Memorial University Maritime History Workshops

Posted: Tuesday 20th January 2026

Event Dates: 27 Jan, 24 Feb, 30 March

Location: Online via Webex.

Organisers: Maritime History Archive

These workshops are planned to bring together scholars working across different geographies, historical periods and thematic frameworks.

From shifting academic borders and job market pressures to unequal access to mobility, technology, funding and visibility, participants will discuss how global politics, precarity and institutional change intersect with the practices of historical research and influence career trajectories.

Responding to the erosion of local ties, the disappearance of academic positions, and the increased scrutiny of research and teaching by actors outside the academy, the sessions will be run with a commitment to maritime history as a site of community and innovation.

Winter Semester Topics and Session Leaders

Six online sessions of 60 minutes during the fall 2025 and winter 2026 semesters, timed for noon Eastern Time (North America): 17.00 UK; 18.00 Continental Europe. 

27 January

Speaking Up for Women in Maritime History, Erica Mezzoli, University of Rome

24 February

Seafaring Labour in the 20C and 21C: Racialization as a Challenge to Maritime Scholars, Prerena Agarwal, University of Goettingen

30 March

Naval-gazing: Past, Present and Futures of Naval History, James Davey, University of Exeter

Find out more about the workshop series

Maritime History Workshops | We’re All Maritime Historians Now: Or are “We”?