Explore our programme of seminars on maritime history and culture

PBD7640(8)
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars
Tuesday 24 January 2023 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
PAG7637 - Final Crop
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

The Use of the Noose: Executions aboard Early English East India Company Voyages, 1601-1621

This free online talk explores execution on East India Company voyages

Tuesday 8 November | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
June Seminar - Banner 2
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Ayahs and Amahs

A free, online talk, on the lives of Asian nannies employed by European families during the 1800s and 1900s

21 June 2022 | 5.15pm - 6.45pm
Free
Online
P.24(26) Crop
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars
BHC2396
| 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
English and French Navies Seminar Crop
| 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
PAE2502
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
AST0051.7 - Diagram of Meteorology MHCS Banner Crop
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
Woman wearing a bonnet sits on a boat
| 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
Map of London ca.1580
| 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