New Horizons: Workshops for Emerging Scholars in Maritime History
Following a first year of successful workshops (more information can be found on the workshop series website) we are pleased to extend this invitation to new participants to join in a second series of online maritime history discussions starting in September 2024. Our aim is to provide an opening to the kind of conversations that happen less frequently than they might during the course of graduate and post-doctoral studies. As scholars whose understandings of the past have been enriched by taking to the seas, how might we go about explaining the significance of what we are discovering by sourcing, interpreting and presenting materials that challenge historical conventions coined solely from a landward perspective?
The following headings are indicative of the sessions that will be organized to further the multiple and diverse professional demands of “explaining ourselves”:
- Straddling the disciplines: the integrity of historical practice;
- Must-reads of maritime history: is there any room for a “cannon”?
- Making a splash outside the university: Presenting maritime history research;
- Holding one’s own: Participating in conferences.
Our focus is on the maritime world between 1700 and 2000. Scholars from a variety of subjects, disciplines, and locations are invited. Although the language of communication will be English, participation from outside North America and Europe is welcome. We look forward to some lively discussions during the coming year!
To reserve a place send an email to the organizers at infomarworkshops@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Meaghan Walker, Independent Scholar, Canada
Kristoff Loockx, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Valerie Burton, Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
