Dr Craig Lambert BA, MA, and PhD. Fellow of the British Commission for Maritime History
Associate Professor in Maritime History; Senior Tutor
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Dr Craig Lambert is an Associate Professor in Maritime History at the University of Southampton.
I am an historian whose primary research focus is on maritime history, especially the study of maritime communities, merchant shipping, and naval logistics c.1300-c.1600.
My key areas of research focus on naval operations and logistics during the Hundred Years War, and on the size and geographical distribution of the English merchant fleet c.1300-c.1600. I also have a keen research interest in maritime communities. My research draws on prosopography underpinned by the use of databases to undertake quantitative and qualitative investigations of merchant shipping, maritime communities, and naval operations.
My interest in medieval and Tudor merchant shipping was helped by a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council entitled: The Evolution of English Shipping Capacity and Shipboard Communities from the early 15th Century to Drake’s Circumnavigation. This project has since produced a free to access searchable database of c.53000 ship-voyages from over 600 English, Welsh and Channel Islands ports and includes interactive port and trade routes maps. This can be searched here. The project also developed a series of free to access teaching materials for sixth form students based on the project and website. You can find more about the project’s wider impact here.
While by trade an historian, I have a keen interest in restorative justice and its application in community settings. This interest was stimulated by managing a National Lottery-funded project (2009-11) that investigated how restorative practices were implemented across a wide range of governmental and educational institutions, and private companies, across the city of Kingston-Upon-Hull.
Qualifications
- BA, History, University of Hull, 2004
- MA, History, University of Hull, 2005
- PhD, University of Hull, 2009