Port Towns and Urban Cultures Conference

[anteros_lmc]

Ahem. nodbear and I are delighted to have had another paper on the Indyboys accepted for a conference. This time it’s the Port Towns and Urban Cultures Conference run by the University of Portsmouth and the National Museum of the Royal Navy. The conference takes place at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in July and includes a reception on the Victory. Can we squee? Yes? Squeeeeee!

Conference blurb as follows:

The increasing interest in ‘coastal and Atlantic histories’ have drawn historians’ attention to the importance of port towns. The waterfront was the intersection of maritime and urban space and the port town was often a unique site of cultural exchange that both reinforced and challenged local, national and imperial boundaries. This three day conference, organised by the University of Portsmouth and the National Museum of the Royal Navy and to be held in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, will bring together scholars from around the globe who work on maritime and urban histories.

Themes include:

• Transnational sailortowns – regional, national and imperial boundaries and identities
  
• Empires and Imperialism
  
• Material cultures of sailor life
  
• Naval ports and their cultural impact on the urban hinterland
  
• Representations of port towns through history and heritage
  
• Sailors as political icons and social actors
  
• Crime and disorder
  
• Popular culture and leisure
  
• Civic culture and Urban elites
  
• The three fleets – navy, fisheries and cargo – interactions between the local and global
  
• Maritime and port town folklore

We submitted a proposal called “A life of duty and service: Post-war political and social activism of Napoleonic era naval officers” on the theme of “Sailors as political icons and social actors”. We’ll be talking about the three of the Indefatigable’s midshipmen, the Hon George Cadogan, Sir Henry Hart and Thomas Groube and will focus on how these officers carried the experience they gained during their naval service into the post war period and continued to serve in public offices and charitable institutions in the towns and cities where they built their civilian lives.

We know that the conference organisers had a really good response to the call for proposals so we’re pretty chuffed to have had our paper accepted :)

Comments

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

we can go and stand excatly in that spot more or less on Portsmouth Point - the inn on the left is still there :)

thanks for posting this ! looking forward to it hugelt :D

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Hehe! That was quick! Just posted to your LJ too :)

Can't wait for you to show me round Portsmouth!

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

Huzzah - Though I don't think we will drink it dry - well not quite anyway.my head is not what it used to be :)
and especially not if I actually am suppsoed to think the next day.
Two fsngirls loose in Portsmouth and disguised as naval scholars - there has to be a photo album :)
thanks for posting to my LJ too

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I just set that picture as my desktop background. I want Mike to see it. I can tell you nothing has changed. I used to go down to the pier-side to drop Mike off, in the early days of my marriage (say 20 years ago,) and the whole area was crowded with bars, cheap apartments, and check-cashing-pawn shops. The sort of drunken, brawling, leaving underwear on the street atmosphere has not changed either. (Not that I did any of that!)

I knew a man who was arrested for assaulting another man, by beating him with his (presumably detatched,) prostheic leg! The victim was badly hurt-- it makes quite a weapon, heavy I guess and you can swing it by the foot!

I wrote a little note above, just to say how proud I am of you both, and unsurprised that your paper got accepted. You are both awesome!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Awww thank you! Honestly, we couldn't do this without your encouragement. Also I bet you could have written a paper for this conference just based on personal experience. That would be awesome!

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic, congratulations! :-) I am delighted that your fascination with Navyboy has led to forwarding your academic career. This is why you should get into fandom, kids. (Perhaps you should drop Mr Bamber a letter, thanking him for the, ah, impulse he gave you?)

:-)

[nodbear.livejournal.com]

Strange that you should suggest that - but I woke up today thinking I might suggest to ANteros something similar:) - and as to the navyboy phoenomenon alas! if only it were an academic career for either of us it would be great- but its part of the fun that it isn't of course.We are the partisan wing who somehow stole the best frigate ...

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

:-) Ah well, it helps you establish a secondary career, then, as speakers at maritime conferences. I certainly seems like you had a lot of fun, and I love how much passion and enthusiasm you put into these extracurricular projects. And steal a frigate in the process.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Alas yes, it's very much a secondary career, but dammit, it's fun and that's what matters :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

The partisan wing that stole the best frigate? I love that to bits XD

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you should drop Mr Bamber a letter, thanking him for the, ah, impulse he gave you?)
We've talked about the possibility of including a dedication in the book to Messrs Lindsey, Gruffudd and Bamber to do just that! Maybe one day we'll get in touch with them ... :}

[kittycallum.livejournal.com]

You have both worked hard for this and deserve it absolutely! Congratulations!

And what a great collection of topics to be hearing about, too. That conference sounds like a scholar-fangirl's dream come true.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm sure you'd have a ball at this conference. Any travel grants or scholarships on the go to attend conferences overseas?

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Wish you the most engrossed audience! :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! If we can keep the audience awake we'll be happy!

[esteven]

I am mighty chuffed on your and nodbear's behalf. Please, have a (soft) drink on me at The Crown (now Lady Hamilton)and try to have a look at the Trafalgar Sail exhibition if it is still there. :)

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you my dear. We will certainly raise a glass to you in The Crown :)

[esteven]

I'll send the money. :) Pray, would you be on paypal?

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Won't hear of it my dear! It will be our very great pleasure!

[esteven]

But I invited you for drink and a meal. :)

Btw, how does the beginning of June sound for a mug of tea?

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Will you be visiting these shores? Would love to so tea if you are :)

[esteven]

I'm composing my schedule *g* Would there be a nice not too expensive B&B near you for a night...

Also, paypal?

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Would there be a nice not too expensive B&B near you for a night...
Leave it with me! I'm sure I can find something :) If I could get time of work I could take you to see our local tall ship Glenlee!

[esteven]

I'll work on it and send you my rough schedule, and then we can work from that. :)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

And don't I wish I could go!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Awww thanks sweetie! I hope they don't twig that we're really just disreputable fangirls ;)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Oh, hurrah.

I'm around for at least part of that weekend, if you want to meet up
.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

Ooh that would be fun! I have no idea yet how long I'll be able to come down for but I'll keep you posted and let you know once we have a Plan!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!