Closing for proposals: 31 December 2012
Port Towns and Urban Cultures
University of Portsmouth and the National Museum of the Royal Navy
25 – 27 July 2013
The increasing interest in ‘coastal and Atlantic histories’ have drawn historians’ attention to the importance of port towns. The waterfront was the intersection of maritime and urban space and the port town was often a unique site of cultural exchange that both reinforced and challenged local, national and imperial boundaries. This three day conference, organised by the University of Portsmouth and the National Museum of the Royal Navy and to be held in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, will bring scholars from around the globe who work on maritime and urban histories.
Themes include:
- Transnational sailortowns – regional, national and imperial boundaries and identities
- Empires and Imperialism
- Material cultures of sailor life
- Naval ports and their cultural impact on the urban hinterland
- Representations of port towns through history and heritage
- Sailors as political icons and social actors
- Crime and disorder
- Popular culture and leisure
- Civic culture and Urban elites
- The three fleets– navy, fisheries and cargo – interactions between the local and global
- Maritime and port town folklore
URL: http://www.port.ac.uk/porttowns
Organiser(s): University of Portsmouth and the National Museum of the Royal Navy, UK
Event Location: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth PO1 3NH, United Kingdom
Call for papers deadline: 31 December 2012
Port_towns_conference_CFP_final_1.pdf
Expressions of interest to Dr Brad Beaven brad.beaven@port.ac.ukor Dr Duncan Redford duncan.redford@nmrn.org.uk
A formal Call for Papers will be issued in September with a deadline for submission in Dec 2012
Contact details
Dr Brad Beaven, brad.beaven@port.ac.uk
Contact phone: 023 9284 2278
Dr Duncan Redford, duncan.redford@nmrn.org.uk
