CFP: Port Cities and Maritime Cultures International Conference, 10-11 June 2025, Portsmouth

The Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures (PCMC) is excited to invite papers for its inaugural conference, in collaboration with their colleagues at the Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University. The conference will take place on 10th and 11th June 2025 at the University of Portsmouth.

They invite 20-minute papers on the Centre’s key themes: 

  • The construction and experience of urban-maritime cultures
  • Representations of urban-maritime spaces and cultures
  • Recovering marginalised voices: Coastal communities and maritime heritage
  • The conservation of tangible and intangible maritime heritage

They particularly encourage postgraduate students and early career researchers to submit abstracts. Abstracts are due Sunday 19th January 2025 and should be emailed to pcmc@port.ac.uk with the subject-line ‘PCMC Conference’. For more information regarding the conference, or the abstract submission process, see here.