News feedsPiracy in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Worlds
15 April 2010, Chawton House, Hampshire
A half-day workshop, hosted in collaboration with History at the School of Humanities,
University of Southampton.
Speakers
- Professor Michael Pearson (Trans/forming Cultures, University of Technology, Sydney)
- Will Hasty (Geography, University of Glasgow)
- Simon Layton (History, University of Cambridge)
Following drinks and before dinner, there will be a reading and talk by the Somali poet, Ubax Cristina Ali-Farah.
Full Programme
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1.30-2.00 | Registration |
| 2.00 | Welcoming address: Stephanie Jones (English, University of Southampton) |
| 2.10 | Professor Michael Pearson "Notes on Violence and Piracy in the Early Modern Indian Ocean" |
| Questions and discussion | |
| 3.00 | Simon Layton “Discourses of Piracy in the Age of Revolutions” Response: Professor Michael Pearson |
| Questions and discussion | |
| 4.00-4.45 | Tea/coffee |
| 4.45 | Will Hasty “Banditry is freedom": William Dampier, piracy and the production of scientific knowledge in the ‘Atlantic world’ and beyond, c. 1679 – 1698 Response: tba |
| Questions and discussion | |
| 5.45 | Drinks and canapés |
| 6.30 | Reading and talk by Somali poet Ubax Cristina Ali Farah |
| 7.15 | Dinner |
Registration
Cost: £5 to attend the workshop OR £40 to attend the workshop + drinks/dinner
If you are interested in attending this workshop, you may also be interested in some other workshops being held at Chawton House, particularly the linked workshop the following day, 16 April 2010: Law and Lawlessness in the Indian Ocean (2)
Getting to Chawton House:
For information about Chawton House and advice on how to get there see the Chawton House website
Accommodation:
For contact details of some hotels and b and bs in nearby Alton and Winchester, please see: