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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · 12d

Look! My research is featured on JSTOR Daily today :)
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Arthur C. Clarke’s Scuba Adventures and Ocean Frontiers - JSTOR Daily

Clarke’s interest in oceanic exploration in the 1950s was, like his undersea fiction, often neglected by an audience focused on the race for outer space.

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Jan 10

Attention #bluehumanities crew! Take a look at the call for Mainsheet, an innovative, multidisciplinary journal publishing both peer-reviewed research articles & also art, poetry, artifact spotlights, & other short, accessible content. Please spread the word! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

CFP for Mainsheet: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Maritime Studies | H-Net

Mainsheet invites submissions of original research in all aspects of maritime studies. A multidisciplinary journal of maritime studies, Mainsheet accepts papers from all academic disciplines. It is in...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Jan 7

Early Career Ocean History Scholars! Please take a look at (& share!) the call for the 2025 ICHO Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History:
oceansciencehistory.com/2025/01/06/c...

CFP Announcement: 2025 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History

The DHST Commission on the History of Oceanography (ICHO) announces the annual Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize for outstanding papers addressing some aspect of ocean history, …

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Jan 7

NYC-area ocean scholars (&, please spread the word!) -- don't miss the Wet Urbanisms event at MOMA on Fri Jan 17: www.moma.org/calendar/eve...

Wet Urbanisms | MoMA

Inspired by the publication of André Tavares’s new book Architecture Follows Fish: An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic, the panel discussion “Wet Urbanisms” brings Tavares in conversation with...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Oct 25

Hey #oceanhist crew! Take a look at the Built Ocean CFP: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... calling for contributions from a wide range of disciplines to contribute to an architectural history of the sea! Please spread the word!

The Built Ocean 2025 - Call for Papers | H-Net

Architects require solid ground on which to base their practice, yet oceans have always been a key element shaping the history of architecture and the built environment. This themed conference aims to...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Oct 22

Hey #oceanhist crew! Please consider spending a few minutes this week helping the ICHO ZoteroFest! Improving our shared bibliography helps all of us &also newcomers to our field! Here's the announcement winfo: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Join us for the 2024 ICHO Zotero Fest: An oceanic library | H-Net

Dear Colleagues, Please join us 21-25 October 2024 for a collaborative cleaning and updating of ICHO’s Zotero library (https://www.zotero.org/groups/2526220/history_of_marine_science_icho_library). Th...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is your Oceans In Depth book series editorial team! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/se...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Aug 8

Deadline extended to Oct 15th for proposals for the special issue of Mainsheet on challenges in the study of maritime archaeology! Please spread the word to #oceanhistory, #bluehumanities, etc.! Here's some info: www.mainsheet.mysticseaport.org/post/2624-de...

Deadline Extension for CFP: Challenges in Maritime Archaeology | Published by MAINSHEET

Submissions are now due October 15, 2024 for our issue on challenges in the field of maritime archaeology.

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Jun 8

Happy World Oceans Day!! Please join H-Oceans and tell you fellow #oceanhist fans to do the same!

Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · May 21

DEEP NEWS! H-Oceans launched today! If you'd like to be part of a community of scholars who consider the volumetric, global oceans as a site of historical inquiry in the humanities and social sciences, please join (and pass the word): networks.h-net.org/h-oceans

H-Oceans | H-Net

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · May 22

Me at Marie Tharp Dr., Woods Hole, MA, formerly named for a 19th century US naval hydrography 😊

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · May 21

DEEP NEWS! H-Oceans launched today! If you'd like to be part of a community of scholars who consider the volumetric, global oceans as a site of historical inquiry in the humanities and social sciences, please join (and pass the word): networks.h-net.org/h-oceans

H-Oceans | H-Net

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · May 14

Hey #oceanhist crew! Exciting news! The English language edition of Michael Jung's fantastic history of diving (1420-1815) - Reducing Diving to a Science - is out! amzn.eu/d/drpQE36 Please spread the word!

REDUCE DIVING TO A SCIENCE: Cultural and technical history of diving in the Early Modern Period (1420-1815) : Jung, Michael: Amazon.de: Bücher

REDUCE DIVING TO A SCIENCE: Cultural and technical history of diving in the Early Modern Period (1420-1815) | Jung, Michael | ISBN: 9783384161383 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und ...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 30

I just Google searched it and can't find much like it! This hotel was demolished and rebuilt in 2012, so it's probably not old!

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 30

Madison Beach Hotel in Madison CT. I agree, it is bonkers!

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 29

Seen: the strangest collision of globe, ship's wheel, bollards, & compass. Definitely supposed to be ocean-y. Definitely crossing streams! At least the important side of the globe is facing forward 🤣

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 29

Nominations for the Ron Rainger Prize in Earth & Environmental Sciences are due April 1st! Please spread the word! Rainger was an historian of ocean sciences!! #oceanhist!! airtable.com/appk6HRdKRgb...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 15

Check out this new short 4.5 min) NOAA video on ocean exploration, with me (!) as a talking head!! oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/video_playli...

Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 6

Library book as history of technology archive!

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Mar 4

Attention #oceanhist crew! You'll want to read this great piece by Tirza Meyer about jellyfish as ghosts of the future ocean. www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13...

Ghosts of the Techno-Fix Ocean? A Short History of Periphylla periphylla in the Norwegian Fjords

In 1980, reports of deep-sea jellyfish blooms in Norwegian fjords led researchers to investigate the problem. The helmet jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla, has since migrated far north into Arctic wate...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Feb 20

Ocean peeps! Read @graceeasterly.bsky.social 's piece, 'The US Only Pretends to Want Freedom of the Seas' here: time.com/6694506/us-n... Please share!

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hey #oceanhist crew! ICHO is organizing a session at the 2025 International Congress in New Zealand. Abstracts wanted by March 1st! See details here:
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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Feb 19

Early career #oceanhist crew! Please consider submitting material for the new ICHO Early Career Prize! Deadline is Feb 29th! Info here: oceansciencehistory.com/2023/11/14/c...

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ICHO @histocean.bsky.social · Feb 6

A reminder that the deadline to apply for our early career award is coming up on February 29th!

ICHO @histocean.bsky.social · Nov 14

Early career award CFP "addressing some aspect of ocean history, which for the purposes of this prize should include attention to knowledge creation or the history of ocean knowledge, broadly construed" #oceanhist #bluehumanities #histsci

CFP Announcement: 2024 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History

The DHST Commission on the History of Oceanography (ICHO) announces its Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize for outstanding papers addressing some aspect of ocean history, which for ...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Nov 30

Hey ocean crew! Check out this excellent review by Anne Ricculli of Erika Jones' book, The Challenger Expedition: Exploring the Ocean's Depths. networks.h-net.org/group/review...

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · Nov 26

I was able to find the film. I'll check to see if I can find the link.