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Maritime Musicians | Assoc. Prof in Early Modern Lit | Shakespeare | Sea Theatre | Blue Humanities |🏳️‍🌈

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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I’m floored by this incredibly kind review of my first book in Mariner’s Mirror. Thanks @clairejowitt.bsky.social for letting me know!
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Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The lives of the seafaring middle class
Published in The Mariner's Mirror (Vol. 112, No. 1, 2026)
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I’m floored by this incredibly kind review of my first book in Mariner’s Mirror. Thanks @clairejowitt.bsky.social for letting me know!
tandfonline.com
Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The lives of the seafaring middle class
Published in The Mariner's Mirror (Vol. 112, No. 1, 2026)
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New series announcement! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture Series Editors: @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer Publisher: @dgb-mem.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Feel free to DM me with questions, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com
A series announcement designed to look like the front cover of a book. The featured image is a painting in which two storm-tossed ships appear (a small one at left, a larger one at right).
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
LAST CALL: I have one slot open for my "Maritime Literature and Culture" panel for the 2026 PAMLA Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. 12 Nov-15 Nov. I am accepting proposals until 5 Aug. The submissions should be sent using this link: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
LAST CALL: I have one slot open for my "Maritime Literature and Culture" panel for the 2026 PAMLA Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. 12 Nov-15 Nov. I am accepting proposals until 5 Aug. The submissions should be sent using this link: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079
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Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Swedish ship Vasa. She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961. #SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition
Canadian scientists visit remains of polar exploration vessels in ‘golden era for shipwreck investigating’
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm chairing two sessions at the 2026 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. (11/12-11/15):"Maritime Literature and Culture" and "Shakespeare and the Early Moderns." Deadline for panel proposals is 5/25. pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm chairing two sessions at the 2026 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. (11/12-11/15):"Maritime Literature and Culture" and "Shakespeare and the Early Moderns." Deadline for panel proposals is 5/25. pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I just signed a contract with Routledge to publish my second book, titled, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea. It will be the first comparative study on maritime theatre across multiple cultures and languages.
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I just signed a contract with Routledge to publish my second book, titled, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea. It will be the first comparative study on maritime theatre across multiple cultures and languages.
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Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
My proofs have arrived and #AGoldenWorld is now available to preorder! How did Indigenous peoples and knowledge enter into Tudor & Stuart art, literature, and fashion – and at what cost? uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-go... #earlymodern #Tudors
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drjostanley.bsky.social @drjostanley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
My new book has arrived already. On sale from Thurs 19 Feb. You may want to help charity by ordering it it via the Marine Society: lnkd.in/eR8_Nr9D. 😊
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
17th century shipwreck uncovered by winter storms Ancient timbers found on Dorset beach are believed to belong to a historic merchant vessel www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...
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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Delighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
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Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog
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Dr. Mollie Carlyle @molliecarlyle.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Looking forward to giving a talk at the Oceanic and Maritime History Workshop at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday 11th February (4:30-6:30pm). They’ll be getting a sneak preview of some of the work I’ve been doing recently for my book… ⚓️🎶 #seashanties #maritimehistory
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
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Manuel Barcia @mbarcia24.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians Here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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Pirate Imperialism - Yale University Press London
This first truly global history of the suppression of piracy links maritime raiding to empire building in the nineteenth century   In the middle decades...
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Cheryl Fury @tudorwench.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/01/2026
rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good was 37 - A U.S. citizen - and a poet — her wife watched her be murdered and is now a single parent to a 6 year old This regime has been defined by the endless tragedies it’s caused — we owe it to the victims to fight for the accountability they 💯 percent deserve
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
There is a grave moral consequence to letting this go on. Shut down the government, have a general strike, grind the country to a halt, hit the streets. But not treating a demented administration lying about its thugs committing cold-blooded murder as an emergency? That is an emergency in itself.
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Rachel Herrmann @raherrmann.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Holidays are over, and I'm motivating myself through the marking and emails by sharing the cover for Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic with @pennpress.bsky.social. Please indulge me! www.pennpress.org/978151282925... #skystorians
Book cover depicting a map cartouche of four Indigenous people--two on land, two in a canoe--and a snippet from the map of yellow, pink, and green watercolor borders drawn by John Povey, clerk to William Blathwayt, on Robert Morden and William Berry’s A Map of New England New Yorke New Iersey Mary-Land & Virginia (ca. 1676).
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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Just got my author copy of Black Atlantic Worlds! I’m honored and delighted to be a part of this volume. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...
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Black Atlantic Worlds — Harvard University Press
Landscapes are key to the Black Atlantic. The history of how Africans and their descendants populated and transformed nations, regions, and ecosystems has always been attentive to the multiple meaning...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Happy to share my glowing review of the 100Ballads.org site, which has just been published in Early Modern Digital Review: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/em... It's a fantastic site for anyone interested in early modern English ballads. Check it out!
17th-century ballad about the Great Fire of London
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Espooky Hispanic Pixie Dreamgirl @bocadelperro.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
5yo, playing with her Playmobil sets: "the princesses are friends with the pirates" Me: "ah, that makes them privateers"
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
It snowed on Christmas Day in Ellensburg! Only the second snow we’ve had in a month.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 13/12/2025
deck my body in gay ornaments
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
My former prof at OkState wrote a new book that sounds pretty amazing! 🏴‍☠️⚓️
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The paperback edition of my book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages (2022), is now available to preorder through Routledge. Copies will ship after Dec 1. ⚓️
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Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class
Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English ...
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Adam Zucker Again @adamzucker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We're HIRING: “The Dept of English at UMass Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2026, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century British literature, with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora." See below for description, and please share the news.
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Details - Assistant Professor of English: 20th-21st Century British Literature | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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Global Maritime History @globalmarhist.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We're still looking for more people to write for this series. If you know somebody who has a really cool process they use for they academic work or a really cool digital humanities project, we'd love to recruit them. If you have a cool process or project, we'd love for you to write for us too
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️ routledge.com/Material-Cul...
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The paperback edition of my book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages (2022), is now available to preorder through Routledge. Copies will ship after Dec 1. ⚓️
routledge.com
Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class
Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English ...
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
New Special Issue on Black People in New Spain 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 "Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño) Link: revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...
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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
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Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800
An online lecture series organized by the German Maritime Museum and the Prize Papers Project (Prize Papers Talks Special Edition)
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Isaac Land @coastalhistory.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on coasts is now out! If you click on the link and scroll down a bit, the very eclectic table of contents is visible. Pleased to be a part of this. #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🗃️ muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
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Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 05/11/2025
[Exit Clown.]
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James Seth @jamesseth.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Love that my book has helped Ania Upstill in research for their queer pirate play, Antonio!, which sounds amazing. Definitely need to see it. Twelfth Night’s Antonio was foundational to my love of Shx, so this feels right. Thanks also to @erikagaffney.bsky.social at AUP/Routledge.
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by @routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Happy to see James Seth's book receive a shout out here - Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe by Ania Upstill @folger.edu blog www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
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Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
James' book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages, is now available in the Routledge warehouse, www.routledge.com/Maritime-Mus... A pbk edition will be issued soon. It is published in the series Maritime Humanities, Gen'l Eds @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer.
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Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class
Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English ...
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