The International Commission of the History of Oceanography (ICHO) invites applications for fellowship support from scholars studying the history of the marine sciences broadly conceived. ICHO is a global body devoted to linking scholars, writers, and teachers interested in the history of the marine sciences, broadly defined. We are a commission of the International Union… Read More Call for applications for ICHO fellowships
Virtual workshop, 3-4 November 2022 German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Throughout the early modern and modern periods, many naturalists and scholars set themselves the task of exploring the Indian Ocean World. Many of these expeditions studied the culture, weather, landscape, flora, and fauna of the subcontinent, while others focused on the… Read More CFP: Research Expeditions to India and the Indian Ocean in Early Modern and Modern Times
Author: Laura Kissel, polar curator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program Welcome to Ohio! The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, aka the Polar Archives, is a collaborative venture of the Ohio State University Libraries and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. The Polar Archives was formally established… Read More Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program: Oral History Collection
Since 2020 members and friends of ICHO have crowdsourced more than a thousand journal articles, books, chapters, and more that address the history of ocean science in our collaborative ICHO’s Zotero group library. The first Zotero Fest, held from January 6 to 10, 2022, was devoted to organizing, polishing, and adding new entries to… Read More ICHO Zotero Fest, 2022
Spring is already here and with it, a new bookshelf of ocean stories! Submerge in our selection of recent releases or forthcoming publications, which cover from Asian seawaters to rivers, tackle current issues such as ocean governance and climate change, and feature biographical experiences and first-hand accounts of traditional sailing practices. Click on the book… Read More ICHO’s Booklist Spring 2022
It’s springtime and we are getting ready to polish ICHO’s Zotero group library! Please join us 6-10 June 2022 for a collaborative spring-clean. The event is scheduled for the entire week so that you can join whenever and from wherever you are, at any time of the day from all continents and oceans. Since 2020… Read More Announcement: Zotero Fest 6-10 June 2022
By Killian Taylor (Archives and Records Manager, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum) (Cover image: William Belanske, curator and artist of the Vanderbilt Museum) Nestled on the shore of Long Island’s historic “Gold Coast”, the place of inspiration for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s the Great Gatsby, lies the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum: a one-of-a-kind institution of history and… Read More Expeditions of Art and Science
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Mme. Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre this past week. Many of us will fondly remember Mme. Carpine-Lancre for her great kindness and generosity. She remained an active and prolific scholar throughout her life, did everything she could to aid colleagues in their research, and was eager… Read More Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre (1933 – 2022)
December 2021 Our December book list comes full of just-released publications featuring oceans and coasts, pirates and sailors, reflections on blue humanities and blue legalities, coral reefs and underwater habitats. Just in time to add them to your Christmas gift list! Anne C. Claus, Drawing the Sea Near: Satoumi and Coral Reef Conservation in Okinawa… Read More #HistOcean Recent / Upcoming Books
by Joanna Behrman, Assistant Public Historian at the American Institute of Physics The Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics has put together a new virtual exhibit which takes visitors on an interactive journey across the world’s oceans aboard the Research Vessel Vema. Formerly a luxury yacht, the R/V Vema became… Read More New Web Exhibit on the Research Vessel Vema
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