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Charles Dana Gibson Award for the best article on North American Maritime History published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2023.

Charles Dana Gibson Award

For the best article on North American maritime history

published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2023

Honorarium: $1,000

Closing date for entries/nominations: March 1, 2024

Send copy and complete citation for the article to: NASOHGibsonaward@gmail.com

Selection: Articles will be evaluated by a three-person committee of NASOH members

Announcement of award recipient: TBD.

********The Recipient must be present at the NASOH conference to receive the award.********

NASOH presents the Charles Dana Gibson Award annually to the author of the most significant article on any aspect of North American maritime history published in a refereed journal during the previous year.

A longtime and beloved member of NASOH, Gibson was an authority on the history of the American merchant marine and with his wife, Kay, co-author of a unique three-volume history of the U.S. Army’s navy. Mr. Gibson was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, Water Division, and of the U.S. Merchant Marine. After the war, his pro-bono consulting work led to the Department of Defense awarding veteran status and benefits to more than 84,000 civilian seamen who served in the merchant marine between December 7, 1941, and August 15, 1945. He also authored the qualification brief for the civilian seamen of the Army Transportation Corps of World War II, which helped win veteran status for that group as well.

Gibson authored four books, and co-authored four others with his wife, on various aspects of maritime history. Their Assault and Logistics: Union Army Coastal and River Operations, 1861–1866 received the 1996 John Lyman Award for Naval History. Their last book, Over Seas: U.S. Army Maritime Operations, 1898 through the Fall of the Philippines, published in 2002, was selected by the American Library Association as an Outstanding Academic Title. In 2004, Charles Dana Gibson and E. Kay Gibson received the K. Jack Bauer Award for their contributions to maritime history. They are the only husband-and-wife team to have been so honored. For his work on behalf of World War II merchant seamen, Gibson received the Captain K. C. Torrens Award from the Council of American Master Mariners, the Distinguished Service Award from the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, and the Marconi Memorial Gold Medal of Achievement from the Veteran Wireless Operators Association.

Gibson’s professional affiliations included membership in the Council of American Master Mariners, the Marine Society of the City of New York, the North American Society for Oceanic History, Steamship Historical Society, Army Historical Foundation, and the Council on America’s Military Past.

In retirement, Dana and Kay made numerous months-long cruises in the Bahamas, the Great Lakes, and the river system between Chicago and Mobile in the Hannah II, which he designed. They divided their time ashore between homes in Camden, Maine, and North Hutchinson Island, Florida.

One doctoral studentship in Archaeology within the research area of Historical Studies, affiliated with the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS)

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One specialisation offered at Södertörn University is maritime archaeology, and the MARIS research institute is able to support new projects in a range of ways. For more information, please click here (English version) or click here (Swedish version).

Archaeology focuses on human beings and their culture and society, from ancient times to the present day. Using material remains as their primary source material, archaeologists interpret what life was like at different times and in different cultural contexts. Archaeology at Södertörn University also emphasises a critical perspective and the importance of relating archaeology to current societal issues. Archaeological research is thus not only about the past, but entails equal emphasis on the understanding of people as cultural beings. One specialisation offered at Södertörn University is maritime archaeology, and the MARIS research institute is able to support new projects in a range of ways. For more information, please click here (English version) or click here (Swedish version).

Historical Studies is a research area in the humanities in which aspects of society, culture and heritage are studied from different perspectives. The area is characterised by an empirical and theoretical focus on social and cultural change and long time perspectives. Historical Studies includes five subject areas for doctoral studies: Archaeology, Ethnology, History, History of Ideas, and the Study of Religions. For more information about Historical Studies, please click here (English version).

The planned research for this studentship must be relevant to the Baltic Sea region or Eastern Europe, since the position is affiliated with the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS), www.sh.se/beegs, which is financed by the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, and part of the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) www.sh.se/cbees, at Södertörn University. This region comprises the Baltic Sea, the states surrounding it, and post-Communist Central, South and East Europe. Research relating exclusively to Sweden or Swedish conditions cannot be funded. However, funding may be granted for research concerning Sweden or countries entirely outside the Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe, as part of comparative studies where there is a legitimate scholarly reason.

The Maryland Historical Trust (Trust) is seeking candidates for its 2024 Summer Internship in Archaeology.

Click to access 2024-Summer-Intern-Announcement.pdf

The intern will work under the general supervision of the Chief Archaeologist and time will be divided between office/laboratory and fieldwork in support of the Trust’s terrestrial and maritime archaeology programs. Fieldwork will
take place in a variety of settings and involve use of hand tools, electronic surveying equipment, and small boats, canoes, and/or kayaks. It will include support activities associated with the Annual Tyler Bastian Field Session in Maryland Archaeology, marine geophysical and remote sensing surveys, and archaeological site visits and inspections.

Office/laboratory work is expected to include artifact sorting, washing and cataloging, records processing and filing, GIS data manipulation, and general data organization and entry tasks. Opportunities will also be available related to other aspects of the Trust’s archaeology programs, such as project review and compliance, and outreach activities.

Interns serve a maximum of 400 hours over a period of 10 consecutive weeks to begin on or about May 20, 2024.

Fieldwork will require occasional work outside of normal business hours (early mornings, evenings, weekends, & holidays), extended days, overnight travel, and camping. Office/lab work will be conducted during normal business hours.

Interns will receive a total amount not to exceed $6,600.00 paid in bi-weekly increments based on the number of hours worked at a base rate of $16.50 per hour.

Funded MA Positions in Maritime Archaeology

Call for Applications: Funded MA Positions in Maritime Archaeology

The Koç University Mustafa V. Koç Maritime Archaeology Research Center (KUDAR) is seeking candidates for funded MA positions to begin in the Autumn of 2024.  We are seeking applicants who propose a research agenda that compliments the center’s strengths in maritime archaeology in the Mediterranean, which includes desk-based and field research, as well as topics in conservation science.

Interested individuals are encouraged to apply for this open call through the Koç University application system; the approximate deadline for applications will be May 1, 2024.  Successful candidates will begin in the Autumn of 2024, and will receive a full tuition waiver, a monthly stipend, and possible housing on campus.  Questions about the post may be directed to Dr. Matthew Harpster (mharpster@ku.edu.tr). 

In addition, we also seek applicants who are motivated to pursue the following topic:

Marine and coastal sites on the World Heritage List are found around the world.  Very commonly, these sites are valued for their environmental characteristics or terrestrial cultural heritage, whereas associated underwater cultural heritage is often coincidental or not considered at all.  As part of the ongoing efforts of a working group in the International Council on Museums and Sites (ICOMOS) presently investigating this imbalance between underwater cultural heritage (UCH) sites and the World Heritage List, we are seeking a pro-active, motivated individual to pursue MA research incorporating three elements:

  1. Identifying which marine or coastal sites on the World Heritage List may contain UCH, although this is not evident in either their inscription files or management plans;
  2. Identify the challenges of inscribing or inserting marine or coastal heritage sites into the World Heritage List;
  3. Based upon the results of 1 and 2, make recommendations regarding how UCH may be better integrated into the World Heritage List. 

Interested individuals are encouraged to apply for this position through the Koç University application system; the approximate deadline for applications will be May 1, 2024.  One successful candidate for this specific post will begin in the Autumn of 2024, and will receive a full tuition waiver, a monthly stipend, and possible housing on campus.  Questions about the post may be directed to Dr. Matthew Harpster (mharpster@ku.edu.tr).