S. 1.5. – On the Rising Tide of History: Environmentalism and New Studies of Merchant Shipping, I

S. 1.5. – On the Rising Tide of History: Environmentalism and New Studies of Merchant Shipping, I

Chair: Meaghan Walker

Milo Nikolic (Department of Classics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada) – The Ecology of Ancient Seafaring

Renard Gluzman (Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa , Israel) – “Venice is drying up”: How nature caused the Serenissima’s shipping industry to run aground

Valerie Burton (Maritime Studies Research Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada) – Full Steam Ahead: Sail, the Environment and Globalization in Shipping’s Industrial Age