Australian Association for Maritime History: Maritime History Beyond 2000

Maritime History Beyond 2000: Visions of the Sea and Shore

An International Conference on Maritime Histor and Heritage

Fremantle, Australia, 11-14 December 2001

To be held at the Western Australian Maritime Museum, Cliff Street, Fremantle

Organised by the Australian Association for Maritime History

With the sponsorship of:

Western Australian Maritime Museum
International Commission of Maritime History and;
International Maritime Economic History Association

The aim of this conference is to bring togehter historians and all others interested in maritime history in order to present the latest fidings in maritime historical research and heritage studies, review the state of the discipline in all its aspects, and map out pathways for research in the 21st century. Papers are invited on all aspects of maritime history but especially on the following general themes:

Cultural images and heritage
Commerce and trade
Shipping and shipbuilding
Ports and port cities
Fisheries and fishing communities
Naval history abd strategic studies
Labour and unionism
Maritime environment

Authors are encouraged, as far as possible to adopt a comparative approach and address the following questions:

What are the main research priorities for maritime history in the 21st Century?
How do you see your reserach contrinuting to this international agenda?

The conference will include the 2001 Executive Council Meeting of the International Commission of Maritime History.

Abstracts submitted by 1st September will be placed on the website and will be reproduced by the conference organisers for distribution to participants. Where possible abstracts should be submitted in electronic format (by disk or sent as an email attachment). Participants should bring copies of their papers for distribution at the conference.

CONTACT

http://mh2001.murdoch.edu.au

EMAIL

mh2001@central.murdoch.edu.au

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Geoffrey Bolton

Murdoch University

Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO is a senior scholar in residence at Murdoch University and an Emeritus professor of Edith Cowan University. He has published extensively on Australian social and political history. He is the Chairperson of the Western Australian Maritime Museum's Archaeology Advisory Committee and has a long standing interest in the history of the Dutch shipwrecks along the Western Australian coastline. Among his many books are A Fine Country to Starve In, A Thousand Miles Away, Spoils and Spoilers: A History of Australians Shaping their Environment and, as general editor, The Oxford History of Australia.

Dr. Gelina Harlaftis

Department of Maritime Studies

University of Piraeaus

CurrentlyVice-Chairperson of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Maritime History, Dr Harlaftis is Greece's leading maritime historian. Her books include Greek Shipowners and Greece, Greek Seamen and Greek Steamships, A History of Greek-owned Shipping and with D. Starkey Global markets: the Internationalisation of Sea Transport Industries since 1850.