Immensely grateful to the editors and anonymous reviewers @thejah.bsky.social whose comments and suggestions immensely strengthened and deepened this article. Over the moon that the piece appears in such an outstanding journal with such committed editors. Cheers! 🐠

"'The Net That Catches the Most Fish': Fishing, Innovation, & Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923" now published @thejah.bsky.social. This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨🐟 CFP - COLONIAL HINTER-SEAS: A Conference on Subaquatic Resources and Waterside Lives from the Early Modern to the Contemporary, 10-11 August 2026, virtual, Zoom & 19-21 August 2026, in-person, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Details: www.colonialfisheries.com/colonial-hin... 🐟🚨

Or you can also join us for our launch event in Blantyre at @DLivingstoneBP on 12 August from 14:30-16:30 where the pop-up exhibition will also be displayed in August and September! www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/lesso...

Join us at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther and online on 14 August as we launch our pop-up exhibition at the museum based on our Lessons from Lake Malawi projects. 🐠🐟 Co-hosted by the Scotland-Malawi Partnership. www.scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/lesso...

It was a real privilege to be asked to chat about our OA article on fisheries in Lake Malawi for the JAH podcast 🐟. Link below — check it out and let me know what you think! 👇

In our latest #OA #HistoryMatters piece, the team of Milo Gough, Bryson Nkhoma, Elias Chirwa, @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social‬, Charles Knapp, Tracy Morse, and Wapulumuka Mulwafu explore the history of present day #Fisheries management in #LakeMalawi: bit.ly/4lmkjoT

Our final virtual panel for Problem of Piracy IV is starting in just over an hour — “Encountering and Policing Piracy” Feat. four papers covering diverse legal and practical measures to tackle piracy across geographical and temporal bounds. Register using the link below! 🏴‍☠️

Two exciting online panels on the history of piracy tomorrow for Problem of Piracy IV: “Performing Piracy and Power” and “Dynamics of Piracy and Privateering” Registration link in the post below! All welcome!

🚨🏴‍☠️ Performing, practising, and policing piracy! The 4th Problem of Piracy conference takes place in Exeter later this month. But next week we have THREE special virtual panels that are open to all on 12 and 13 June. Details and registration link via: www.problemofpiracy.com/conference-2025 🏴‍☠️🚨

🚨🏴‍☠️ Performing, practising, and policing piracy! The 4th Problem of Piracy conference takes place in Exeter later this month. But next week we have THREE special virtual panels that are open to all on 12 and 13 June. Details and registration link via: www.problemofpiracy.com/conference-2025 🏴‍☠️🚨

A new website w/database on the 1680s Scottish migration to East New Jersey is 'live' #earlymodern #VastEarlyAmerica eastjerseybound.scot

An insightful and disquieting article on “Afropolitans and the fantasy of a digital nation” by Milo Gough, one member of the Lessons of Lake Malawi team. africasacountry.com/2025/05/afro...

My article "Seasonal Harvests: Migration, Reproduction, and Religion in the Early Modern Spanish Tuna Fisheries" is now available online in advance of the July issue of @envirohistory.bsky.social. The essay reflects years of work and revision; I'm so grateful for the help I got along the way.

‼️🐠 Our short “History Matters” piece — “Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries: Perspectives from Lake Malawi” just published OA in The Journal of African History! doi.org/10.1017/S002... A lengthier piece expanding on fisheries surveys & colonial development in L. Malawi coming soon in Isis… 🐠‼️

I'm shocked at how little we engage with the extra-geographical features of early modern maps. I mean, LOOK at this one!

My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration

Today let's celebrate #africanworldheritageday, #Africa is home to all and a dynamic continent with heritage unlike any other! #coastalhistory #Angloa #Zululand #Southafrica #Zimbabwe.

“The Routledge History of the Modern Maritime World since 1500” edited by Kenneth Morgan released last week! A privilege to be among such esteemed colleagues. It will be an excellent teaching resource too — I’ll certainly be assigning many chapters! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Looking forward to this chapter coming out soon as part of a fantastic volume! And the @shiftingsovs.bsky.social volume looks fantastic too!!

We are live! Our 25 projects across 11 partner institutions are now open for applications! For more on these positions, visit: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships... We encourage applicants to review our guidance for more on eligibility, the application process, etc: www.sgsss.ac.uk/files/Studen...

Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House. Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust! Details below! Any questions - get in touch!

There are certainly worse places to spend a week writing …

Coming soon! Routledge Maritime History of the Modern World. Publication scheduled for May 2025. For those who took Research Skills w/ Cathryn, you'll recognise her chapter. It also includes chapters by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social and Richard Blakemore among others! #MaritimeHistory #CoastalHistory

Call for submissions! Snapshots are short essays which focus on environmental challenges of the 21st century, looking to historical perspectives to inform a more sustainable world. See the attached call & send a pitch to @tluneau.bsky.social, deputy editor ([email protected]) #envhist

In The National Archives to follow up a few references for a chapter — it’s been about 5 years since I last looked at CO records in person… nice wee sojourn and, as ever, pirates popping out the page even when it’s not what I’m looking for …

A wonderful distraction from the world literally burning to the ground: page proofs for The Predatory Sea! 🗃️ Coming to bookstores (if those still exist) in September!

The main publication from our “Lessons from Lake Malawi” project has just been published OA by Marine Policy. “Without historical awareness, reproduction of one-size-fits-all approaches to fisheries management remains all too common” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐠 #envhist #envhum 🐟

In Which @johnfreeman.bsky.social Talks a Little Colonising Failure @wadehistory.bsky.social @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social @erikagaffney.bsky.social @ginahist.bsky.social

This was quite the collaborative piece to tackle but led to so many enjoyable conversations and debates among wonderful colleagues. I’m so very proud of the outcome! Hoping these are conversations we can pick up again as a team in the future!

Problem of Piracy IV CFP deadline this week! 🏴‍☠️🚨

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

Deadline for Problem of Piracy IV @uniofexeter.bsky.social (19-20 June 2025) coming up this month! Submit your paper proposals by 20 December 🏴‍☠️⛵️!

#CFP We are excited to announce the workshop “Fever: Histories of (a) Disease, c. 1750-1840”, which will take place on 10-11 July 2025 in Heidelberg 📍 and invite paper proposals related to the subject of fever(s)! Spread the word!

Pleased to share the latest StoryMap from the Lessons from Lake Malawi project, focusing on the history of fisheries management at Mbenji Island, inc. interviews and speeches from the closing ceremony in Dec 2022: arcg.is/01PCT0 More info can here: www.colonialfisheries.com #maritimehistory

In Media Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow/Lythe Lecturer in Media Analytics (667119) We are seeking applicants with an expertise in media analytics, audience measurement and/or the use of ‘big data’. strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

In History Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow/Lythe Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Migration We are esp. interested in: Black History; Atlantic History; Histories of Africa and African Diaspora; History of Colonialism; African American History. strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Pleased to share the latest StoryMap from the Lessons from Lake Malawi project, focusing on the history of fisheries management at Mbenji Island, inc. interviews and speeches from the closing ceremony in Dec 2022: arcg.is/01PCT0 More info can here: www.colonialfisheries.com #maritimehistory

Very much enjoying @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social's talk Inexhaustible Seas: Fisheries Management in Scotland and the British Empire. Especially pleased to see an illustration of a Dutch haringbuis (herring-bus), which I've read about but never seen. #MaritimeHistory #Fishing #Scotland

Still a few spaces in the other one also if they want adding :) go.bsky.app/4R4Awhv

go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw The maritime historians starter pack is almost full! Have I missed anybody? If so, just let me know in the replies. I'll start a second starter pack if necessary. #MaritimeHistory

Eighteenth-Century Irish Studies friends, my wonderful colleague Colleen Taylor's book, Irish Materialisms: The Nonhuman and the Making of Colonial Ireland, 1690-1830, is now out at Oxford UP! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The list currently has 91 journals/publications/societies! 🎉 I’m adding organizations with journals here as well (as their journals lack a distinct profile here). If anyone has any suggestions, I’ll update ASAP 🙂🗃️ bsky.app/starter-pack... #skystorians #history #academic

It's up! We now have a #CoastalHistory starter pack. People can also use and search the hashtag. If you're working on coastal history and want to be included, let me know. go.bsky.app/Pfa95p7

Well this place has gotten busier… Sorry if I haven’t followed back yet! In the meantime, come hear me speak tomorrow 5.30pm UK at UofGlasgow as I try & condense a mere 350ish years of colonialism & fisheries law / management in c. 45 minutes! Details ⬇️ 🎣 🐠 🛶 www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-centr...

🚨🏴‍☠️ CFP for the Problem of Piracy IV at @UniofExeter on 19-20 June 2025. Papers welcome on any aspect of piracy or maritime predation occurring across the world from the ancient to the modern. Proposal deadline: 20 December 2024 Proposal form: forms.gle/2AucShDqT5vH... 🏴‍☠️🚨