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THE FRANK C. MUNSON INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN MARITIME STUDIES MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM “The American Maritime People” NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE 2016 Co-Directors Dr. Glenn S. Gordinier, Albion Historian, Associate Professor, Williams CollegeMystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program Dr. Eric Paul Roorda, Professor, Bellarmine University Faculty and Guest SpeakersB. Dr. Eric Paul Roorda, Professor, Bellarmine University [Co-Director] Dr. Glenn S. Gordinier, Associate Professor, Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program Dr. Mary K Bercaw Edwards, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut Dr. W. Jeffrey Bolster, Professor, University of New Hampshire Dr. James T. Carlton, Professor, Williams College Dr. John Hattendorf, Professor, Naval War College Dr. John O. Jensen, Associate Professor, Western Florida University Dr. Christine Keiner, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology Dr. Rod Mather, Professor, University of Rhode Island Dr. Lisa Norling, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Dr. Matthew McKenzie, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut Dr. Christopher Pastore, Assistant Professor, State University of New York-Albany Dr. Marcus Rediker, Professor, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Helen Rozwadowski, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut CLASS MEETINGS: Classroom sessions will take place in the Olin J. Stephens Room of the Stillman Building or the James T. Carlton Marine Science Center multi-media classroom. Other sessions will meet at various locations on the grounds of Mystic Seaport. The field seminar excursions will take place in nearby Stonington and New London, Connecticut, and Newport, Rhode Island. READING: The texts for this course take different approaches to research in Maritime History, featuring the areas of specialization of the faculty who conduct the seminar sessions. WEEK I READINGS: Mon: Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons” (Reader) Carlton, “Blue Immigrants” and “JTMD” (Reader) Tue: Gremillion, “A New View of the Ainu” (Reader) Rollins, “The Kelp Highway” (Reader) Castro, et al, “The Surfing Chinchorro of Chile” (Reader) Labaree, et al, America and the Sea, chapters 1-3 Wed: Maps (Reader) W & M Quarterly articles (Reader) Mather article (Reader) MONDAY, 27 JUNE 9:00 Introduction, Library Orientation, Tour of Mystic Seaport 1:00 The Global Biological Context of Maritime Studies Carlton TUESDAY, 28 JUNE 9:00 Ancient American Maritime History 11:00 Vessel Types, Points of Sail, and Other Basics Afternoon: Participants’ research time Roorda Gordinier WEDNESDAY, 29 JUNE: 9:00 European Reactions to the New World 1:00 Patterns of European Colonization 5:00 Cruise on the Mystic River estuary Mather Mather THURSDAY, 30 JUNE 9:00 Field Seminar in Stonington: Fishing Port Past & Present Afternoon: Participants’ research time FRIDAY, 1 JULY 9:00 FORUM Afternoon: Participants’ research time WEEK II READINGS: Tue: NEH Summer Scholars America and the Sea, chapters 4-6 Smith, Gaddis, “The Agricultural Roots of Maritime History,” American Neptune (Winter 1984): 5-10. Wed: Rozwadowski, Fathoming the Ocean Rozwadowski, “Arthur C. Clarke and the Limitations of the Ocean as a Frontier.” (Reader) Rozwadowski, “Oceans: Fusing the History of Science and Technology with Environmental History.” (Reader) “Bibliography of Marine Environmental History.” Handout in class Gilpatric, Guy, The Compleat Goggler excerpt (Reader) Thu: Keiner, "How Scientific Does Marine Environmental History Need to Be?" and “Panamal Canal.” (Reader) Pastore, Between Land and Sea. MONDAY, 4 JULY Independence Day Holiday TUESDAY, 5 JULY 9:00 Seaports and Sailortowns Presentation by Captain Josiah Gardner, followed by NEW LONDON FIELD SEMINAR Afternoon: Participants’ research time Gordinier WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY: AT UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT-AVERY POINT 9:00 Human Exploration of the Deep Sea 1:00 Extremes in Oceanography THURSDAY, 7 JULY: 9:00 Case Studies: Chesapeake Bay, Panama Canal 1:00 Case Study: Narragansett Bay FRIDAY, 8 JULY 9:00 FORUM Afternoon: Participants’ research time WEEK III READINGS: Mon: America and the Sea, Chapters 7-9. Tue: Norling, Captain Ahab Had a Wife Wed, Thu & Fri: Bolster, The Mortal Sea. Bolster, “Putting the Ocean in Atlantic History” (Reader) Rozwadowski Rozwadowski Keiner Pastore Pastore and Keiner Bolster, et al, “Historical Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf” and Bolster, McKenzie, et al, “The History of Ocean Resources: Modeling Cod Biomass.” (both in Reader) McKenzie, “Iconic Fishermen.” (Reader) McKenzie, “Modernity and MEH….” (Reader) MONDAY, 11 JULY 9:00 The American Merchant Marine Afternoon: Participants’ research time TUESDAY, 12 JULY 9:00 Gender Dynamics in Maritime America 1:00 American Women’s Maritime Experience Gordinier Norling Norling WEDNESDAY, 13 JULY: 9:00 1:00 5:00 African American Maritime Experience Bolster Environmental Historical Research Bolster Project O/MAST Long Island Sound field seminar Hosted by Helen Rozwadowski at UConn-Avery Point Thursday, 14 July 9:00 Environmental Historical Research (continued) 1:00 Case Study: Cape Cod FRIDAY, 15 JULY 9:00 FORUM Afternoon: Participants’ research time Bolster McKenzie Bolster, McKenzie WEEK IV READINGS: Mon: Jensen and Mather selections TBA (Reader) Tue: Jensen and Mather selections TBA (Reader) Wed: Bercaw Edwards, "Ships, Whaling, and the Sea." (Reader) Aguilar, “Basque Whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean.” (Reader) Marten, “To the Arctic Ocean for Whales.” (Reader) Whaling articles from the Log of Mystic Seaport. (Reader) Villiers, “To the Antarctic Ocean for Whales” (Reader) America and the Sea, Chapter 10-12 Thu & Fri: Rediker, The Slave Ship MONDAY, 18 JULY 9:00 America’s Inland Maritime Frontiers 1:00 Cultural Commons: Atlantic Maritime Cultural Landscapes I TUESDAY, 19 JULY 9:00 The Modern Commercial Fisheries 1:00 Cultural Commons: Atlantic Maritime Cultural Landscapes II WEDNESDAY, 20 JULY 8:30 Whaling (meet aboard Charles W. Morgan) 1:00 Recent Research on Melville THURSDAY, 21 JULY 9:00 The Slave Trade 1:00 La Amistad FRIDAY, 22 JULY 9:00 FORUM Afternoon: Participants’ research time Jensen Jensen Jensen Jensen Bercaw Edwards Bercaw Edwards Rediker Rediker Rediker WEEK V READINGS: Mon & Tue: America and the Sea, Chapters 13-17. McPhee, “The Container Ship.” (Reader) Wallace, “Shipping Out.” (Reader) Thu: US Navy documents. (Reader) MONDAY, 25 JULY 9:00 Passenger Liners 11:00 The Cruise Industry Afternoon: Participants’ research time Roorda Roorda TUESDAY, 26 JULY 9:00 Containerization 11:00 Democratization of Maritime Recreation Afternoon: Participants’ research time Gordinier Gordinier WEDNESDAY, 27 JULY FIELD SEMINAR IN NEWPORT, RI Visit to Naval War College and walking tour of the city THURSDAY, 28 JULY Hattendorf 9:00 1:00 An Overview of Naval History The US Navy and the Ocean Commons FRIDAY, 29 JULY 9:00 Final Forum 11:30 Closing Luncheon Hattendorf Hattendorf Summer Scholars Reading List Books Labaree, Hattendorf, et al, America & the Sea (Mystic Seaport Press, 1998) Bolster, The Mortal Sea (Belknap Press, 2012) Norling, Captain Ahab Had a Wife (Univ of North Carolina Press, 2000) Pastore, Between Land and Sea (Harvard U. Press, 2014) Rediker, The Slave Ship (Viking, 2012) Rozwadowski, Fathoming the Ocean (Harvard U. Press, 2004) Reader Contents Week I: Hardin, Garrett, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” Science (13 Dec 1968). Carlton, “ Blue Immigrants” and “JTMD,” both in Roorda, ed., The Ocean Reader: History, Politics, Culture (Duke U. Press, forthcoming). Gremillion, “A New View of the Ainu”; Rollins, “The Kelp Highway”, Castro, et al, “The Surfing Chinchorro of Chile,” all in Roorda, ed., The Ocean Reader. W & M Quarterly articles: Johnson and Webb, vol 43, #3 (July 1986): 40859; Steele, vol 46, #2 (Aprl 1989): 304-324. Mather chapter on the Royal Navy Webb, Stephen Saunders, “The Governors General” Week II: Smith, Gaddis, “The Agricultural Roots of Maritime History,” American Neptune (Winter 1984): 5-10. Helen M. Rozwadowski, “Arthur C. Clarke and the Limitations of the Ocean as a Frontier,” Environmental History, 17 (3)(2012): 578-602. Rozwadowski, Helen, “Oceans: Fusing the History of Science and Technology with Environmental History,” in Douglas Cazaux Sackman, A Companion to American Environmental History (Wiley Blackwell, 2010): 442-461. “Bibliography of Marine Environmental History” – handout in class Gilpatric, Guy, “The Compleat Goggler,” in Roorda, ed., The Ocean Reader. Keiner, "How Scientific Does Marine Environmental History Need to Be?" Keiner, “Panamal Canal” Pastore, “Unruly Environments” Week III: Bolster, “Putting the Ocean in Atlantic History: Maritime Communities and Marine Ecology in the Northwest Atlantic, 1500-1800,” American Historical Review 113 (Feb, 2008): 19-47. Rosenberg, Bolster, Alexander, Leavenworth, Cooper, and McKenzie, “The History of Ocean Resources: Modeling Cod Biomass Using Historical Records,” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3 (March, 2005): 84-90. Bolster, Alexander, and Leavenworth, “The Historical Abundance of Cod on the Nova Scotian Shelf,” in Shifting Baselines: The Past and Future of Ocean Fisheries, eds. Jackson, Alexander, and Sala (Island Press, 2011): 79-114, and 233-243. McKenzie, Matthew, “Iconic Fishermen...” McKenzie, Matthew, “Modernity and MEH….” Week IV: Jensen, John, Concluding Chapter, Fishing Out of Stonington. Jensen and Hartmeyer, A Cultural Landscape Approach (CLA) Review and Sourcebook for Wisconsin Mid-Lake Michigan Maritime Heritage Trail Region.” http://www.appliedhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/MidLake-Michigan-Cultural-Landscape-Source-Book.pdf http://www.appliedhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Ocean-SAMPFinal-Technical-Report-for-Cultural-Resources.pdf Mather and Jensen, Investigations into Block Island’s Submerged Cultural Sites and Landscapes for the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan 2010: 38-55 Articles on whaling: Log of Mystic Seaport (May, 1975): 8-28; (January, 1978): 119-122. Bercaw Edwards, Mary K, "Ships, Whaling, and the Sea," in A Companion to Melville, ed. Wyn Kelley (London: Blackwell Publishing, 2006). Aguilar, Alex. “Old Basque Whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean”; Marten, F. “To the Arctic Ocean for Whales”; and Villiers, Alan, “To the Antarctic Ocean for Whales,” all in Roorda, ed., The Ocean Reader. Week V: McPhee, John, “The Container Ship,” excerpt from Looking for a Ship, in Roorda, ed., The Ocean Reader. Wallace, David Foster, “Shipping Out,” Harper’s (January 1996): 33-56. US Navy, Forward, Engaged, Ready: A Cooperative Strategy for the 21st Century (March 2015). (Reader) US Navy, A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority (January 2016). (Reader) US Navy, “Energy, Environment and Climate Change” web page, http://greenfleet.dodlive.mil/environment