Explore our programme of seminars on maritime history and culture

| Maritime History and Culture Seminars
Monday 17th April 2023 | 4:45pm - 7:00pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846-1911): Collecting India in the 19th Century

Join this free online talk by Ekta Raheja of the V&A Museum

28 February 2023 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

The Most Wretched of Humanity? The Inhabitants of Antwerp’s Sailortown, 1850-1930

Join this free online talk by Dr Kristof Loockx, who will take us on a tour of Antwerp’s sailortown - a neighbourhood with a notorious reputation worldwide

Tuesday 16 May 2023 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Joseph Conrad’s ‘Christmas Day at Sea’ (1923): Surprisingly Rich Fare

Join this online talk by Dr Helen Chambers as she uses this short but fascinating essay to cover many subjects

13 December 2022 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Boy-Bafflers and Bell-Bottoms: Wrens and their Uniforms in Wartime and Beyond

Join our free online talk exploring the uniforms worn by the remarkable Women’s Royal Naval Service 

Tuesday 25 October | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars
Tuesday 24 January 2023 | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

The Use of the Noose: Executions aboard Early English East India Company Voyages, 1601-1621

This free online talk explores execution on East India Company voyages

Tuesday 8 November | 5.15pm - 6.30pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars

Ayahs and Amahs

A free, online talk, on the lives of Asian nannies employed by European families during the 1800s and 1900s

21 June 2022 | 5.15pm - 6.45pm
Free
Online
| Maritime History and Culture Seminars