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Subject: One-day Conference: Seas, Seamen and Shipping
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:39:33 +0100
From: Sue Carr <[log in to unmask]>
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To all Fellows and Members,
Please see below details of a forthcoming one-day conference which you
may find of interest.
Sue Carr
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The Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at the University of Exeter
is organizing a one day conference called ‘Seas, Seamen and Shipping’ to
be held on 4^th June at the SS /Great Britain/.
10am-5pm
The Centre for Maritime Historical Studies was the first of its kind in
a British university. It seeks to promote research into economic,
social, political, naval and environmental aspects of the British
maritime past from the earliest times to the present day, drawing also
on European and international experience. ‘Seas, Seamen and Shipping’
will showcase the latest research from members and associates of the
Centre. This will be an opportunity not only to hear cutting edge
research papers from the University of Exeter, but also to hear about
the work of the Brunel Institute at the SS /Great Britain, to/ see their
recently opened library and research facilities and to admire the iconic
SS /Great Britain/.
Papers include:
Dr Laura Rowe: ‘Lionel Yexley and the Lower Deck Reform Movement, 1900-1918
Dr Duncan Redford: ‘The Royal Navy and British National Identity after 1945’
Dr Roger Morris: ‘The British State and Maritime Ascendency, 1750-1820’
Dr Maria Fusaro: ‘Public Service and Private Trade, English Sailors in
the Seventeenth Century Mediterranean’
Dr Helen Doe: ‘Women Shipbuilders of the West Country in the Nineteenth
Century’
Dr Alston Kennerly: ‘Home, the Shore, and the Merchant Seafarer: Abs
1895-1970’
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Mike Duffy: ‘The great naval arms race of the second half of the
eighteenth century’
_Cost_
£30 (inc. refreshments & lunch)
_Further Details:_
Further details can be found at http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/cmhs/conferences
Or please contact Dr Laura Rowe ([log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) for any other queries’
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Sue Carr
Executive Secretary
Royal Historical Society
UCL
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
Tel. 020 7387 7532
http://www.royalhistoricalsociety.org
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