James Seth
@jamesseth.bsky.social
Maritime Musicians | Assoc. Prof in Early Modern Lit | Shakespeare | Sea Theatre | Blue Humanities |🏳️🌈
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Imagine you’re on a wooden ship in the early modern period. The sounds of the world at sea surround you. Wait, is that a TRUMPET? As unexpected as it might be, musicians were a huge part of life at sea in the early modern period. But what were they doing there? www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
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...
www.folger.edu
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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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.
Details - Assistant Professor of English: 20th-21st Century British Literature | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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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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
If you have a cool process or project, we'd love for you to write for us too
globalmaritimehistory.com/cfp-academic...
Welcome to our new followers!
If you're doing something history-ish (broadly conceived) and you've got a neat process or methodology, please consider writing a blog post for us about your process.
There is no need to mask enthusiasm no matter how niche
Welcome to our new followers!
If you're doing something history-ish (broadly conceived) and you've got a neat process or methodology, please consider writing a blog post for us about your process.
There is no need to mask enthusiasm no matter how niche
CFP: 'Academic Processes and Digital Humanities' - Global Maritime History
GlobalMaritimeHistory welcomes proposals for our new series ‘Academic Processes and Digital Humanities’. We are looking for people to talk about the processes (especially technical processes) that the...
globalmaritimehistory.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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
If you have a cool process or project, we'd love for you to write for us too
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📢📢📢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...
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📢📢📢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...
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
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. ⚓️
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 ...
www.routledge.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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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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...
"Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño)
Link:
revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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...
"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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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 🗃️
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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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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
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
muse.jhu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
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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.
Imagine you’re on a wooden ship in the early modern period. The sounds of the world at sea surround you. Wait, is that a TRUMPET? As unexpected as it might be, musicians were a huge part of life at sea in the early modern period. But what were they doing there? www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
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...
www.folger.edu
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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.
Reposted by James Seth
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... ⚓️
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
October 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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... ⚓️
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️
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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...
Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe
by Ania Upstill
@folger.edu blog
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
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...
www.folger.edu
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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...
Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe
by Ania Upstill
@folger.edu blog
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Reposted by James Seth
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.
A pbk edition will be issued soon. It is published in the series Maritime Humanities, Gen'l Eds @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer.
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 ...
www.routledge.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.
A pbk edition will be issued soon. It is published in the series Maritime Humanities, Gen'l Eds @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer.