Call for Papers: Naval Conference - University of Oxford, May 2013


Call for papers

Announcing a two-day international conference at the University of Oxford: 'Naval Expertise and the Making of the Modern World'
To be held at Wolfson College, Oxford on 10th and 11th May 2013.

This conference will explore the generation of expertise - scientific, medical, administrative and technological - in naval contexts and trace how such developments
helped to shape the modern world. Situating current research in naval and maritime history within broader inter-disciplinary debates, the conference will examine
the role of naval expertise and institutions in historical development. The major themes of this conference will address naval contributions to four commonly recognised
and overlapping features of 'modernity': Globalization; Industrialization; Science and Medicine; the Modern State.

Proposals for individual papers and panels are welcome: more details can be found at www.navalexpertise.com  Individual paper proposals should include a 250-word
abstract and a short CV; panel proposals should include three paper proposals as above and a chair, with details of affiliations. 
Proposals and questions should be sent to: navalexpertise@gmail.com
Deadline for submissions is 31 October 2012.