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Mel Bassett

@drmelbassett.bsky.social

Senior Research Fellow, Historian, Royal Dockyards, War Widows, British Empire, Port Cities, Social and Cultural History, 19th-20th C History.

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From Sail to Steam, Carbon to Green: Empowering Port Communities in the Global South (SAR Macau)

Come study for a #PhD in #History ##CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies at the University of Portsmouth- fully funded www.port.ac.uk/study/postgr...

06.03.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi #maritime #CoastalHistory colleagues and followers. The deadline for this CFP is Sunday 19th January!

17.01.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bump!

26.11.2024 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Papers: Port Cities and Maritime Cultures International Conference, 10-11 June 2025 The Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures is holding its inaugural conference (10-11 June 2025) at the University of Portsmouth. 

Call for Papers: Port Cities and Maritime Cultures International Conference,
10-11 June 2025, Portsmouth, UK. www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

21.11.2024 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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OldRailwayAccidents (@rwldproject.bsky.social) Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project BlueSky account! Check our expanding database of British & Irish railway worker accidents, covering the later 19th & early 20th centuries - all…

Good morning to everyone!

First weekend on Bluesky for us, so a quick pointer to a bit about the Railway Work, Life & Death project for anyone who hasn't found us yet!

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16.11.2024 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coastal studies and society: The tipping point - Joana Gaspar de Freitas, Robert James, Isaac Land, 2022

Are you interested in discovering what #CoastalHistory is all about? Journal editors @coastalhistory.bsky.social , @robtjames.bsky.social and Joana de Freitas discuss this approach in the first issue of Coastal Studies & Society journal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

16.11.2024 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me please Cathy! Just joined here. #confused

15.11.2024 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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