Today is International Workers' Memorial Day #IWMD24 - a day to pause & remember those killed or harmed at work, in the past & present - & to fight for a better tomorrow.

It's great to see OldRailwayAccidents, co-led by our Dr Mike Esbester, contributing, via collaborative work!

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Announcing a call for 'Coastal Imaginaries' article abstracts for a special issue of Coastal Studies & Society. Abstract deadline - 20th May. For more details see port.ac.uk/news-events-an… Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures One for Haunted Shores?

Apply now for fully-funded History PhD scholarship to research Portsmouth's public library service since 1883. Exciting collaboration between @uniportsmouth & Portsmouth City Council. Funded by AHRC port.ac.uk/news-events-an… Univ. Ports History UoP Humanities and Social Sciences Arts and Humanities Research Council Portsmouth City Council

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Not long now until we welcome our guests at today's Open Experience Day. Come & see us in the beautiful Park Building, hear about our excellent courses, & take part in a sample session.

If you've got time, take a trip to #OurIslandCity 's lovely seafront

Tomorrow I will be showcasing our brilliant BA History and BA History & Politics courses as part of the University of Portsmouth Open Experience Day. Always exciting to meet prospective students who are visiting #OurIslandCity

Do join us on 23 April for a talk by Dr Cathryn Pearce ⚓️🌊 on 'False Shipwrecked Sailors: Shipwreck Imposters and Maritime Charity in the 19th Century'. All welcome - full details here: plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/sprin…

PORTSMOUTH RESIDENTS: Claim your discount on a visit to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard from tomorrow until 2 May in honour of Portsmouth F(C) 🏆's promotion to the Championship. Play up Pompey! historicdockyard.co.uk/local-discount/
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard celebrates Pompey Championship victory with discounts ⁦Portsmouth Historic Dockyard⁩ ⁦The Mary Rose⁩ ⁦The National Museum of the Royal Navy⁩ ⁦Portsmouth F(C) 🏆⁩ ⁦Portsmouth F(C) 🏆Women⁩ as seen in ⁦The News, Portsmouth⁩ portsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/thing…

Listen now to Napoleon's Hundred Days In Our Time with Katherine Astbury, Michael Rowe & our very own Dr Zack White, of Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, Univ. Ports History, UoP Humanities and Social Sciences & University of Portsmouth bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Visit maritime museums in the Netherlands & Belgium & hear from curators worldwide at ICMM's Congress, 15-21 September 2024. Early bird discount for ICMM members until 30 April icmm-maritime.org/congress2024/ @maritimemuseums Het Scheepvaartmuseum Maritiem Museum Museum aan de Stroom Zuiderzeemuseum

What do you have to say about Britain's Coastal Experience? From the politics of collecting maritime stories to heritage conservation & small boats, submit your proposal by 10 May for the UK Maritime Heritage Forum 2024 National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Cornwall, 2-4 October.
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Today is the last chance to meet shipwrights (11am), archaeologists or conservators (2pm) onboard HMS Victory Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

More brilliant work from Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures Univ. Ports History: hear Leverhulme Fellow Dr Zack White on the Napoleonic era, podcasting and engaging a wide audience with history!👇👇

Learn about piracy, naval history, environmental change & coastal communities, women in the maritime sector, & more at the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies Showcase Day University of Exeter on 4th May. Speakers include Helen Berry, Maria Fusaro, Helen Doe
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#maritime history is in excellent health, judging by the interesting & wide-ranging papers given at BCMH's new researchers conference University of Strathclyde by Robert MacLean Alex Ward Laura Birkinshaw Sabrina Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures's @guycollender & more.

80 objects to mark 80 years since D-Day. Check out a collection curated by The D-Day Story and its partners as the countdown continues to 6th June 2024 - the anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history.

Are you passionate about public art, heritage and the waterfront? Apply to be the Lead Curator for Gosport Borough Council's Waterfront Connectivity Programme & work in partnership with Arts Council England artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/39… . Deadline: 21st March. Good luck!

The sunken treasure of the 1708 San José shipwreck off Colombia is contested – but its real riches go beyond coins and jewels. Read the latest perspective The Conversation by Ann Coats of Univ. Ports History UoP Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth theconversation.com/the-sunken-tre…

Many congratulations Dr Melanie Bassett! Your article is a fascinating and important read about naval widows, war work, the Battle of Jutland, Portsmouth and civic duty.
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Celebrate International Women's Day today by checking out LRF Heritage & Education Centre's extraordinary SHE_SEES content about women in the maritime industry. Digital exhibition: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/rewri… Video: youtube.com/watch?v=-WUhhA…
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