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Sailing with the French

@sailingwthefrench.bsky.social

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Tracing lives, linking oceans ⛵ 🌊 🗃️

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We're excited to present some aspects of our project at #AAS2026 -- looking forward to a great (hybrid) conversation about 'New Approaches to Colonial Archives in S. Asian #DH' -- w @electrostani.bsky.social, @shreethorat.bsky.social , @christinawelsch.bsky.social & @schottemargaret.bsky.social

AAS2026 Annual Conference, Sat. March 14, 2-3:30pm, location: VCC, room 203.
Panel # 827: "New Approaches to Colonial Archives in South Asian Digital Humanities"
Discipline: History
Abstract: As Roopika Risam and Rahul Gairola note in their recent survey of S. Asian digital humanities, "the digital afterlives of colonialism shape the formation of the digital cultural record and, in turn, the cultural memory of humanity" (South Asian Review, 2019). This interdisciplinary panel will present a series of strategies for revisiting colonial archives, interrogating the original format and purpose of extant colonial records and considering how to use digital methodologies to intervene in and break those patterns, rather than replicating them."

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Margaret Schotte @schottemargaret.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

All going well w winter weather, etc., next week I'll be presenting new research at the Huntington: some material #maritimehistory that inverts our view of European-Asian trade. If you'd like to attend in person on Feb. 6, rsvp by tomorrow! calendar.usc.edu/event/emsi-e... #18c

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EMSI European History Seminar with Margaret Schotte, York University, Toronto

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Margaret Schotte is happy to be sharing a snippet from our project next Monday, 9am EST/3pm CET. Join virtually to hera the tale of "The Carpenter’s Notebook: A Maritime Love Story (France-India-Spain)" www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-...

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The Prize Papers Talks

Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project (Oldenburg/London/Göttingen)

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Félicitations to one of the core members of the SwtF team on his dissertation defence!

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Age of Revolutions @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

You asked for the starter pack. Who should we add? go.bsky.app/Ct9KLhM

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Talk #2, at the Insitut français de Pondichéry, was also well received! Great to learn about scholars whose research touches on similar themes: labour & gender in the Indian Ocean, ships & tacit knowledge. Merci beaucoup!

Two smiling women in front of a yellow wall with large window and tropical plants.

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

The Dept. of History at Pondicherry University gave us a very warm welcome on Friday. It was an honour to meet the deans, faculty, and delightful students. People asked great questions!

group of 6 historians, 3 wearing bright-coloured shawls.

Group of university students flanking two professors, all smiling.

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

You can now also follow the project on Instagram -- check out www.instagram.com/sailingwitht... for some more visuals... including a connection between our team and the French Governor Dupleix (!?)

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

#skystorians, #India, #FrHistory, #18C, #maritimehist #militaryhistory

Announcement of a talk at the Institut Francais de Pondichery's Monday Colloquium, Oct. 21, 3pm (UTC + 5:30). Margaret Schotte & Christina Welsch, "Sailing with the French": South Asian Military and Maritime Participation in French East India Co. Records."

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Exciting news! Two of our team are heading to India to share findings from our project, and (with luck!) to dip our toes into the archives. We are grateful for the warm welcome from Pondicherry University and the Institut Français de Pondichéry.

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Margaret Schotte @schottemargaret.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

I'll be presenting a snippet from my @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social project -- 2 enigmatic figures on the same French merchant ship in 1755, one travelling with her 3-year-old daughter (+ a splendid wardrobe); the other a devout, poetry-loving carpenter. What can we learn about their lives?

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Margaret Schotte @schottemargaret.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

So pleased to be gathering over the next few days to celebrate the life & scholarship of Natalie Zemon Davis (& Jim McConica). Looking forward to sharing stories of print, not-so-marginal women, & more! www.trrc.ca/conferences/... #earlymodern #bookhistory #nzd 🗃

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2024 Conference: Communities of Print – Toronto Renaissance & Reformation Colloquium

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Sailing with the French @sailingwthefrench.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

No time like the present to share our new website: sailingwiththefrench.com Please stay tuned in the coming months as our team adds more stories from the archives, and visualizations for the rich data! #FrHistory #DH #18C #IOW

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Sailing with the French – Sailing with the French analyzes more than 1300 voyages of the French East India Company during the 18th century, uncovering patterns and stories from archival records of the...

Sailing with the French analyzes more than 1300 voyages of the French East India Company during the 18th century, uncovering patterns and stories from archival records of the era.

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French History (Journal) @frenchhistory.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

#FRHistory

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