WORKING AROUND ACROSS AND BEYOND THE NORTH SEA

XIth North Sea History Conference (2014)
Mobility in a Maritime World: working around, across and beyond the North Sea
3-5 September 2014
Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
Welcome
to the Scheepvaartmuseum and the 11th North Sea History Conference in Amsterdam. At the conference it will be discussed to what extent global, regional and local
factors have shaped maritime labour in and around the North Sea region and what
effect migration of seafarers had on the communities they left behind or joined.
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Practical Information
Host
Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 KK Amsterdam
www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl
Organization Committee
Sarah Bosmans, Jeroen ter Brugge, Mette Guldberg, Joost Schokkenbroek and
David Starkey
Registration fee
€ 275, or € 150 for students (limited number)
Proposed accommodation
Het Scheepvaartmuseum has pre-booked rooms at the Lloyd Hotel. These rooms
will be held for conference delegates until 1st June 2014. Price including breakfast
is € 170 for a 4-star room, € 140 for a 3-star room and € 120 for a 2-star room, excl.
5.5% city tax per night.
Please state in your registration if you would like to book a room at this hotel, so
we can provide you with the booking code.
Registration
For registration and further information visit the website of the Northern Seas Network: www.northernseas.eu or contact: [email protected]
Programme XIth North Sea History Conference (2014)
Programme XIth North Sea History Conference (2014)
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3-5 September 2014
3-5 September 2014
Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
Wednesday 3 September
11.00 – 13.00 Registration and lunch
Wednesday 3 September
11.00 – 13.00 Registration and lunch
13.00 – 13.15 Welcome and opening
13.00 – 13.15 Welcome and opening
Drs Henk Dessens, director of collections Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Henk Dessens, director of collections Het Scheepvaartmuseum
13.15 – 17.30
Session 1 – Global: working beyond the North Sea
To what extent have global factors shaped maritime work in the North Sea region? How effectively
have North Sea maritime workers protected their interests in the face of globalisation?
13.15 – 17.30
Session 1 – Global: working beyond the North Sea
To what extent have global factors shaped maritime work in the North Sea region? How effectively have North Sea maritime workers protected
their interests in the face of globalisation?
Keynote
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Keynote
Dr. Karel Davids, VU University Amsterdam
Global and Local
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Prof. Karel Davids, VU University Amsterdam
Global and Local
Dr. Matthias van Rossum, VU University Amsterdam
Internationalization in maritime labour markets – Europe, Asia and its sailors, 1500-2000
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
Dr. Matthias van Rossum, VU University Amsterdam
Internationalization in maritime labour markets – Europe, Asia and its sailors, 1500-2000
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
Dr. Per Kristian Sebak, Bergen Maritime Museum, Stavanger
A Transatlantic migratory bypass – Scandinavian shipping companies and transmigration through
Scandinavia, 1898-1929
Prof. Stig Tenold, Norwegian School of Economics
Per Kristian Sebak, Bergen Maritime Museum, Stavanger
Norwegian
post-war times
A Transatlantic migratory bypass – Scandinavian shipping companies
andshipping,
transmigration
through Scandinavia, 1898-1929
Stig Tenold, Norwegian School of Economics
Norwegian shipping, post-war times
Chair: Prof. Joost Schokkenbroek, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam/ VU University
Amsterdam
Discussant: Prof. Leos Müller, Centre for Maritime Research, Stockholm University
18.00 – 20.00
Programme
Chair: Dr. Joost Schokkenbroek, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam/
VUEvening
University
Amsterdam
Guided tour of the canals of Amsterdam, the IJ and the harbour of Amsterdam, on board of the
Discussant: Leos Müller, Centre for Maritime Research, Stockholm University
18.00 – 20.00 Evening Programme
steamship Brunings of Het Scheepvaartmuseum. Drinks and snacks to be served on board during
the tour (max 75 persons). A second boat tour will be arranged if there is enough interest. Places
on the Brunings will be distributed in order of registration.
Thursday 4 September
9.00 – 9.30 Coffee
9.30 – 17.00
Session 2 – Regional: working across the North Sea
To what extent have regional factors shaped maritime work in North Sea countries? How pervasive
was nationalism in the maritime workforce? What effects did the regional migration have on the
places maritime workers had left?
Keynote
Dr. Jelle van Lottum, University of Birmingham
Labour migration in the North Sea region between 1550 and 1850
Three poster presentations by PhD students
Chair: Dr. Richard Gorski, University of Hull
11.15 – 11.45 Coffee break
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Dr. Maria Fusaro, University of Exeter
Northern Sailors in Southern Courts: intercultural exchanges in legal knowledge in the
Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
Dr. Jan Parmentier, MAS Antwerpen
Fair stood the wind for Flanders. Migrants and migrations in and to Ostend and Dunkirk,
17th-18th centuries
Three poster presentations by PhD students
Chair: Prof. Leos Müller, Stockholm University
15.00 – 15.30 Tea break
Dr. Christina Folke Ax
National Museum Denmark, Greenland Whalers and life on the Wadden Sea islands
Chair: Dr. Mette Guldberg, Fisheries and Maritime Museum, Esjberg
Discussant: Dr. Richard Gorski, University of Hull
17.00 – 18.00 Evening Programme
Take the opportunity to visit the museum, the library and the virtual voyage
18.00 – 21.00 Dinner buffet
Served on board of the Amsterdam, the replica of an East Indiaman.
Friday 5 September
9.00 – 9.30 Coffee
9.30 – 13.15
Session 3 – Local: working around the North Sea
To what extent have local factors shaped maritime work in North Sea coastal districts? What was
the balance between push and pull forces in the migration of maritime workers? In what ways, and
why, have maritime workers identified with their localities, countries or occupations and did they
influence their new places of occupation?
Dr. Jeroen ter Brugge, Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
Migrating fishermen: a comparison between the two Dutch fishing ports Scheveningen and Vlaardingen
Martin Wilcox, Greenwich Maritime Institute
‘The Want of Sufficient Men’: Labour Recruitment and Training in the British Fishing Industry, 18151950
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11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
PhD. Stud. AnnaSara Hammar, Umeå University Sweden
How to transform peasants into sailors: The creation of the Swedish navy and a double faced maritime culture
Chair: Drs. Henk Dessens, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam
Discussant: Drs. Frits Loomeijer, Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
Wrap up: Dr. David Starkey, University of Hull
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch (by registration)

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