Just got back from the conference in Portsmouth tonight and I think it's fair to say that nodbear and I had a whale of a time! The weather was glorious and we got to spend three days in the delightful surroundings of the Historic Dockyard and the Royal Naval Club and Royal Albert Yacht Club. Our presentation went really well, we got lots of interesting ( Read more... )

I've been prety good at keeping an eye out for naval history conferences recently so I'm rather gutted that this one completely slipped under my radar. The fascinating sounding Naval Expertise and the Making of the Modern World Conference organised by the Society for the Social History of Medicine is taking place at Oxford tomorrow. Blurb as ( Read more... )

nodbear and I have some more good news on the research front. In addition to the Port Towns and Urban Cultures conference we mentioned back in July, we also submitted two more proposals and are over the moon to have had both accepted! So in September we'll be presenting a paper at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Conference Press gangs, Conscripts ( Read more... )