"In October 1907, the USS Albatross departed San Francisco and steamed westward toward the Philippines. The 61-meter-long craft, operated by the U.S. Fish Commission, was the world’s first ship purposely built for research, and this would be its longest expedition."

“The indirect nature of our knowledge about oceans means that imagination and media and aesthetics, things like that, loom large in shaping our understanding of the oceans’’ @oceanhistories.bsky.social www.une.edu/node/121269

CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) bit.ly/4miqNpa

Invites candidates in three thematic areas to apply including "Human dimensions of oceans" (e.g. ocean social science, resource economics of fisheries, aquaculture, and other marine sectors, ocean cultures and heritage, gender studies, marine policy and governance).

With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this: The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...

"The livestream over the past week has transformed a marine exploration project into an internet sensation and shellfish into unexpected standard-bearers for those who oppose President Javier Milei’s threats to cut and privatize state-funded science."

"the sea is back in vogue. Blue Humanities has taken over large parts of the academy in the last decade, bringing the human relationship with oceans, rivers, lakes and seas to the top of the scholarly agenda just as those waters gather to end humanity for good." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“Predator populations exploded & prey plummeted” immediately after the first smallpox outbreak, suggesting not enough Tsleil-Waututh people survived to effectively steward the #environment, said @mefford.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/smallpo... @vancouversun.bsky.social

Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea! by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 🧪 🌊 🦑

Check out this interesting #histocean oral history project by Beatriz Martinez-Rius: talesofoceanscience.com

On a day like today, might be worth reminding y’all that there’s an entire community loving ❤️ on ocean life in #FathomVerse. 🦑🧪🌊 #onwardsanddownwards

I'll be the keynote here, talking about river monsters! midwestmedievalhc.wordpress.com/about/

🪸🦈 Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs ⬇️ Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊

Read about the human intimacy with the deep sea in Stacy Alaimo’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬—an excerpt is now available on the Environment & Society Portal. www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st... #envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social

At #ICHST2025? Dive into our Oceans in Depth series and explore the historical and modern impact of the ocean on humanity through interdisciplinary narratives. Learn more about the series here: buff.ly/JBdVWe1.

It's hard to overstate the importance of this resource to historians of science. #hstm #histsci

🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊 Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social‬)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)‬’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social #oceans Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊 Check out James W. Seabrooke III (U of West Florida)’s review of Satsuki Takahashi (Hosei University)‬’s book _Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape_ pub 2023 @uwapress.bsky.social ‬ #oceans Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

An excerpt from my book Sea Level: A History has been published in Issues in Science and Technology! https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/ #envhist #histsci

Hey, #oceans #fisheries peeps. I'd like your help finding a reviewer for this book, for H-Oceans. Super flexible due date. Looks like a fantastic edited volume. One catch is that we have the e-book only. Want to review it? Know someone I should ask? Drop me a note.

Congrats to @mshea.bsky.social!

Why do we draw journeys as lines on maps? Historian @saracaputo.bsky.social reveals their histories in 'Tracks on the Ocean', exploring how oceanic navigation and cartographical 'ship tracks' have profoundly shaped our understanding of movement. Discover more - link below ⬇️

"Hardenberg gives us a richly detailed yet very accessible history of how over five centuries, the concept of measuring mean sea level was a painstaking process." 🌊📏 @forbes.com reviews Wilko Graf von Hardenberg's new book "Sea Level: A History" 🔗 bitly.cx/qz0Mj #HistSci #EnvHist #Oceanography

Spring touring schedule out! Come hear me talk about aquatic environments, French colonialism, and other fun things at the following conferences over the next three months:

So ... who else belongs in an OceansHSTM starter pack? go.bsky.app/CKYMfBU

When World War II broke out, and "nations repurposed many of their whaling ships for the global conflict, whales experienced a rare moment of respite." www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...

“Until now, the U.S. has never objected to the Gulf’s given name, although it has a deep history of engaging in diplomatic gamesmanship over the sea.” Interesting piece on the Gulf of Mexico’s environmental, economic, and geopolitical history themarjorie.org/2025/01/15/o...

The German Maritime Museum invites applications for 3-9 month-long fellowships to work on interdisciplinary object-based research focussing on the cultural & political significance of the relationship between humans and the sea. Deadline 31 January 2025. More info: www.museumsbund.de/stellenangeb...

Please share our CFP for the annual Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History. Submissions due by 15 March 2025. oceansciencehistory.com/2025/01/06/c...

We just updated our website! The main change is a simplified menu that will help visitors find our material more easily. Learn more about what we do, about 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, and read interesting pieces by former members like Libby Robin, Verena Winiwarter, and Graeme Wynn. More to come! #EnvHist

A Sea of Words—new review. open.substack.com/pub/lincolnp...

CFP: Living With Water: Agency, Materiality, Narratives, Online seminar series 2025 Water is essential to life. Its management, through everything from clay vessels to elaborate stone dams, is thus a key part of any human environment. Recently water has seeped, flooded and flowed into academic…

In light of recent events, I’m re-sharing my @EngelsbergIdeas article about the vulnerabilities of global information networks engelsbergideas.com/essays/under...

Today is World Fisheries Day! It's a day to reflect and learn about fishing, which is important for food security and livelihoods around the world, but can have a significant conservation impact. A brief disorganized thread, after which I'm happy to answer any questions. 🧵 🧪🦑🌎

"Despite the watery gaze of modern historians, it is time to acknowledge that mariners in the past spent much of their time looking upward."

Call for Submissions – Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human-Animal Studies "Sloth encourages our contributors to think and write purposefully about the animals–individuals and species–with whom we share this planet ..." niche-canada.org/2024/10/25/c... #animalstudies #animalhistory

A reminder that the 2024 Zotero Fest roundup and small prize ceremony is happening shortly! Find the teams link on the ICHO page linked here: oceansciencehistory.com/2024/10/22/j...

Zotero fest 2024 is happening this week! Please consider spending a few minutes helping ICHO improve our shared bibliography. Help improve a shared resource and have a chance to win prizes! #histsci #envhist oceansciencehistory.com/2024/10/22/j...

Upcoming talk (Oct 23rd) in the DEEPMED seminar series: Nancy Ko (Columbia University, New York): "How Deep do "Historical Rights" Go? Contesting the Legal Legacies of the Greek Diver from the Mediterranean to the Pacific"

FEATURED JOB: Tenure Track Position in Environmental Humanities, Pomona College, www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

Exhibit to check out in San Diego. "the works [...] approach the subjugated histories of Easter Ellen Cupp, Anita Smith Hall, and June Pattullo—scientists who would remain unseen in the history of oceanography but for a handful of archival materials" galleryqi.ucsd.edu/pst-art-embo...

Check out our latest Commons Spotlight post about H-Oceans! In this blog, Jonathan Galka, an editor of H-Oceans, discusses the development, contents, and future plans for this growing network. networks.h-net.org/group/blog/2... #edusky #academicsky #education #academic #ocean #network #blog

Check out the upcoming line-up of speakers for the DEEPMED seminar series. Presentations will be given in hybrid format. #oceanhist #histsci

What does music have to do with #histocean? Listen to find out. Four historians share their perspectives on using songs as source material for better understanding the history of science.

“The only thing they banned was the jigger” is an amazing quote.

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