scripting, uploading

ADM 8 Project, Part 3: Document Transcription

Welcome my friends to the show that never ends. We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside. In the previous two posts in this series, I discussed the documents [...]

01 Feb 2018

Tag 17th century, ADM 8 Database Project, Anglo-Dutch Wars Project, Archives, Database, Digital Humanities, interdisciplinary study, maritime history, pedagogy, PHP, Restoration, Royal Navy, Samuel McLean, Transcription

‘Maritime Approaches to Global History’ Seminar Schedule

TGHS is the only graduate-led seminar at the University of Oxford focused on themes of global history. The Seminar is active throughout the academic year, hosting an exciting and v[...]

25 Jan 2018

Tag Atlantic History, France, Irish Sea, Islands, Isle of Man, Manx History, maritime history, Mediterranean Sea, Oxford, piracy, Red Sea, Suez Canal

CFP: 11th Maritime Heritage Conference & 45th Annual Conference on Sail Training and Tall Ships

Our Maritime Communities-Stronger Together 11th Maritime Heritage Conference & 45th Annual Conference on Sail Training and Tall Ships New Orleans Marriott-French Quarter 555 C[...]

19 Sep 2017

Tag ASTA, CFP, Conference, maritime history, Sail Training

The State of Maritime History Research

University of Greenwich, 9 September 2017 Over the past few decades there has been significant debate as to the place and shape of maritime history. In January 2008, the Council of[...]

08 Sep 2017

Tag Benjamin Redding, Cathryn Pearce, Clare Warrior, Eric Grove, James G. Davies, JD Davies, Jo Stanley, John Hattendorf, Laurnce Publicover, maritime history, Mark David Matthews, Michael Talbot, Oliver Coates, Richard Hardin, Sam Robinson, Society for Nautical Research, Susan Rose, Susann Liebich, Tim Acott

CFP: The State of Maritime History Research

The Society for Nautical Research is delighted to announce the first conference it has organised under its own auspices. The conference, on the state of maritime research, will be [...]

13 May 2017

Tag CFP, Conference, maritime history, Society for Nautical Research, University of Greenwich