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
The DEEPMED Project at the University of Sevilla (Spain), funded by an European Research Commission, is seeking one PhD candidate and one Postdoc under the supervision of Lino Camprubí. Few geographical spaces have been more relevant to human life and more intensively theorized than the Mediterranean Sea. Today, this sea poses some of the most… Read More Discovering the Deep Mediterranean Environment: A History of Science and Strategy, 1860-2020
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)
The 2022 ASANOR (American Studies Association of Norway) Conference will be held at Nord University from September 29 to October 1. We welcome papers from a wide range of fields, including literature, history, political science, linguistics, and cultural studies, that explore the role of the sea in the American experience. From the Puritan pilgrims landing… Read More /CFP/ Appalling Ocean, Verdant Land: America and the Sea
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
Author: Eric L. Mills Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) History of Science and Technology Programme, University of King’s College (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) Abstract After the publication of the last Challenger Report in 1895, deep-sea biology fell out of favor with marine biologists. It was replaced by embryology and physiology in… Read More The Abyss: Resurrecting Deep-Sea Biology in the Mid Twentieth Century
The start of a new academic year has arrived full of just released (or to be released) books! This term list includes books featuring the history of archipielagos, coastal regions, wetlands, and the high seas; current ecological approaches to the oceans’ study as well as a cultural history of the seas – among many others.… Read More #HistOcean Recent / Upcoming Books
The 26th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) will take place in Prague this July . . . well, sort of in Prague, as the conference has gone virtual!… Read More 26th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST)
Check out these recently released and upcoming books featuring the history of oceanography, ocean history more broadly, and the blue humanities.
Find these titles and other noteworthy ocean publications in our Zotero Library in the June 2021 Folder.… Read More #HistOcean Recent/Upcoming Books
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