by Rupert Baker The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Founded in 1660 by a group of twelve ‘natural philosophers’ including Christopher Wren and Robert Boyle, the Society is now located in Carlton House Terrace, London. Since its inception,… Read More The Royal Society Seabed Selection
Call for Applications: Research or Conference Travel Grant in the field of the History of Oceanography The International Commission for the History of Oceanography (ICHO) is offering funding for research or conference travel related to the history of ocean sciences or ocean histories. The grant can be used to visit an archive, museum, or library… Read More Call for applications for ICHO fellowships
by Aster Hoving During my PhD research, I was lucky enough to receive a fellowship from The International Commission of the History of Oceanography (ICHO) for my research stay in Japan in the spring of 2024. My dissertation traces the mediation and extraction of hydrothermal vents, tides, waves, and upwelling across contemporary art practices, climate… Read More Ocean Energies in Japan
by Maja Björk Lindahl After a four-year transformation, the Maritime Museum and Aquarium in Gothenburg resurfaced in December 2022. The building from the 1930s got a whole new underground floor with bigger and more aquariums, a new entrance, reception and boutique, a new café, four new permanent exhibitions and a gallery for temporary exhibitions, and… Read More A Deep Dive into the Collections and the Oceans
by Victoria Ingles, Principal Curator (Portsmouth), National Museum of the Royal Navy The current special exhibition at our Portsmouth Historic Dockyard site, open until spring 2025, highlights the Royal Navy’s involvement within oceanographic research both historically and today. In 1872, HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth to embark on the scientific study of the ocean.… Read More Worlds Beneath the Waves Exhibition
The International Commission for the History of Oceanography (ICHO) is seeking paper proposals to join its sessions at the 2025 International Congress of History of Science and Technology to be held 29 June – 5 July 2025 in Ōtepoti Dunedin, New Zealand (for details, see: https://www.ichst2025.org/). Proposals should address some aspect of the history of ocean science and/or technology (broadly… Read More CFP 27th ICHST 29 June-5 July 2025
by Helen M. Rozwadowski and Gard Paulsen This spring Helen Rozwadowski had the opportunity to spend three months as a guest researcher at the University of Oslo, working on the Maritime Modernities project. Visits to maritime museums were an integral part of our explorations of the maritime past. This blog post includes two sets of… Read More Visiting Sandefjord and its Whaling Museum
By Elis Jones In July 2023 I was lucky enough to attend the conference of the International Society for the History Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), in Toronto, Canada, through financial support from the ICHO’s fellowship scheme (together with support from the conference organisers themselves and the British Ecological Society – all of… Read More Attending the International Society for the History Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology Conference 2023, in Toronto, Canada
By Meghan Marjorie Shea, Stanford University For much of my ocean-loving life, I would have never predicted that I would find myself presenting at the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) annual meeting. As a toddler, I proudly proclaimed that I would become a “marine biologist specializing in seahorses,” and for much of my… Read More ICHO Conference Grant – Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) annual meeting
By Dr Isabelle Gapp, Postdoctoral Fellow University of Toronto Late in 2022, I was fortunate to visit the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives at the Archives of Manitoba in Winnipeg with the support of an ICHO research travel fellowship. Alongside several visits to Qaumajuq at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, with rich Arctic visual and material culture… Read More ICHO Research Fellowship – Hudson Bay Company Archives and the RMS Nascopie
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