Glocalism in the Age of Sail Event

The Centre for Imperial and Post-colonial Studies and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture invites you to their conference on Glocalism in the Age of Sail

Conference Programme

10.00–10.15 | Arrival and welcome

10.15–11.45 | Panel 1

Nick Karn, How outsiders shape local identities: Mobility and regional customs across the North Sea World in the Middle Ages
Rob Blackmore, Explore globally, trade locally: Continuity and change in cross-Channel commerce, c.1450‒c.1650
Craig Lambert, What can government surveys tell us about maritime communities, c.1550–c.1630?

12.00–13.00 | Panel 2

Gary Baker, Glocalism and maritime history: A double-edged sword?
Lucy Huggins, Maritime mobility: From Plymouth to Piscataway

13.00–14.00 | Lunch

14:00-15.30 | Panel 3

Ida Christine Jørgensen, Connecting communities: Shipbuilding knowledge transfer in 18th-century Europe
Maria Newbery, Richard Shepard: A Southampton mariner in the 1770s
John McAleer, ‘Marvels and monstrosities from all quarters of the globe’: The Hartley Institution Museum, Southampton

15.30–15.45 | Break

15.45–16.15 | Panel 4

Cheryl Butler, William Ghost and Southampton
Closing remarks.