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**Call for Papers**
New Horizons in Maritime History
King's College, University of Cambridge
15-16 October 2010
New Horizons in Maritime History aims to explore the broader
possibilities of maritime and oceanic history as a burgeoning field of
research, bringing together researchers working in disparate areas of
history with different topical and methodological allegiances in order
to facilitate a discussion on the ways these fields relate to and inform
maritime history, and what looking at the sea can offer the historical
discipline more broadly. The conference seeks to challenge received
notions about the remit of maritime history and to interrogate the ways
in which it has been traditionally practiced. In particular, it seeks to
move beyond nautical antiquarianism performed at or below the level of
the nation-state, and highlight the intersection of maritime history
with novel currents in the discipline that emphasize global continuity
and transnational relationships.
Panels will be structured around fields and approaches in historical
scholarship and their relationship to maritime history, exploring the
problems and possibilities of these connections. Papers might highlight
the maritime applications or contributions of a specific sub-field, such
as economic, political, religious or intellectual history. Alternately,
they might focus on specialist topics or area studies, such as the
intersection of maritime history with imperial history, slavery and
abolition, the Caribbean, navies and violence at sea, gender and
sexuality, colonialism and decolonization, to name but a few.
To present a paper: please send a proposed title and abstract (of no
more than 300 words) with a short CV to the conference organizing
committee at [log in to unmask] Submissions from
postgraduates and early- career researchers are especially welcome.
The deadline for submissions is Friday, 16 July 2010. Successful
applicants will be notified the following week. Those wishing to attend
the conference without giving a paper are invited to register their
interest with the committee.
Organisers:
Joshua Newton
Richard Blakemore
Simon Layton
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