Annual Scottish Maritime History Conference 2026
Posted: Friday 4th September 2026
Event date: 14 October 2026
Location: The Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Programme
10.25 Introductory remarks, Dr Martin Bellamy, Glasgow Life Museums
10.30 Session 1
Chair: Chair-Professor Niall Mackenzie, University of Strathclyde
Dr Roy Fenton, British Commission for Maritime History - A 14-million pound bubble: the Cardiff tramp ship ‘boom’ of 1919-1920
Dr David Jenkins, Emeritus Curator, The National Waterfront Museum, Abertawe (Swansea) - Rag and Bones Jones: A Cardiff tramp shipping company - W & C.T. Jones, 1884-1924
11.30 Tea/Coffee
12.00 Session 2
Annual Lecture
Chair: Professor Alan McKinlay, Newcastle Business School
Emeritus Professor of Business History, Anthony Slaven, University of Glasgow - Shipbuilding self-help. Revisiting National Shipbuilders Security Ltd
1.00 Sandwich Lunch
2.00 Session 3
Chair: Professor Faye Hammill, University of Glasgow
Professor Stig Tenold, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen - Shipping innovation-lessons from history
David Denholm, Independent Scholar - There is nothing hungrier than an empty shipyard
3.00 Tea/Coffee
3.30 Session 4, Chair: Dr Chris Miller, University of Glasgow
Dr Martin Bellamy, Research and Curatorial Manager, Glasgow Life - The Business of Empires: William Burrell’s Austro-Hungarian Shipping Interests
Professor Bruce Peter, Glasgow School of Art - Modern Passenger Ships as temporary static accommodation
4.35 Closing Remarks, Professor Ray Stokes, University of Glasgow
If you wish to attend, please email Dr Martin Bellamy at martin.bellamy@glasgowlife.org.uk before 30 September 2026.
This conference is kindly sponsored by Glasgow Life, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the British Commission for Maritime History, University of Glasgow, the Lind Foundation and the Society for Nautical Research. We thank them for their continuing support and generosity.
