Annual Scottish Maritime History Conference 2024
Posted: Friday 27th September 2024
Event date: 15-16 October 2024
The annual Scottish Maritime History Conference has been held in Glasgow for over 20 years and remains open to all researchers. The University of Glasgow plays a major part in its organisation, with Professor Hugh Murphy and Dr Martin Bellamy working with Professor Ray Stokes of the Centre for Business History in Scotland.
Programme
Tuesday 15 October - Evening lecture & Reception
Evening Lecture and Reception : 5-30pm -7-30pm
Emeritus Professor R.G. Stokes, University of Glasgow.
‘British shipbuilding’s response to West Germany’s shipbuilding resurgence and Japanese competition, 1945-1958’.
Venue: Yudowitz Seminar Room 1, Wolfson Medical School, University of Glasgow, University Avenue G12 8QQ,
To book a place for the evening lecture please email Dr Chris Miller at: Christopher.Miller@glasgow.ac.uk
Closing date for bookings 3 October 2024.
Further details on evening lecture and venue.
Wednesday 16 October - Scottish Maritime History Conference
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
10.25 Introductory remarks : Dr Martin Bellamy, Glasgow Museums
10.30 -11-30 Session 1 : Chair, Professor Niall MacKenzie, Strathclyde Business School
Jack Abernethy, University of St Andrews and Associate Professor Richard Pennell, University of Melbourne.
‘In pursuit of pirates: The John Gow piracy case, 1724-1725’.
Dr Catherine Scheybeler, King’s College London.
‘Transatlantic Innovation: Naval Shipbuilding in Havana, 1730-1740’.
11.30-12.00 Tea/Coffee
12.00-1.00 Session 2 : Chair: Professor Alan McKinlay, Newcastle Business School
Dr Joe Redmayne, University of Newcastle
‘Reconstruction or restoration of the woman worker? Women in shipbuilding and engineering during the First World War’.
Dr Jo Stanley, Blaydes Maritime Centre, University of Hull
‘Mending maritime misery; women's emotional labour in seafarers' missions 1945-1980’.
1.00-2.00 Sandwich Lunch
2.00-3.00 Session 3 : Chair: Professor Andrew Perchard, University of Otago, Birkbeck College, University of London
Dr Ian L. Buxton, University of Newcastle
‘Passenger Ships: Scottish and British Built: A Statistical Analysis’.
Dr Morten Tinning, Copenhagen Business School
‘How to Take a Fire-breathing Monster to Market’.
3.00-3-30 Tea/Coffee
3-30-4-30 Session 4 : Chair: Dr Christopher Miller, University of Glasgow
Brian Rice
‘The Adventure Training Schooner Captain Scott’.
Professor Bruce Peter, Glasgow School of Art
‘Modern Art onboard British Ships, 1930s-1970s’.
4.30 Closing Remarks : Professor Hugh Murphy, University of Glasgow, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
4-35 Conference ends
Download Conference Abstracts.
Registration
To book a place at the Conference and/or evening lecture please email Dr Chris Miller:
Christopher.Miller@glasgow.ac.uk
Closing date for bookings 3 October 2024.
This conference is kindly supported by the British Commission for Maritime History, Glasgow Life, Lloyd’s Register Foundation, The Lind Foundation and the Society for Nautical Research.
