Nautical research Winter lecture series

The Society for Nautical Research is delighted to announce the schedule for a series of fortnightly online lectures for its members. The lectures will highlight new and ongoing research undertaken by members of the society and its affiliations. The series aims to promote research into economic, social, political, military, and environmental aspects of nautical history, drawing on British, European, and international experience.

These lectures will be every two weeks on a Wednesday evening, starting at 6.30 pm (British time). This winter lecture series will run from October 2024 until March 2025. Details of how to join each of the events online will be made available on the SNR’s website (under Members’ Area > Events) and will be emailed to members of the society. For any questions, queries or additional access requirements, please contact the convener (daisy.turnbull@myport.ac.uk).

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These lectures are free to members of The Society For Nautical Research.  Students can sign up for £22.50 for a year’s membership, which will get you access to this lecture series, other exclusive events and talks, quarterly editions of The Marriner Mirror, and discounts at affiliated museums and gift shops!

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Winter Lecture Series 2024-25

9^th October 2024 :  Dr Catherine Scheybler (King’s College London), ‘The Spanish Ship of the Line: Its origins and development before 1752’.

23^rd October 2024 : Dr Rodrigo Pacheco-Ruiz (National Museum of the Royal Navy),  ‘Documenting HMS Victory repairs using state-of-the-art archaeological 3D and 4D technologies’.

6^th November 2024 : Dr James Davey (University of Exeter), ‘Tempest; The Royal Navy and the Age of Revolution’.

20^th November 2024 : Associate Professor Evan Wilson (Hattendorf Historical Centre), ‘The Horrible Peace; British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars’.

4^th December 2024 : Sarah Mott, (Lloyd’s Register Foundation) ‘Rewriting Women into Maritime History; the SHE_SEES exhibition’.

18^th December 2024 : Bill Lindsay (independent scholar), ‘William Schaw Lindsay; Victorian Entrepreneur’.

Christmas Break 

15^th January 2025 : Prof Rodrigo Pérez Fernández (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), ‘The past, present and future of shipbuilding’

29^th January 2025 : Dr Alan James (King’s College London), (full title TBC) 

12^th February 2025 : Dr Matthew Heaslip (University of Portsmouth), (full title TBC)

26^th February 2025 : Dr Michael Roberts (University of Bangor), Archaeological exploration of historical shipwrecks in the Irish Sea. (full title TBC)

12^th March 2025 : Dr Jo Stanley (independent scholar), ‘Diversity at Sea: How sharing historical research can make a difference to the present and future of the maritime industry and public understanding’.

19^th March 2025 : Dr Cathryn Pearce (University of Portsmouth), ‘Bandied about for a place of refuge’: Extreme Weather, Coastal Shipping, and the Loss of Lord Nelson, 1840′.