Call For Papers - Coriolis

Coriolis: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Maritime Studies is seeking English language scholarly manuscripts for publication in a new on-line, fully indexed journal published in conjunction with the National Maritime Digital Library, hosted at Mystic Seaport with support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation.

Named after the physical forces that drive global ocean currents and human activities on the seas, Coriolis welcomes studies in history, literature, art, music, archaeology, and environmental studies from researchers all over the world. The journal particularly seeks anglophonic manuscripts from scholars working outside the North Atlantic/North American regions, including Africa, the Indian Ocean basin, Australia, the Pacific basin, and South America. Papers that explore interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Submitted manuscripts will be fully peer-reviewed by university faculty and researchers active in the manuscript's relevant field.

Coriolis will launch in February of 2009 and can be found at http://ijms.nmdl.org

For more information, contact Paul O'Pecko (paul.opecko@mysticseaport.org) or Andrew German, (andy.german@mysticseaport.org), Editors, Mystic Seaport Museum.

Section Editors:

History:
Joshua Smith, Associate Professor of Humanities, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Arts (Literature, Art, Music):
Daniel Brayton, Assistant Professor of English and American Literatures, Middlebury College

Environmental Studies:
Matthew McKenzie, Assistant Professor of History, University of Connecticut

CFP: Rethinking the Maritime Museum

The excellent museum studies blog, The Attic, gleans many items of interest to the maritime museum world, including the recent CFP, Rethinking the Maritime Museum from H-Museum. From the Department of Museum Studies' research students, University of Leicester, UK, The Attic has many items of international interest, and now appears in MaritimeCompass' list of recommended blogs (on your right, if you're reading this on our site). Be sure to follow their link to the Museological Review--there's a lot of interesting reading there on cultural heritage.

Ports, Forts & Sports

The Call for Papers is out for the 2009 Annual Conference of the North American Society for Oceanic History, Steamship Historical Society of America and National Maritime Historical Society, "Ports, Forts and Sports: Maritime Economy, Defense and Recreation through Time and across Space." If you missed the announcement on H-Maritime, you may not have heard that papers from graduate students are especially encouraged and solicited--so get writing, and build that CV!

CFP: 12th North Atlantic Fisheries History Conference / Norfolk, VA /

North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA)
Old Dominion University, Department of History

First Announcement

12th North Atlantic Fisheries History Conference
August 2009 in Norfolk, VA (USA)


The North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA) and the Department
of History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA invites you to
participate in the 12th North Atlantic Fisheries History Conference to be
held in August 2009 in Norfolk, VA (USA). This meeting is designed to
stimulate scholarly exchange between researchers at all levels (from
graduate students to senior scholars) and all disciplines which relate to
the long-term development of fishing activity and its impact on the marine
environment.

Proposals for papers and sessions relating to any aspect of the history of
the North Atlantic fisheries are welcome. However, contributions addressing
the special theme of the conference - Fisheries Management in a Historical
Perspective - are especially encouraged. Session proposals should include
an outline of the theme, a short description of the thematic scope and a
list of participants already contacted by the session organizer.

Although a general "Call for Papers" will be issued in late summer/early
autumn 2008, proposals submitted ahead of the call are encouraged.
Proposals, and requests for further information, should be submitted to
nafha2009@odu.edu

The North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA)
is an international, interdisciplinary organization that aims to enhance
our knowledge and understanding of the historical development of the
fisheries conducted in the North Atlantic. NAFHA meets its aim by fostering
research activity, chiefly through the promotion of conferences that bring
together established and emerging scholars to examine socio-cultural,
economic, political and environmental aspects of commercial fishing
activity over the last millennium. The findings of these conferences,
together with monographs and reference works, are disseminated in the
Association's publication series, Studia Atlantica. For further
information, visit www.hull.ac.uk/nafha

The History Department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA
is one of very few North-American university departments with a dedicated
focus on maritime history. Research at the department deals with a variety
of topics related to fisheries history of the Atlantic region and maritime
history around the world, and faculty members include renowned specialists
in this field. Members of the department participate in the intercollegiate
interdisciplinary Maritime Consortium at ODU that brings together scholars
from various disciplines including the humanities, sciences, social
sciences and professional schools who are dealing with maritime affairs.

Norfolk, VA is a major seaport of the USA located directly at the mouth of
the Chesapeake Bay. A rich local history of fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay
and the Atlantic Ocean characterizes the region as well as maritime
industries, marine related research institutions and government agencies
like NOAA and the USCG.

Looking forward to seeing you in Norfolk, VA in August 2009

Dr. Ingo Heidbrink
-NAFHA Presidency-
Associate Professor - Department of History
Old Dominion University - Norfolk, VA
e-mail: nafha2009@odu.edu or iheidbri@odu.edu



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Dr. Ingo Heidbrink
Associate Professor
Dept. of History
8046 Batten Arts and Letters Building
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
tel. 757-683-3656 or -3949
fax. 757-683-5644
mail: iheidbri@odu.edu
Skype: ingo.heidbrink

CFP: Celestial Navigation Weekend

Through March 31, 2008, The Planetarium at Mystic Seaport in conjunction with the "NavList" are accepting proposals for presentations to be made during the three-day event. Appropriate topics include: traditional navigation techniques including Sumner Lines, lunar distance observations, Noon Sun sights, etc.; unique personal experiences in celestial navigation, for example, emergency navigation; anything related to the fiftieth anniversary of the modern Nautical Almanac; other aspects of traditional position finding. Please note: elementary navigation lessons, topics focused on the period before the year 1750, and modern electronic navigation tools like GPS are specifically excluded. Drop us an email through the web site listed below, and we will happily consider your topic for our program. Talks or presentations should range from 15 minutes to one hour in length. A standard digital projector will be available. Some of the topics of presentations from the "Navigation Weekend" two years ago are listed here: www.fer3.com/Mystic2006.

CFP: 2008 NASOH-CAMM Conference

“Defining the Maritime Edge: The History and Archaeology of Inland Environments, Coastal Encounters and Blue Water Connections,” the 27th Annual Conference of the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) co-sponsored by the Council of American Maritime Museums, will be hosted by the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, May 7-11, 2008. The Conference Program Committee invites proposals for papers and sessions exploring all aspects of history and archaeology related to saltwater or navigable freshwater environments. Suggested areas of research include, but are not restricted to, archeology and anthropology, arts and sciences, history, or museum exhibitions. Proposals that identify the unique characteristics and influence of coastal and inland waters and explore their interfaces with the larger Continental or Oceanic Worlds are especially encouraged.

The Program Committee welcomes the submission of individual papers and full sessions, preferring panels with three papers and a chair. Proposals should include a brief abstract for each paper or a one-page abstract for panels and brief C.V.s for each participant, including chairs. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals for presentations. Accommodations for PowerPoint presentations will be provided; however, any other requirements, including audio-visual equipment, special outlets, or accommodations for disabilities should be included in the proposal. Scholars interested in chairing sessions are welcome to send a brief C.V. to the Program Committee Co-chairs.

Please note that all participants must register for the conference. Specific questions may be directed to Program Committee Co-Chair, Bill Thiesen at thiesen@earthlink.net. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2008.

Call for Papers

Call for Papers for The Journal of the North Atlantic

The Journal of the North Atlantic (JONA) is a new multi-disciplinary,
peer-reviewed and edited archaeology and environmental history journal
focusing on the peoples of the North Atlantic, their expansion into the
region over time, and their interactions with their changing environment.

http://www.eaglehill.us/jonageninf.html
<http://www.eaglehill.us/jonageninf.html> .

   Since it will be a full-featured online-only journal, articles can be
quickly published and made available to researchers worldwide. The journal
has no publication fees, even for Special Issues and large Monographs. The
first issue is expected to be available in the spring of 2008. The journal
will be indexed in a full range of journal content databases. Journal
content can be conveniently accessed both by subscription and on a single
article basis.

   The Journal of the North Atlantic will publish a wide diversity of
research papers, as well as research summaries and general interest articles
in closely related disciplines, which, when considered together, will help
contribute to a comprehensive multi-disciplinary understanding of the
historical interplay between cultural and environmental changes in the North
Atlantic world.

   Specifically, the journal's focus will include paleo-environmental
reconstruction and modelling, historical ecology, archaeology, ecology of
organisms important to humans, anthropology, human/environment/climate
interactions, climate history, ethnography, ethnohistory, historical
analyses, discussions of cultural heritage, and place-name studies.

   The journal will also publish field observations, notes, and
archaeological site reports, as well as book reviews, summaries of important
news stories, opinion papers, and free brief announcements of meetings,
symposia, conferences, and grant opportunities.

   The journal is part of the BioOne.org database. This database allows
authors to include  supporting files such as video, database, and audio
files, and to freely include color photographs and figures with articles.

   We welcome your interest and questions! Joerg-Henner Lotze, Publisher

Board of Editors - Affiliations are listed on the website.

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Best regards,

Morten Karnøe Søndergaard
Editor, Global Fisheries History Network
Centre for Maritime and Regional Studies <http://www.cmrs.dk/>
Fisheries and Maritime Museum/University of Southern Denmark
Tarphagevej 2
Esbjerg V. 6710 DK
Phone: +4576122022
E-mail: mks@fimus.dk

CFP: New Researchers in Maritime History 2008

The sixteenth New Researchers in Maritime History Conference, managed by the British Commission for Maritime History and sponsored by the Society for Nautical Research, will be hosted by the University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK, on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 March 2008.

The Conference provides an opportunity for those who have recently become engaged in research in maritime history (broadly defined) to present a paper of twenty minutes duration and then answer questions from a supportive audience.

Proposals should take the form of a 200-word abstract and a one-page CV. Your CV should have details of your degrees or other qualifications; your current student or employment status; and your publications (if any). Proposals (email attachment preferred) should be sent by 9 November 2007.

Eighth Maritime Heritage Conference: Call For Papers

The Conference Program Committee of the 8^th Maritime Heritage Conference which will be held in San Diego, California, Tuesday October 9^th through Friday October 12^th, 2007 invites abstracts for individual papers (15-30 minutes in length) and session proposals (three or four papers in 75 minutes). Papers may address a specific subject or aspects of the broader themes of the conference. Among the themes the conference will focus on are:

Maritime and Naval History ♦ History of Hydrographic Surveys ♦

Oceanic Trade and Communications ♦ National Marine Sanctuaries ♦ Marine Art ♦ Shipbuilding ♦ Ship Preservation ♦ Small Craft ♦ Lighthouses and Lifesaving Stations ♦ Historic Ships ♦ Underwater Archaeology ♦ Maritime Libraries and Museums ♦

Maritime Heritage Education

Abstracts should be typed and consist of no more than one single-spaced page. Each abstract must be accompanied by a CV of no more than three pages. Abstracts and CVs are due no later than June 1^st, 2007.

Full Details

Transatlantic Destinies: Connections and Disconnections Across

Call for Papers
Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
October 25-28, 2007
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire

The Theme for the 2007 NEASECS Conference at Dartmouth College memorializes the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the English slave trade. Transatlantic Destinies also acknowledges all aspects of the transformation of the transatlantic social sphere including the exchange of ideas, the resistance of European colonies to the motherlands, European exploration and native resistance, and the increasingly unified
circulation of culture and capital across the largest natural trade routes known up to this point.

As in any NEASECS conference, papers and panels are sought in all areas of eighteenth-century studies.

Please submit 1-page proposals for panels or papers and a brief c.v. by January 15, 2007 to:

Peter Cosgrove, Conference Chair
English Department
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Peter.W.Cosgrove@dartmouth.edu

Web Address: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~neasecs07/