The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) invites you to the Oceans Past Conference X: ‘Historical perspectives on human-ocean interactions: deep understandings for informing ocean futures’. The conference will take place from 25th to 28th June 2024 at Penryn campus, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK.
Oceans Past brings together scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human maritime interactions in past decades, centuries and millennia. The 10th Oceans Past Conference will enable continued scholarly networking and international exchange towards a fuller understanding of the past, the present, and potential future trajectories of our marine ecosystems and the human communities that interact with these.
Registration for attendance is now open. OPI membership discounts are available.
Call for abstracts
The deadline for abstract submissions is 15th January 2024. The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 2nd February 2024.
To qualify for an oral or poster presentation please complete the Submission Form. You will be asked to provide the following information to info@oceanspast.org:
- Title of presentation.
- Full name(s) and affiliation of all author(s).
- Abstract (max 200 words).
- Preferred presentation type (oral or poster).
- Preferred session (select one from the list of conference themes below).
Conference themes
- How the sea has changed us / how we have changed the sea.
- Physical and biological drivers in marine ecosystems and populations.
- Scales of sustainable and unsustainable marine harvesting throughout time.
- Multidisciplinary perspectives on social and ecological consequences of change.
- Trajectories and repercussions of management interventions on marine social‐ecological systems through time.
- Lessons from the past for management of coastal zones and the high seas.
Attendance support
Have you completed your Masters or PhD within the last 5 years? You may be eligible for partial attendance support from the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES). If so, add a request to your abstract submission for ECR monetary support, describing how an award will aid your attendance and benefit your research trajectory (max. 200 words). You must present your work at the conference to be eligible for an award. Awards will be available on a competitive basis and based on demonstrated need and the value to the applicant of attendance.
Download the Submission Form.
Download the Call for Submission.
For more information, please see the conference website or contact the Oceans Past Initiative at: info@oceanspast.org.
Additional Details
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Link To Event Page - https://oceanspast.org/opx.php
Organizer
The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) is a global research network for marine historical research. Our goal is to enhance knowledge and understanding of how the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the world’s oceans has changed over the long term to better indicate future changes and possibilities. OPI welcomes anyone from any culture interested in the history of humankind’s interactions with life in the oceans, including scholars from all disciplines, marine policy makers and managers, and Indigenous knowledge holders.