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Research degree students and independent scholars are warmly encouraged to share their work at our annual New Researchers Conference.

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Register now for New Researchers in Maritime History 2026

Event date:17 & 18 April Location: University of Southampton. Organisers: British Commission for...

Cinque Ports Conference

Event Date: 26 & 27 June 2026 Location: Dover Organisers: Kent Archaeological Society Maritime...

CPMH War at Sea Conference 2026

Event date: 16 May 2026 Location: Liverpool Organisers: CPMH   The Centre for Port & Maritime...

Call for papers - Beyond the Battlefield Conference

Event date: 2-3 September 2026 Location: University of Exeter Organisers: Early Modern Conflict, War...

Uncharted Voices - funded doctoral research opportunity

Uncharted Voices: Subaltern Cultures and Identities in Global Seafaring, 1880–1950 An AHRC Collaborative...

Rethinking Windrush - transatlantic Indo-Caribbean experiences

Event Date: Tuesday 21 April  Location: Online Organisers: Royal Museums Greenwich This talk...

The proof is in the plans - foreign influence on British frigate design

Event date: 5 May 2026 Location: Online  Organisers: Royal Museums Greenwich This talk is part...

Aftermath of the 1956 Suez Crisis - Global Ramifications

  Event Date: Saturday 28 March Location: In person and online Venue: National Maritime Museum,...

Conference Programme for New Researchers 2026 Announced!

  Event Date: 17 & 18 April 2026 Location: University of Southampton, Avenue Campus Organisers:...

Doctoral Prize Winner 2025 announced

  British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH) and Boydell and Brewer are delighted to announce...

Register now for New Researchers in Maritime History 2026

Event Date: 17 & 18 April 2026 Location: University of Southampton, Avenue Campus Organisers: BCMH   The...

Destroyers Naval Culture and British Identity

Event date: 25 March Time: 16:00 Location: Hybrid / LJMU   Jayne Friend is speaking at Liverpool...