History of Ocean Science, Technology and Medicine

**NOTE SPECIAL DATE AND TIME**
We're partnering with the International Commission of the History of Oceanography to host a fun and informal reading group of portions of Jamie Jones's new book, Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling, with the intention of bringing together scholars of ocean history across Asia and beyond (thus the special time slot!) This meeting is concerned with thinking about how intersections between energy and environmental history at sea are understood and explored in Asian oceanic contexts, but it is also about introducing ourselves to one another and making connections across shared interests among those working in and on the Asian region. Readings from the book's introduction and first chapter will be posted in advance of the meeting.

Nancy Ko, Columbia University, "Absorbent Empire: An Ecological History of Sephardic Memory in the Global Dodecanese"

Natalia Gándara Chacana, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Chile, "Below the waves: the construction of knowledge about the depths of the Southeastern Pacific during the Age of Revolutions"

Robert Batchelor, Georgia Southern University, “Reframing Borderwaters: Marshall Island Stick Charts as Infrastructures”

Helen Rozwadowski, University of Connecticut, "Sounding Ocean Maps for Early Modern Understanding of the Volumetric Ocean"
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NOTE re: downloads: Turn on comments in the PowerPoint PDF to match the figures with the text.)

Jennifer Hubbard, Toronto Metropolitan University, "Colonizing the Oceans: Fisheries Scientists as Agents of Empire in the Pacific"

Ellen Arnold, University of Stavanger, "Dangerous Waters"

Dominik Hünniger, Universität Hamburg, “Unnamed marine animals” – knowledge formation on oceanic microfauna, ca. 1750-1850"

Victoria McAlister, Towson University
“The Herring Speaks: Exploitation of Marine Resources in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland.” 

Kunyan Zheng, Trinity College Dublin, "Health from Nature: Medical Knowledge of Marine Fish Fish in England, c. 1540-1700"

Lino Camprubí, Universidad de Sevilla, "Jason and the Argonauts: Temporality, Usability, and Tacit Knowledge in Remote Ocean Monitoring"

*Note Special Time*
Samantha Muka, Stevens Institute of Technology, " 'A New York Institution': The impact of the New York Aquarium on the development of American biology, 1898-1967" 
 

Urna Mukherjee, Johns Hopkins University, "Malabar Teak" and "Bengal-made Canvass": Indigenous Expertise in Eighteenth Century Shipbuilding in British Colonial Bombay and Calcutta

Jack Bouchard, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Two chapters from his manuscript Terra Nova: Work, Water and Food in an Early Atlantic World
 

"Oceans in the Archives"
Join us as a panel of archivists introduce us their collections on ocean history, finding aids and funding for researchers.
Featuring:
Laura Kissel, Polar Curator (Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, The Ohio State University)
Daniel Lewis, Dibner Senior Curator History of Science & Technology (The Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens)
Josh Levy, Historian of Science and Technology (Manuscript Divison, Library of Congress)
 
 

"Oceans in Museums"
Join us as a panel of museum professionals share their favorite objects and collections, discuss the challenges of curating ocean exhibits, and share resources for researchers. 
Featuring:
Dr. Erika Jones, curator of navigation and oceanography, (UK) National Maritime Museum
Dr. Katrin Kleemann, postdoctoral researcher, Deutsches Schifffahrts Museum
Dr. Kevin Sheehan, collections manager,  Maritime Museum of San Diego

"Teaching Ocean History"
Join us as a panel of historians discuss their experiences teaching the history of oceans to students in various academic contexts. We will also precirculate their syllabi for discussion.
Helen Rozwadowski (University of Connecticut, Avery Point)
Samantha Muka (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Jonathan Galka (Harvard University) 
Jack Bouchard (Rutgers University)
 

Jakobina K. Arch, Whitman College, "Mitigating Risk: Cultural and Economic Adaptations to Oceanic Dangers in Tokugawa Japan."

Katherine Sinclair, Rutgers University, " 'A Magnificent Natural Zoo': Domesticating the French Kerguelen Islands."

Alison Glassie, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, "Ninety Perfect Sealskins: Toni Morrison’s Counter-history of Sealing."