The Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies annual conference will be held in Lisbon, 8–12 July 2024.
Ships and Their Contents: Shipbuilding, Shipwrecks, and Global Circulation in the Iberian World, 1600–1800
Chaired by Sabina de Cavi and Luis Gordo Peláez
Proposals due by 21 January 2024
In a recent talk organized by the Getty Research Institute, Mirko Sardelić (Senior Research Associate of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts / The University of Western Australia) theorized about Renaissance ships as mobile cross-cultural systems. In response to the increasing academic interest in maritime history, ars navigandi, and maritime archaeology, this panel aims at discussing the materiality of ships and their role as cultural and artistic media in a transoceanic context. It focuses on the global trade in the Iberian World that was dominated by the two main urban centers and port cities of Seville and Lisbon and often interacted and clashed with English and Dutch interests.
We welcome contributions on topics such as: the materiality and daily life on the early modern ship; economic partnerships for shipbuilding; shipwrecks, their representation and remains; the iconography of transatlantic cargo ships and the global trade (cartography); cargoes of art and precious goods; smuggling, docks and customs across the globe; marines and the maritime society in the broadest sense (gente di mare).
Please submit a 300-word proposal, 5 keywords and a one-page CV before 21 January 2024 to Sabina de Cavi (scavi@fcsh.unl.pt) and Luis Gordo Peláez (luisgordopelaez@csufresno.edu).
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