What do you have to say about Britain's Coastal Experience? From the politics of collecting maritime stories to heritage conservation & small boats, submit your proposal by 10 May for the UK Maritime Heritage Forum 2024 National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Cornwall, 2-4 October.
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Today is the last chance to meet shipwrights (11am), archaeologists or conservators (2pm) onboard HMS Victory Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

More brilliant work from Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures Univ. Ports History: hear Leverhulme Fellow Dr Zack White on the Napoleonic era, podcasting and engaging a wide audience with history!👇👇

Learn about piracy, naval history, environmental change & coastal communities, women in the maritime sector, & more at the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies Showcase Day University of Exeter on 4th May. Speakers include Helen Berry, Maria Fusaro, Helen Doe
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#maritime history is in excellent health, judging by the interesting & wide-ranging papers given at BCMH's new researchers conference University of Strathclyde by Robert MacLean Alex Ward Laura Birkinshaw Sabrina Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures's @guycollender & more.

80 objects to mark 80 years since D-Day. Check out a collection curated by The D-Day Story and its partners as the countdown continues to 6th June 2024 - the anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history.

Are you passionate about public art, heritage and the waterfront? Apply to be the Lead Curator for Gosport Borough Council's Waterfront Connectivity Programme & work in partnership with Arts Council England artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/39… . Deadline: 21st March. Good luck!

The sunken treasure of the 1708 San José shipwreck off Colombia is contested – but its real riches go beyond coins and jewels. Read the latest perspective The Conversation by Ann Coats of Univ. Ports History UoP Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth theconversation.com/the-sunken-tre…

Many congratulations Dr Melanie Bassett! Your article is a fascinating and important read about naval widows, war work, the Battle of Jutland, Portsmouth and civic duty.
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Celebrate International Women's Day today by checking out LRF Heritage & Education Centre's extraordinary SHE_SEES content about women in the maritime industry. Digital exhibition: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/rewri… Video: youtube.com/watch?v=-WUhhA…
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Are you interested in shaping the future of heritage? Are you aged 18-30? If so, there is a great opportunity The National Museum of the Royal Navy. Apply to join its Youth Advisory Group nmrn.org.uk/news/call-out-…
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NEW ARTICLE KLAXON: Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures's Guy Collender has just had his article on port cities, waterfront trade unionism & imperial solidarity published in Coastal Studies & Society. Great work, Guy!

Thanks to the peer reviewers, and everyone Sage Journals.

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Happy 200th birthday to the RNLI!

146,277 lives have been saved since 1824.

Many congratulations and keep up the good work.

From women and the sea to routes and resources - check out the programme & book for the New Researchers in Maritime History Conference University of Strathclyde, 22-23 March 2024, run by the British Commission for Maritime History & supported by Society for Nautical Research. maritimehistory.org.uk/new-researcher…

A cornucopia of facts, figures and maps about the recent history of thousands of global ports is now available for free online thanks to LRF Heritage & Education Centre and Lloyd's Register OneOcean. Fantastic resources for both the researcher and the curious!

Global 'Worming': Are Shipwrecks at Risk of Disappearing for Good? Paola Palma's SEGG, University of Portsmouth seminar University of Portsmouth focuses on impact of environmental changes on submerged wood. Tues 27 Feb 1-2pm. BB3.30, Burnaby Building, PO1 3QL, or email [email protected] for Zoom link.

Volunteers needed to research shipwrecks off Beachy Head, East Sussex. Join Wildwood Heritage's Shipwreck Crew to find out the fascinating stories of 320+ shipwrecks from the last three centuries wildwoodheritage.org/our-projects/

Watch the 1955 launch of the Empress of Britain British Pathé & hear Professor Faye Hammill @UofGEngLit share her research & public engagement work about the Canadian Pacific's famous liner oceanmodern.gla.ac.uk/index.php/film/ . The film is part of the Ocean Modern project Fairfield Heritage 🛳️⛴️

How did the Allies prepare for D-Day in 1944 - the greatest amphibious invasion in history? Find out at the Naval Dockyards Society conference on 18 May in Portsmouth The D-Day Story navaldockyards.org/conferences/ Sponsored by Society for Nautical Research #DDay80