British Maritime History Seminars 2014–15
The annual series of seminars, convened by the National Maritime Museum and
held at the Institute of Historical Research, aims to disseminate new research in
British maritime history.
Autumn Term 2014
7 October
Matthew Flinders: the man behind the map of Australia
Gillian Dooley, Flinders University, Adelaide
21 October
The Sea Officers: gentility and professionalism in the Royal Navy, 1775–1815
Evan Wilson, University of Oxford
4 November
The British West African settlements and 18th-century imperial warfare
Joshua Newton, University of Cambridge and St Paul’s Girls School
18 November
Ruling the waves: King Alfred as naval hero in England and America, 1740–1800
Oliver Cox, University of Oxford
2 December
International maritime employment and national policies: a view from the early
modern Mediterranean
Maria Fusaro, University of Exeter
16 December
Fiscal-naval or fiscal-military? Reconsidering British state formation, 1660–1833
Aaron Graham, University of Oxford
Spring Term 2015
13 January
‘I am the Captain now!’: reconstructing the lives of lascars on board British sailing
vessels
Aaron Jaffer, University of Warwick and the River and Rowing Museum
27 January
‘Captain Cook, Pyrotechnist’
Simon Werrett, University College London
10 February
Learning to lead: the Admiralty and Pacific exploration in the long 18th century
Katherine Parker, University of Pittsburgh
24 February
Innovative bureaucracies: medicine in the French and British navies
Erica Charters, University of Oxford
10 March
The Provincial Marine clears the decks: Britain’s forgotten colonial navy preparing
for war, 1792–1812
Ian Stafford, independent historian
24 March
‘Piratical States’: British imperialism in the Indian Ocean world
Simon Layton, University of Cambridge
7 April
War captivity in the 18th-century:Britain and France
Renaud Morieux, University of Cambridge
Full abstracts available in due course: www.rmg.co.uk/researchers/conferencesand-seminars
Location
The Institute of Historical Research
University of London, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
All seminars begin at 17.15 at the Institute of Historical Research in the IHR
Large Conference Room. Each paper lasts approximately 45 minutes, followed
by 15–30 minutes of questions. There is no charge for these seminars and no
need to book.
Convenors: Dr James Davey, Dr Margarette Lincoln, Dr Joshua Newton, Dr Nigel
Rigby
Further information
Research Department Executive, Centre for Imperial and Maritime Studies,
National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
TEL 020 8312 6716 FAX 020 8312 6592
E-MAIL research@rmg.co.uk