2006 - 2007 Annual Report
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GREENWICH MARITIME INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT 2006 – 2007 ACADEMIC YEAR |
The Advisory CommitteeThe Members of the Advisory Committee in September 2006 were: Rear Admiral Nick Wilkinson (Chair), Commander Chris Ayres, Mr Ronald Bradbeer, Professor Alastair Couper, Mr Michael Everard, Commodore Ian Gibb, Mr Allan Graveson, Dr Karl Laubstein, Dr Margarette Lincoln, Captain Rodger MacDonald, Commander Mike Mason, Mr Alan Peake, Mr Gwyn Prosser MP, Commander Michael Ranken, Mr Keith Read CBE, Professor Nicholas Rodger. The Advisory Committee met in December 2006 and in June 2007.
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StaffingFull-time staff were the Director, Professor Sarah Palmer, the Assistant Director, Dr Minghua Zhao, Dr Emma Hanna - Maritime Communities Research Fellow, Dr Martin Wilcox – Leverhulme Research Fellow, Mr James Davey – Leverhulme Research Assistant and Miss Suzanne Bowles, Administrator. Professor Roger Knight held a part-time teaching appointment and led the Leverhulme Research Project, ‘Sustaining the Empire: War, the Navy and the Contractor State’. Part-time teaching staff were Mr Michael Codner, Professor Alastair Couper, Captain Jock Mawson, Dr Roger Morriss, Dr Lee Willett and Mr Christopher Ware. Dr Selina Goulbourne and Mr Edward Phillips, of the Department of Law, taught Public Shipping Law. Miss Emma Crowley, Library & Information Services, and Dr Li Zhou of the Business School contributed to research methods teaching. The Director taught three of the MA in Maritime History courses, while the Assistant Director, in addition to acting as Student Personal Tutor, taught three of the Maritime Policy courses and one MBA in Maritime Management course. Dr Zhao and Professors Couper, Knight and Palmer supervised MPhil and PhD students. Professor Gordon Cook and Miss Patricia Crimmin continued as Honorary Research Associates. The GMI also benefited from the support of Dr David Hilling MBE as Research Adviser. Dr David Williams, University of Leicester, and Dr Hance Smith, University of Cardiff, served as External Examiners.
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Postgraduate programmesThree part-time postgraduate students continued into their second year of taught courses. The 2006–2007 intake consisted of 17 students studying full-time and 4 part-time. In addition there were 14 students registered for MPhil/PhD degrees. The total postgraduate membership of the GMI, including MA students completing dissertations and research students, was 59. As in the past most were mature, several combining their studies with senior posts in the maritime or governmental sectors. British students predominated, but the group included students from China, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Nigeria, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, the United States. Several students benefited from the exemptions allowed for certain GMI courses by the Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers in achieving CIS qualifications. Visiting lectures were given by Professor Steven Haines, Royal Holloway College, London; Dr David Hilling MBE, GMI; Commander Mike Mason, Centre for Defence & International Security Studies. The Case Studies in Maritime Policy course gives students a chance to have first-hand accounts of policy-making issues from experts within the field. In Term Two 2007 those who contributed were: Mr Tom Allan, UK Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO); Mr Mark Brownrigg, Chamber of Shipping; Mr Peter Dymond, Marine and Coastguard Agency; Mr Michael Everard, Former Chair of FT Everard & Sons; Mr Michael Grey, Lloyd’s List; Mr Rossen Karavatchev, International Transport Workers Federation; Mr Roger Lankester, Friends of the Earth International; Canon Kenneth Peters, Mission to Seafarers; Mr John Taverner, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping; Mr David Whitehead, British Ports Association. GMI students, led by Dr Minghua Zhao, made visits to Lloyd’s of London, to the Port of London Authority, to the Port of Dublin and Howthe Harbour. The Case Studies in Maritime History course enables students to hear established scholars speak about their research methodology. Those who contributed were Professor John Armstrong, Thames Valley University; Miss Patricia Crimmin, GMI; Dr Roy Fenton; Dr Maria Fusaro, University of Exeter; Dr Jane Longmore, University of Greenwich; Professor Richard Harding, University of Westminster; Dr Adrian Jarvis, Merseyside Maritime Museum; Dr Alston Kennerley, University of Plymouth; Dr Peter Nash; Dr Roland Pietsch, Queen Mary London; Dr Clive Wilkinson, University of East Anglia; Dr Martin Wilcox, GMI. The GMI wishes to record its thanks to all these individuals and institutions for their generous support and assistance. Recruitment initiatives included visits by Dr Minghua Zhao to higher education institutions in the People’s Republic of China, as also mail-outs to British and overseas universities, to a number of professional organisations within the industry, to the IMO, to Embassies and High Commissions, to local libraries, and to appropriate voluntary societies. The GMI advertised in BBC History, Marex Bulletin, Mariner’s Mirror, Maritime London Directory, Nautilus Telegraph, Seagull, SeaTrade, Seaways and Tanker Operator.
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Student awardsThe Admiral Sir John Chambers White Bursary, endowed by GMI graduate Mr Charles Consolvo to assist maritime history students in meeting the costs of research trips and conference attendance, was awarded to Miss Alison Parr. The Marine Society & Sea Cadets Prize, for Outstanding Achievement in Maritime History, was awarded to Mr Brian James and presented to him at its Annual Court. The GMI wishes to record its thanks.
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GiftsMr Kenneth Cozens presented the GMI with an Archive Reader and microfilms. The library benefited from gifts by Mr Michael Clark, Dr Ann Coats, Mrs Gillian duCharme, Dr Roy Fenton, Suzanne Healey, Professor Roger Knight, Captain Ahmet Paksoy, Professor Sarah Palmer, Mr G.M. Vlachos, Mr Bob Williams, Professor Glyn Williams and Dr Minghua Zhao.
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Research and EnterpriseProfessor Roger Knight, Dr Martin Wilcox and Mr James Davey completed the first year of research on the Leverhulme Trust project- ‘Sustaining the Empire: War, the Navy and the ‘Contractor State’, 1793–1815’. Dr Douglas Hamilton, University of Hull, and Professor Sarah Palmer served on the Project Advisory Committee, which met regularly. The project also benefited from the advice and support of Miss Patricia Crimmin, Dr Roger Morriss and Mr Ken Cozens. The grant from the University of Greenwich Research and Enterprise Fund to the GMI and the School of Humanities for an investigation into South Eastern Maritime Communities was renewed for a second year, enabling Dr Emma Hanna to continue as Research Fellow and Department of History Visiting Lecturer. In June 2007 Dr Hanna was successful in securing one year of funding from the European Union's Interreg IIIa scheme to establish the Cross-Channel Community History Network (Réseau d’histoire locale Transmanche), with Kent Archive & Local History Services (Kent County Council) and the Conseil général du Pas-de- Calais (direction des archives départementales).
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Conferences and SeminarsIn March, with European Union INTERREG funding and in association with the School of Humanities, the GMI organised a symposium on ‘New Approaches to Community History: A Workshop on Using Multi-Media Techniques’. Attendees included local historians, researchers and archivists. In April, as part of the ‘Sustaining the Empire’ research project it ran a workshop for invited expert participant on ‘The Contractor State’. In June, in association with ShipShape International, it held ‘Ports & Ferries: Partners in 21st Century European Trade’, the third in its bi-annual conference series directed at the ferry business sector. In the same month it also ran, in partnership with the University of Nottingham, a conference on ‘Gender, Emotion, Work and Travel:Women Transport Workers and Passengers, Past and Present’. This was supported by a grant from the EconomiC History Society. The GMI continued its series of Public Research Seminars on themes related to its research and teaching interests. The speakers and their subjects were: Captain Peter Widd, GMI, ‘The Evolution of the Laws of Piracy. An Historical Perspective from Ancient Times to Present Day’; Dr Martin Wilcox, GMI, ‘The Creation of a Labour Force: Apprenticeship in the British Fishing Industry 1815–1914’; Chris Ware, GMI, ‘Damned by Destiny? The Rise and Fall of Admiral John Byng’. The GMI wishes to thank these speakers and to record its gratitude to Lloyd’s List for its generous sponsorship of the series.
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External LinksOverseas visitors to the GMI in 2006–07 included Ms Esther Copete, Colombia; Professor Lewis Fischer, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Professor Gelina Harlaftis, Ionian University, Greece; Professor Poul Holm, Roskilde University, Denmark; Dr Berit. Johnsen, University of Agder, Norway; Commodore Kamran Khan, Pakistan High Commission; Professor Lars Scholl, German Maritime Museum, Germany; Dr Stig Tenold, Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration, Norway; Professor Jesus Valdaliso, University of the Basque Country, Spain. The GMI also hosted a visit by staff and students from the Business College of Athens. It remained a member of Maritime London and supported the SeaVision UK campaign.
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GMI Student and Graduate ActivitiesMr Ken Cozens, Mr Robert Forrester, Mrs Joan Ryan and Mr Chris Ware all gave papers at the 40th Exeter Maritime History Conference – ‘Fit for Purpose? Navies, Ships and Shipping Business’. Mr Ken Cozens also spoke at the 2007 ‘New Researchers in Maritime History Conference’ hosted by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Mr Michael Clark, Mr John Francis and Mr Chris Ware gave papers in the British Commission for Maritime History King’s Seminar series. Mr Richard Bateman, Mr Michael Clark and Mrs Janet Macdonald were contributors to John B. Hattendorf (Editor in Chief), Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (New York, 2007). Mr Michael Clark’s publications included ‘Scandinavian Influence on Brasil’s Ore Exports 1950–2000’, The Baltic Transport Journal (September–December 2006) and ‘Bound out for Callao’, Great Circle, Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History ( December 2006 and June 2007). Mr Brian James published ‘Pie in the Sky?’ History Today (September 2006).
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Additional Staff ActivitiesProfessor Alastair Couper delivered the first Gunther Zade Memorial Lecture at the World Maritime University, Malmo and alsolectured on the rights of seafarers at the United Services Mess in Cardiff. He completed his book on the maritime history of the Pacific peoples for the University of Hawaii Press, to be published in 2008. Mr James Davey joined the GMI in August 2006 as Research Assistant on the Leverhulme Project ‘Sustaining the Empire’ and commenced research towards a related PhD thesis on ‘Supplying the Baltic Fleet 1807–12’. In July he gave a joint paper on ‘Victualling and the Navy’ to the National Maritime Museum Staff Research Seminar. Dr Emma Hanna published articles, based on her PhD thesis in the European Journal of Cultural Studies and the ‘Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television’ and also signed a book contract with Edinburgh University Press. She undertook research towards a study on ‘Politics, Power and Regeneration: an analysis of coastal urban development through the historical record’. Professor Roger Knight served as senior Vice-President of the Navy Records Society, was on the Advisory Board of the Centre for Imperial and Maritime Studies at the National Maritime Museum and was a member of the British Commission for Maritime History. He was also a member of the editorial boards of the Mariner’s Mirror and The Journal for Maritime Research. He was a Research Fellow of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, during March 2007. He also attended an invited conference in Ferrol, Spain, 3–8 July, where he read a paper on the Transport Board during the Napoleonic Wars, to be published in Spanish. He contributed entries on ‘Richard Howe’, ‘Naval Dockyards and Bases’, ‘Naval Stores Trade’ and ‘Naval Shipyards’ to John B. Hattendorf (Editor in Chief), Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (New York, 2007). Professor Sarah Palmer continued to serve as a Trustee of National Museums Liverpool. She was Chair of the British Commission for Maritime History. She was a Vice-President of the Marine Society & Sea Cadets. She was a member of the Chamber of Shipping ‘Sea Vision UK’ core group, of the Greenwich Forum, and on the Council of the Friends of the National Maritime Museum. She was Chair of the University of Greenwich Research Ethics Committee. She served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Maritime History, The Mariner’s Mirror, the Journal for Maritime Research, The Great Circle and Northern Mariner. She chaired the session on ‘Broader Challenges in the Maritime Environment’ at the RUSI ‘Future Maritime Operations Conference 2006’. She contributed entries on ‘London’, ‘Navigation Acts and Laws’ and ‘Safety Regulations for Shipping’ to John B. Hattendorf (Editor in Chief), Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History (New York, 2007). Dr Martin Wilcox gave a paper on ‘Contracts, Commissioners and Naval Victualling 1793–1815’ to the GMI symposium on the Contractor State in April and, jointly with Mr James Davey, to the National Maritime Museum’s Staff Seminar series in July 2007. He continued his research on maritime labour and fisheries, working towards a short history of the fishing industry and guide to researchers, to be published by Pen and Sword Books in 2009. Dr Minghua Zhao presented a paper ‘The Maritime Labour Convention and Women Seafarers’ to the Observatory of Seafarers’ Rights 2006 International Conference in Marseille. In January 2007, she accepted the invitation from the International Seafarers’ Assistance Network (ISAN) to become a member of its Management Committee. She continued to serve as a core member in the University’s China Working Group, as a senior advisor in the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (UG), and as a Honorary Visiting Professor in Beijing Normal University and in Nanyang University, China.
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Doctoral AwardsPhD Maritime Studies: Robert Forrester - The General Steam Navigation Company c. 1850–1913: A Business History. Cathyrn Pearce - ‘So Barbarous a Practice’: Cornish Wrecking, c. 1700–1860, and its Survival as a Popular Myth.
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Award of Master’s DegreesThe following dissertations were submitted by students awarded the degree of MBA in Maritime Management: Nigel Luis Moniz - Factors and Methods in Shipping Investment. Jayabrata Ghosh - Socio-economic Issues in the Global Seafaring Labour Market: A Contemporary Study.
The following dissertations were submitted by students awarded the degree of MA in Maritime Policy: William Azuh - ISPS Code Implication & Concerns for Developing Countries: The Nigerian Experience. Tony Caldwell - Substandard Shipping Entering the 21st Century. Yili He - Containerisation and its Industry Impact.
The following dissertations were submitted by students awarded the degree of MA in Maritime History: Tito Benady - The Role of Gibraltar as a Base During the Campaign Against the French and Spanish Fleets 1796–1808. Brian James* - The End of the Russian War, 1855-1856. David Johnston* - Sea Power at the Crossroads: The Admiralty’s Post-War Offensive for Recommencing Capital Ships Construction, 1919–1921. Patrick Johnston* - The Impact of Submarine War on Britain’s Fishing Fleet in the First World War. Byrne McLeod - The Life and Times of Captain Herbert Huntington Brown a Bluenose Skipper out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 1843–1892. Robert Sutcliffe* - The Threat from Napoleon: The Strength of the British Fleet 1801–1805. Trevor Ware - Steam and the “Short Blue” Fishing Fleet, 1850–1890.
* Awarded the degree with Distinction. |