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Research degree students and independent scholars are warmly encouraged to share their work at our annual New Researchers Conference.

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Call for Abstracts for New Book About the History of Port Cities

Posted: Friday 12th July 2024

Call for Abstracts for New Book About the History of Port Cities

 

Do you have research to share about the important and intriguing history of port cities across the world for a new book?

Submissions are invited on a wide range of topics, from the built environment and culture to imperial factors, migration and more. Postgraduate students and early career researchers are particularly encouraged to apply to write for the edited volume. Deadline: 8 September 2024

The project is led by the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures (PCMC) at the University of Portsmouth, and History Department at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU).

The book has been inspired by the conference ‘Port Cities in Comparative Global History: Potentials and Issues’ held in Hong Kong in June 2023. The edited collection aims to explore emerging scholarship in global history and new, original, research aspects of maritime society and culture within the urban maritime sphere.

Find out more: Book on the history of Port Cities | Portsmouth