ICYMI - reposting this brilliant placement opportunity The Mary Rose 👇👇

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 🏗👨🏼‍🏭⛓️🚢

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/

We're opening our distance-learning MA degree to those interested not only in #NavalHistory, but #CoastalHistory and #MaritimeHistory, too! This gives our students more choice, although many research projects combine all three! Join us in September!

With views like these, Portsmouth is a perfect place to study History! Come and see for yourself on an Open Experience Day - sign up below.. port.ac.uk/study/open-day…

Ooh, I have a “delighted to announce”: I’ve been awarded a British Academy grant for a project on representations of Cornwall and SW Britain in Victorian and Edwardian literature. Expect Collins and Doyle.

#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.

Announcing a call for 'Coastal Imaginaries' article abstracts for a special issue of Coastal Studies & Society. Abstract deadline - 20th May. For more details see port.ac.uk/news-events-an… Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures One for Haunted Shores?

#PhD opportunities with us. #FullFees #Bursary for historical and social research in #Macao and #Peru

Come study with us! 2 x *Fully Funded* #PhD Studentships. 'From Sail to Steam, Carbon to Green: Empowering Port Communities in the Global South' One lucky student will research the port of Callao, #Peru, the other #Macau LRF Heritage & Education Centre Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures port.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

This is really great news! Can't wait to see what will come out of this partnership! (The level 5 field trip to the The Mary Rose was one of the highlights of this academic year for Univ. Ports History 😀)

We have extended the call for article abstracts for the 'Coastal Imaginaries' special issue of Coastal Studies & Society to 1st July. For details see port.ac.uk/news-events-an…… Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures #bluehumanities #coastalculture #coastalfolklore #coastalhistory

Great to see so many #coastal #partners on the call Samantha Richardson niallyb Brad Beaven Karl Bell Coastal Communities Seaside Heritage Network James Trowsdale James Brindle FRSA collaboration and #partnership working #OneCoast

D-Day's logistics, The D-Day Story archives, funding for maritime research & the Swedish port of Halmstad all explored in new podcast port.ac.uk/podcast/s01e02 Interviewees Ann Coats & Robert James University of Portsmouth, Louise Sanger LRF Heritage & Education Centre, Oscar Karlsson & Tomas Nilsson Högskolan i Halmstad

Many congratulations to Ivana Lam Ivana Lam for successfully defending her thesis on Colonial Warfare, and Medicine in China, 1839-1901. Thanks also to Drs Robert James and Chi Man Kwong Chi Man for examining the thesis UoP Humanities and Social Sciences Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures UoP_SASHPL Univ. Ports History

Congratulations to all involved in the inspiring launch of SHE_SEES Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Visit the free exhibtion & find out about women in maritime roles. Special thanks to University of Portsmouth's Dr Melanie Bassett & George Ackers, Portsmouth Historic Quarter, LRF Heritage & Education Centre, EMILIE SANDY. port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

Interest in the coast? Read Guy Collender's article on the problems facing coastal communities and some of the initiatives to improve people's lives including Magna Vitae's Culture House Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures UoP Humanities and Social Sciences Univ. Ports History UoP_SASHPL James Brindle FRSA theconversation.com/labour-has-bee…

Current footage of PPPGrimsby in #Riga #Latvia Creative Europe ACE Midlands Arts Council England Department for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy MP we made this happen and will do again. Cultural projects with European partners JUST work!!! Jens Frimann Hansen Paul Bristow Laura Dyer Darren Henley CBE British Council Arts

From banana imports to conserving HMS Victory - new podcast explores the unique port city of Portsmouth. Featuring Mike Sellers of Portsmouth Port, Matthew Sheldon of The National Museum of the Royal Navy, & Victoria Leslie of University of Portsmouth. Diverse Marine Values Portsmouth City Council shows.acast.com/port-cities-an…

History can teach us to prevent deaths at sea. Find out how in The Conversation article to mark #WorldMaritimeDay & its theme of Safety First. Research by Guy Collender of Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, Univ. Ports History, University of Portsmouth theconversation.com/how-history-ca… . Together in Safety Lloyd's Register Foundation