5th International Congress of Maritime History

More than 250 papers will be presented by expert speakers from over thirty countries at this major five-day International Congress, to be held in the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Every possible aspect and periods of the maritime past across five continents will be covered, with sessions on merchant shipping, naval history, medieval maritime history, maritime policy and governance, defence and security, fishing and fisheries, maritime culture and communities, port labour, seafarers, maritime disasters, maritime imperial history, piracy, Mediterranean shipping and trade, maritime archaeology, heritage and tourism, technology, shipbuilding.