The British Commission for Maritime History
Kings Seminars
The King’s seminars are an annual set of lectures organised by the BCMH which run from October to May. They are open to the public and are held at King’s College London. The seminars are organised by Professor John Armstrong and Dr Alan James and are supported by the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, the Society for Nautical Research and the Maritime Information Association.King's seminars 2009 - 2010
The seminars take place on Thursdays at 5.15pm at King's College, London WC2R 2LS. They are held in the Meeting Room of the Department of War Studies, 6th Floor, Old Main Building- Thursday, 15 October 2009
The Royal Navy without carriers? The future of naval air power, 1957-1970
Dr Ben Jones, RAF College, Cranwell - Thursday, 29 October 2009
From Sailortown to Ship Street: maritime labour and seaport cities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Dr Graeme Milne, University of Liverpool - Thursday 12 November 2009
The effect of intelligence on British submarine operations. 1939-1945
Dr Tim Clayton - Thursday 26 November 2009
To go to sea was everything for a poor boy': joining the Royal Navy before continuous service
Dr Virginia-Preston, Institute of Historical Research - Thursday 14 January 2010
Homosexuality and the Royal Navy in the era of WW1
Dr Laura Rowe, University of Exeter - Thursday 28 January 2010
Commerce and conflict at the Cape: British maritime strategy in eighteenth century southern Africa
Dr John McAleer, National Maritime Museum - Thursday 11 February 2010
The Royal Navy and North America, 1800-15. Was the US defeated in the war of 1812 by the British maritime blockade?
Dr Brian Arthur, Greenwich Maritime Institute - Thursday 25 February 2010
New Public Management in defence
Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, RUSI - Thursday 11 March 2010
The first battle of the Atlantic: merchant shipping and the competition for the US bulk export trades, 1850-1913
Professor L R Fischer, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Thursday 6 May 2010
Amphibious warfare and reluctant allies: Cadiz 1810
Dr Agustin Guimera, CSIC Madrid - Thursday, 20 May 2010
The Kriegsmarine and sea power in the Baltic, 1932-39
Dr Marcus Faulkner, King's College London
The seminar programme is sponsored by the Society for Nautical Research, the Maritime Information Association and the Department of War Studies, King’s College, London.
For further information, see Kings Seminars on our Contact page.