Author: Antony Adler

I work on the history of exploration and the history of science in the marine environment.

CFP Announcement: 2024 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History

The DHST Commission on the History of Oceanography (ICHO) announces its Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize for outstanding papers addressing some aspect of ocean history, which for the purposes of this prize should include attention to knowledge creation or the history of ocean knowledge, broadly construed. The award aims to provide recognition and support… Read More CFP Announcement: 2024 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History

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The Library and Collections at the German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History in Bremerhaven

By Katrin Kleemann and Nils Theinert In 1962, a dredge engineer discovered a medieval cog whilst working in the harbor basin in the city of Bremen in northern Germany. Its discovery prompted the foundation of the German Maritime Museum (DSM) in 1971. The museum opened its doors to visitors in 1975. It is the German… Read More The Library and Collections at the German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History in Bremerhaven

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Call for applications for the position of Vice-President of ICHO

The International Commission of the History of Oceanography (ICHO) invites nominations, including self-nominations, to fill one of four Vice-President positions of the commission that has recently become vacant. ICHO is a global body devoted to linking scholars, writers, and teachers interested in the history of the ocean sciences, broadly defined. We are a commission of the International Union of History and… Read More Call for applications for the position of Vice-President of ICHO

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ICHO at the History of Science Society Conference, November 2022

By Katherine Sinclair On November 17, 2022, in the ornate “Venetian Room” of the Drake Hotel in Chicago, historians of oceans and of oceanography gathered for the “Oceans in Depth: Knowledge, Resource, Representations” round table as occasional flakes of snow fell on the Lake Michigan beaches outside the window. Organized by Helen Rozwadowski and Katharine… Read More ICHO at the History of Science Society Conference, November 2022

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CLIR Recordings at Risk Digitization Project at MBLWHOI Library

By Karen Urbec (Institution Archivist, MBLWHOI Library) The Data Library and Archives of the MBLWHOI (Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Library is the intellectual heart of the Woods Hole scientific community.  Marine scientists have been based here for their explorations of the ocean since the mid-1800s and the Library has been here supporting their… Read More CLIR Recordings at Risk Digitization Project at MBLWHOI Library

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Call for applications for ICHO fellowships

The International Commission of the History of Oceanography (ICHO) invites applications for fellowship support from scholars studying the history of the marine sciences broadly conceived.  ICHO is a global body devoted to linking scholars, writers, and teachers interested in the history of the marine sciences, broadly defined. We are a commission of the International Union… Read More Call for applications for ICHO fellowships

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Why Ocean History?

By Helen Rozwadowski, Natalia Gándara-Chacana, and Samantha Muka Introduction By Helen Rozwadowski, University of Connecticut, Avery Point Scholars working emerging fields, such as ocean history and allied areas like coastal history, oceanic history and the like, benefit from the enthusiasm and momentum that accompanies new questions, new approaches, and new communities. Successful recent PhDs, with… Read More Why Ocean History?

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Stories from the Salish Sea: Special Collections at the University of Washington

By Maureen Nolan & Lisa Oberg The Coast Salish peoples have called the Pacific Northwest home from time immemorial, their history and culture integrally linked with the region’s waterways. European explorations of the northeastern Pacific Ocean made by Sir Francis Drake in the 16th century and many others, including the voyages of Captains James Cook… Read More Stories from the Salish Sea: Special Collections at the University of Washington

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The famous and lesser-known illustrations of Thomas Huxley’s Bathybius

By John R. Dolan Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR 7093 Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France During the 1860s and 1870s the Darwinian Revolution was in full swing. Darwin’s critics pointed out that the origin of life was not addressed and that there appeared to be many missing links among taxa both existing and fossil.… Read More The famous and lesser-known illustrations of Thomas Huxley’s Bathybius

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