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RESEARCH
PROGRAMME
2014-2015
The National Museum of the Royal Navy
HM Naval Base (PP66), PortsmouthHampshire PO1 3NH
Enabling people to learn, enjoy and engage with the story of theRoyal Navy and understand its impact in making the modern world
Special Lecture:
8 July First Sea Lord’s lecture on Naval History and Strategy:
Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence:The Case of the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915
Professor Richard Harding, University of Westminster
2014
Attendance at this event is by ticket only.
To request tickets contact:
or write to:
The National Museum of the Royal NavyHM Naval Base (PP66), PortsmouthHampshire PO1 3NH
[email protected] Nash
Seminars presenting new research on aspects of naval history: Conferences:
2014 Devonport and Portsmouth naval dockyards
Naval Diplomacy in the Post-Cold War GlobalOrder
Crescent moon, star and eagle: Portsmouthand the Russian Navy 1765-1815
Ann Coats,
Kevin Rowlands,
James Thomas,
University of Portsmouth
King’s College London
University of Portsmouth
8 October1730-1830
12 November1730-1830
10 December1730-1830
2015
Researchers wishing to contribute papers on any aspect of naval historyto the 2015-16 seminar series should email a title and a 300 word abstractof their proposed paper, plus a one page CV to Dr Duncan Redford [email protected]
This conference addresses the vital connections between seapower andpolitics. It will examine the ways seapower has interacted with the politicalprocess and the personalities who wielded seapower to greater or lessereffect.
Statesmen and seapower17, 18 April
14 January1730-1830
11 February1730-1830
11 March1730-1830
13 May1730-1830
2015
10 June1730-1830
The Sea Officers: Gentility andProfessionalism in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815
Sydney Marrow Eardley-Wilmot and ‘The battleof the North Sea’
Developing British Maritime Airpower for the21st Century: The Evolution of the QueenElizabeth-class Aircraft Carriers, 1998-2014
Evan Wilson,
James Bosbotinis,
Ian Stafford,
Elise Smith,
University of Oxford
niversity of Wurtzburg
King’s College London
Independent Scholar
University of Oxford
Jorit Wintjes, U
The Provincial Marine and preparations for theWar of 1812: a study of Britain's forgottencolonial navy
‘Cleanse or Die’: British Naval hygiene in theAge of Steam
All seminars will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery, NMRNPortsmouth and are free of charge.
New and established scholars will present their latest academic research, analysisand opinions on their areas of expertise.
Victory 250: ‘The Old Wooden Walls of England’Building the Sailing Navy
9, 10 May
This conference will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the launching ofHMS Victory in 1765 and examine the national effort needed to producethe sailing navy and the impact it had on finance, industrialisation,technology, the environment, politics, strategy, defence and wider Britishand imperial society.
For more details on any of the above conferences, please email
or write to Dr Duncan Redford,The National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth PO1 [email protected]
Saving the Nation; striking the enemy:the Royal Navy and 1940
4, 5 September
75 years have passed since the German invasions of Scandinavia, Franceand the Low Countries, since the Battle of Britain and since the Battle ofthe Atlantic took on a new level of ferocity. The images and myths of thesebattles and campaigns in 1940 still resonate with British society. Thisconference will examine the myths and reality of 1940 from a maritimeperspective.