James Seth

I just signed a contract with Routledge to publish my second book, titled, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea. It will be the first comparative study on maritime theatre across multiple cultures and languages.

🚨 #CfP alert! Transatlantic Slavery and the Archive Conference, 21-22 June 2027, at The National Archives, Kew. Abstract submission deadline: 14 December 2026 📨 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

I’m floored by this incredibly kind review of my first book in Mariner’s Mirror. Thanks @clairejowitt.bsky.social for letting me know!

I’m floored by this incredibly kind review of my first book in Mariner’s Mirror. Thanks @clairejowitt.bsky.social for letting me know!

New series announcement! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture Series Editors: @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer Publisher: @dgb-mem.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Feel free to DM me with questions, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com

LAST CALL: I have one slot open for my "Maritime Literature and Culture" panel for the 2026 PAMLA Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. 12 Nov-15 Nov. I am accepting proposals until 5 Aug. The submissions should be sent using this link: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

LAST CALL: I have one slot open for my "Maritime Literature and Culture" panel for the 2026 PAMLA Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. 12 Nov-15 Nov. I am accepting proposals until 5 Aug. The submissions should be sent using this link: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

The Swedish ship Vasa. She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961. #SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail

Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

I'm chairing two sessions at the 2026 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. (11/12-11/15):"Maritime Literature and Culture" and "Shakespeare and the Early Moderns." Deadline for panel proposals is 5/25. pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

I'm chairing two sessions at the 2026 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, which will be in Seattle, WA, U.S. (11/12-11/15):"Maritime Literature and Culture" and "Shakespeare and the Early Moderns." Deadline for panel proposals is 5/25. pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20079

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

My proofs have arrived and #AGoldenWorld is now available to preorder! How did Indigenous peoples and knowledge enter into Tudor & Stuart art, literature, and fashion – and at what cost? uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-go... #earlymodern #Tudors

My new book has arrived already. On sale from Thurs 19 Feb. You may want to help charity by ordering it it via the Marine Society: lnkd.in/eR8_Nr9D. 😊

17th century shipwreck uncovered by winter storms Ancient timbers found on Dorset beach are believed to belong to a historic merchant vessel www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

Delighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Looking forward to giving a talk at the Oceanic and Maritime History Workshop at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday 11th February (4:30-6:30pm). They’ll be getting a sneak preview of some of the work I’ve been doing recently for my book… ⚓️🎶 #seashanties #maritimehistory

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Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians Here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

rare to see an american politician speak in these terms and it rocks

There is a grave moral consequence to letting this go on. Shut down the government, have a general strike, grind the country to a halt, hit the streets. But not treating a demented administration lying about its thugs committing cold-blooded murder as an emergency? That is an emergency in itself.

Holidays are over, and I'm motivating myself through the marking and emails by sharing the cover for Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic with @pennpress.bsky.social. Please indulge me! www.pennpress.org/978151282925... #skystorians

Just got my author copy of Black Atlantic Worlds! I’m honored and delighted to be a part of this volume. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Happy to share my glowing review of the 100Ballads.org site, which has just been published in Early Modern Digital Review: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/em... It's a fantastic site for anyone interested in early modern English ballads. Check it out!

It snowed on Christmas Day in Ellensburg! Only the second snow we’ve had in a month.

deck my body in gay ornaments

My former prof at OkState wrote a new book that sounds pretty amazing! 🏴‍☠️⚓️

The paperback edition of my book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages (2022), is now available to preorder through Routledge. Copies will ship after Dec 1. ⚓️

We're HIRING: “The Dept of English at UMass Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2026, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century British literature, with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora." See below for description, and please share the news.

We're still looking for more people to write for this series. If you know somebody who has a really cool process they use for they academic work or a really cool digital humanities project, we'd love to recruit them. If you have a cool process or project, we'd love for you to write for us too

📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️ routledge.com/Material-Cul...

The paperback edition of my book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages (2022), is now available to preorder through Routledge. Copies will ship after Dec 1. ⚓️

New Special Issue on Black People in New Spain 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 "Negros, mulatos y pardos en Nueva España y sus regiones, Vol. 46 Núm. 183 (2025): (Otoño) Link: revistarelaciones.colmich.edu.mx/index.php/re...

What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️

The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on coasts is now out! If you click on the link and scroll down a bit, the very eclectic table of contents is visible. Pleased to be a part of this. #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🗃️ muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889

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Love that my book has helped Ania Upstill in research for their queer pirate play, Antonio!, which sounds amazing. Definitely need to see it. Twelfth Night’s Antonio was foundational to my love of Shx, so this feels right. Thanks also to @erikagaffney.bsky.social at AUP/Routledge.

Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by @routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️

Happy to see James Seth's book receive a shout out here - Musicians on ships in Early Modern Europe by Ania Upstill @folger.edu blog www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

James' book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages, is now available in the Routledge warehouse, www.routledge.com/Maritime-Mus... A pbk edition will be issued soon. It is published in the series Maritime Humanities, Gen'l Eds @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer.