The Oceanic and Maritime History Workshop offers a supportive and informal setting for postgraduate students to discuss their research on all aspects of Oceanic and Maritime History across all periods. Dedicated to historical research investigating human engagement with the sea. It is open to all time periods, geographical regions, or intellectual approaches, and we actively encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion, as well as transnational approaches.

Presentation

After what was a very successful Michaelmas term, we are thrilled to announce our Call for Papers for Lent (February-March 2026).

We welcome presentations on all aspects of Oceanic and Maritime History across all periods, including (but not limited to):

• Encounters - maritime worlds, cross-cultural interactions, the subaltern sea;
• Spaces - litoral, coastal, and insular communities, the terraqueous globe, sacred maritime geographies;
• Exchanges - migration and trafficking, flows of goods and ideas, maritime knowledge networks;
• Cultures - maritime identities, seafaring traditions;
• Environmental Histories - human-sea ecologies, oceanic transformations.

This is a great opportunity to share completed research or receive feedback on a work-in-progress. MPhil and PhD students at all stages, from any institution in the UK or abroad, are encouraged to apply.

The workshop will meet for several sessions throughout the term. Each session will be hybrid, featuring a thematic pairing of two 30-minute presentations, followed by discussion.

Submission guidelines

To apply to present a paper, please email us with your title, abstract (200-300 words), and biographical details

by 20 January 2026.

If you would simply like to attend, we will circulate information related to our sessions on our mailing list (subscribe here: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/history-omgw and on X: follow @CamOceanicHist).

Convenors

• Aristide Chryssoulis (ac2261@cam.ac.uk)
• Joano Moreira da Silva (jdchm2@cam.ac.uk)