The Society for Nautical Research have announced the schedule for their forthcoming winter online lecture series. The series aims to promote research into economic, social, political, military and environmental aspects of nautical history, drawing on British, European and international experience. Our own UoP history lecturers Dr Cathryn Pearce and Dr Matthew Heaslip will be giving lectures in February and March next year!
Lectures held fortnightly on Wednesday evenings at 6:30PM (UTC) between October 2024 to March 2025. They will be held online (via zoom) and free to members of The Society For Nautical Research.
To become a member see https://snr.org.uk/become-a-member/
For queries see the convenor at: daisy.turnbull@myport.ac.uk.
Lecture Schedule
9th October 2024 : Dr Catherine Scheybler (King’s College London), ‘The Spanish Ship of the Line: Its origins and development before 1752’.
23rd October 2024 : Dr Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz (National Museum of the Royal Navy), ‘Documenting HMS Victory repairs using state-of-the-art archaeological 3D and 4D technologies’.
6th November 2024 : Dr James Davey (University of Exeter), ‘Tempest; The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolution’.
20th November 2024 : Prof Evan Wilson (Hattendorf Historical Centre), ‘The Horrible Peace; British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars’.
4th December 2024 : Sarah Mott, (Lloyd’s Register Foundation) ‘Rewriting Women into Maritime History; the SHE_SEES exhibition’.
18th December 2024 : Bill Lindsay (Independent Scholar), ‘William Schaw Lindsay; Victorian Entrepreneur’.
Christmas Break
15th January 2025 : Prof Rodrigo Pérez Fernández (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), ‘The past, present and future of shipbuilding’
29th January 2025 : Dr Alan James (King’s College London), (full title to be released at later date)
12th February 2025 : Dr Matthew Heaslip (University of Portsmouth), ‘Strategic Leisure: Sun, Sea, Sand, and Spies?’
26th February 2025 : Dr Michael Roberts (University of Bangor), Archaeological exploration of historical shipwrecks in the Irish Sea. (full title TBC)
12th March 2025 : Dr Jo Stanley (Independent Scholar), ‘Diversity at Sea: How sharing historical research can make a difference to the present and future of the maritime industry and public understanding’.
19th March 2025 : Dr Cathryn Pearce (University of Portsmouth), ‘Bandied about for a place of refuge’: Extreme Weather, Coastal Shipping, and the Loss of Lord Nelson, 1840′.
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