ICHO (also @ histocean.bsky.social)

@HistOcean is scholars, writers, and teachers interested in the history of the marine sciences, and how they relate to all aquatic environments and the blue humanities generally. Join us! #histSTM #histocean #envhist #coastalhistory #bluehumanities oceansciencehistory.com/our-community/…

Please share our CFP for the annual Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History. Submissions due by 15 March 2025. oceansciencehistory.com/2025/01/06/cfp…

🌊 Webinar: The Role of Art in Transformative Ocean Governance. 5 Nov '24 | 16:00-17:30 SAST. Explore how arts-based research at the Hub is reshaping #oceangovernance. Join experts to learn how #arts drive #socialchange & support #humanrights. Register: tinyurl.com/yc73ew8z

📣 📣 The Structures in the Marine Environment conference programme has landed! A two-day event at the National Museum of Scotland on 23 & 24 June where you can explore the future of marine artificial structures. 🎟️ Get your ticket 👉site.corsizio.com/event/67bdb4c7… 📖 And see the full…

⚓️ #OnThisDay in 1914 ⚓️ The passenger liner Empress of Ireland sank in the St Lawrence River, with the loss of over a thousand people. 🔊 Listen to The Mariner's Mirror Podcast episode on the disaster here: snr.org.uk/the-mariners-m…

A cutting-edge fleet of moorings, drifting floats, and autonomous vehicles have been deployed to explore the depths of the Labrador Sea, to understand the role of marine snow in carbon storage 🌊❄️ Full story here: noc.ac.uk/news/ocean-rob… @BAS_News

Great to see this new 🏴‍☠️collection Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy: Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, eds Susanne Gruss & Marcus Hartner by @AmsterdamUPress Out on 18/8/25 & available to pre-order now: aup.nl/en/book/978946… ☠️🏴‍☠️⚓

Just out from @LivUniPress: Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, ed. Nsah Mala & Nicki Hitchcott. With a chapter on Francophone #BlueHumanities by @GiuliaChampion. @stevermentz #Ecocriticism #Francophone liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.38…

Brilliant book & book launch by @madeline_cct for her important & powerful The Roma: A Travelling History, make sure to get a copy if you have not already: penguin.co.uk/books/456889/t…

"Cinco siglos de cultura marítima y epistemología artesanal" ¡casi ná! A pesar de un artículo mío sobre #argo , hay grandes contribuciones: Antonio Sánchez Martínez, Javier Ordóñez, Aitor Anduaga, Margaret Schote, los chemas, Margarita Rodríguez... asclepio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ascl…

🏢✨Interested in hosting the next Oceans Past XI Conference in 2026? Submit your expression of interest by December 6th to [email protected] #Oceanspast #conference

What keeps 50% of CO2 out of circulation in our atmosphere? Phytoplankton! But only about 10% of what is captured is then stored at the bottom. How can we measure this more precisely? Historical data on radioactive elements like thorium and AI can help! youtu.be/d5HZWDS-fXM?si…

We're pleased to announce that Agnese Martini will be giving our next seminar on 03/12/24 at 1400 GMT, on 'Alien Wetland: Conflict Stories between Humans and Non-Humans in the Venice Lagoon'. To sign up see our eventbrite page: eventbrite.co.uk/e/109124578852…

@verafibisan and I will be launching Blue Extinction on the 3rd of February 2025 at @unisouthampton. Huge thanks to Giulia @GiuliaChampion for organising and to SMMI @UoS_smmi for hosting! Further event and registration details below!⬇️

Yet, despite UNCLOS being in force for 30 yrs, ocean conditions are worsening. Marine animal diversity is declining. Under UNCLOS mandate, the ISA regs being finalised will enable national & private corporations to mine the intl. deep seabed…destroying deep ecologies forever. 🌊

Come join the Coastal Studies Reading Group on Mon 18th Nov - an early start at 7:30 am Eastern / 12:30 pm UK time, for Jon Anderson's Surfing Spaces. Email Anna Pilz to receive the Zoom link and pdfs! stevementz.com/coastal-studie…

We are happy to announce: the DUNES book is out! Download and read the online version here: doi.org/10.4324/978100…

🌊Hub Deputy Director Philile Mbatha is attending 'Gender in Blue Finance' 11.30 (COT) in the #BlueZone CBD #COP16Colombia on inclusion & equality in the mobilisation of financial resources, protecting key marine & coastal ecosystems & all parts of society, esp. women & girls.

Exciting PhD positions in collaboration with University of York and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 🍄 Women and biodiversity: gender and the making of the Kew Fungarium, 1900-1950 sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/lca…

A reminder that the 2024 Zotero Fest roundup and small prize ceremony is happening shortly! Find the teams link on the ICHO page linked here: oceansciencehistory.com/2024/10/22/joi…