Science, Sex and Scandal! Joseph Banks’ early career through the headlines
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Science, Sex and Scandal! Joseph Banks’ early career through the headlines

Join us for a free online talk exploring gossip, notoriety and mythmaking in the 1770s. 

25 January 2022 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
‘For the grandeur of this crown’: The English and French Navies, 1500-1650
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

‘For the grandeur of this crown’: The English and French Navies, 1500-1650

Join us for a free online talk demonstrating the close relationship between naval power and state strength in early-modern England and France

22 February 2022 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
Christmas at Sea: 400 Years of the Festive Season Afloat
Talks and tours | Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Christmas at Sea: 400 Years of the Festive Season Afloat

Join us for a free talk on celebrating Christmas at sea

Tuesday 7 December 2021 | 5.15pm - 6.45pm
Free
Online
The Sky and Ocean Reconnected: Linking the Histories of Observatories and Oceans
Talks and tours | Maritime History and Culture Seminars

The Sky and Ocean Reconnected: Linking the Histories of Observatories and Oceans

Join us for a free online talk on the historical connections between astronomical observatories and the maritime world

Wednesday 18 May 2022 | 1pm - 2.15pm
Free
Online
'Always watching for distant sails’? New England Women and the Sea, 1790-1890
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

'Always watching for distant sails’? New England Women and the Sea, 1790-1890

Dr Lisa Norling explores the history of New England shipping, fishing and whaling from the vantage point of the women on shore.

Tuesday 18 May 2021 | 5.15pm - 6.15pm
Free
Online
A Sea of Troubles: Shakespeare’s Narratives of the Sea
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

A Sea of Troubles: Shakespeare’s Narratives of the Sea

Dr Anjna Chouhan examines Shakespeare’s contradictory narratives of the sea.

27 April 2021 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
Democracy, Strategy and the Navy on the eve of the First World War
Talks and tours | Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Democracy, Strategy and the Navy on the eve of the First World War

Dr David Morgan-Owen offers a new perspective on the relationship between the people, the government and the Navy in Britain before 1914

22 June 2021 | 5.15pm - 6.30 pm
Free
Online