Maritime History / Studies

We are inviting papers that pertain in any way to the archaeology of labor and migration in port cities for a symposium during the Society of Historical Archaeology's Annual meeting in 2023, to take place in Lisbon, Portugal. The symposium is temporally and regionally broad, and any interested scholars and students are encouraged to submit directly through the SHA website or to reach out to the organizers and inquire further. 

MCUP publishes the Journal of Advanced Military Studies (JAMS) on topics of concern to the Marine Corps and the Department of Defense through the lens of various disciplines, including international relations, political science, security studies, and political economics.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum Announces Groundbreaking Exhibition:

Hosted by the Centre for medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Southampton, this study day responds to the emerging interest in global histories and questions of cross-cultural interaction and exchange that has energized the fields of Medieval and Early Modern studies in recent years. The study day brings together work across disciplines that explores the conditions, processes, and effects of cross-cultural and cross-linguistic contacts in the Medieval and Early Modern World.

Hansards in the World. Continuity and Discontinuity on the Intellectual, Cultural, and Economic Frontiers of the Early Modern Hanse

Symposium
Thursday 12 & Friday 13 May, 9 AM - 5 PM CET
In-person in Amsterdam, Online on Zoom

The 119^th annual PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) Conference will be held in Los Angeles, California at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center and Hotel between Friday, November 11 and Sunday, November 13, 2022.

The Society for the History of War – in collaboration with the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies, the Research School for Political History, the Netherlands Institute for Military History, the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy, and the University of Amsterdam – invites proposals for a conference on the global history of war and empire. This will be a face-to-face conference in Amsterdam on 24-25 November 2022.

The Merriman prize is awarded for an outstanding undergraduate essay on any topic in the fields of international and/or military history from the ancient world to the present day.

2018 marked a water alert of an imminent 'Day Zero' in Cape Town, South Africa. Severe regional drought conditions in the Western Cape since 2014 had a debilitating effect on the community. In recent times, major cities in many parts of the world have increasingly experienced severe water shortages. Critical problems are plenty, as water authorities grapple to meet growing demands for water and sanitation service delivery. Some authorities ascribe water shortages and over-worked wastewater infrastructure to Anthropogenic climate change.

COOLABAH

Online journal of the Australian and Transnational Studies Centre at the University of Barcelona

Special issue edited by Benjamin K. Hodges (University of Macau)