Society for Nautical Research Conference and AGM 2026
Posted: Friday 1st May 2026
Event Date: 18-20 June
Location: Liverpool
Organisers: SNR
Conference Programme
The Society for Nautical Research are delighted to announce the programme of events across three days as follows:
Thursday 18th June
1730 on the Daffodil in Liverpool docks, SNR Victory Medal Presentation and reception
Friday 19th June: Venue - Racquets Club
Coffee and registration (1000 – 1015)
Informing heritage (1000 – 1215)
Hannah Cunliffe BA MA – Current work of National Historic Ships UK
Professor Claire Jowitt FEA FRHistS FHEA – “Why the Gloucester Shipwreck in 1682 matters.”
Mr Ian Murphy – “The future for Liverpool’s Maritime Museum”
Lunch (1215-1245)
Informing Naval Historians (1245 – 1445)
Dr Katherine Parker MA PhD – Researching Maritime History at the Royal Geographical Society
Dr David Davies MA DPhil FRHist FSNR – Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, 1676-2026: Still Britain ‘Good Enemy’?
Bill Lindsay FCIM – Building the Confederate Navy in Liverpool
Coffee – Tea (1445-1515)
Informing society and policy (1515 – 1700)
Daisy Turnbull – Maritime history in the digital age
Lt Cdr Alison Telfer RD VR – The Maritime Silk Road
Dr Matt Heaslip BA MA PhD – Informing Current Strategy with Maritime History
Followed by the SNR AGM at 1700
1800 SNR Dinner at the Racquets Club
Saturday 20th June:
There will be a series of visits arranged to various maritime history venues.
Registration
Find out more and see the full programme, ticket costs, SNR member and guest sign-up information here:
IMAGE El Pollock / Royal Daffodil, River Mersey /
