David Wilson
@davidwilsonhist
Historian of colonialism & maritime activity, esp. piracy, fishing, & law. Current focus: colonial fisheries. Senior Lecturer @ Strathclyde.
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New open access co-authored article! “Reflections on the past, present, and potential futures of knowledge hierarchies in ocean biodiversity governance research” My input focused on historical perspectives on the construction of knowledge hierarchies. frontiersin.org/journals/marin…
Or you can also join us for our launch event in Blantyre at @DLivingstoneBP on 12 August from 14:30-16:30 where the pop-up exhibition will also be displayed in August and September! scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/lessons…
Join us at the Scottish Fisheries Museum @scotfishmuseum in Anstruther and online on 14 August as we launch our pop-up exhibition based on our Lessons from Lake Malawi project! 🐠🐟 Event co-hosted by @ScotlandMalawi scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/lessons…
Join us at the Scottish Fisheries Museum @scotfishmuseum in Anstruther and online on 14 August as we launch our pop-up exhibition based on our Lessons from Lake Malawi project! 🐠🐟 Event co-hosted by @ScotlandMalawi scotland-malawipartnership.org/events/lessons…
It was a real privilege to be asked to chat about our OA article on fisheries in Lake Malawi for the JAH podcast 🐟. Thank you @doybet for hosting! Link below — check it out and let me know what you think! 👇
Looking for a weekend podcast? In our latest episode @doybet speaks with @davidwilsonhist about histories of #fisheries regimes in #LakeMalawi. It's available on Apple, Spotify, Google, and streaming here: podbean.com/eas/pb-vyr4h-1… OA article link: bit.ly/4lmkjoT
🚨🏴☠️ Performing, practising, and policing piracy! The 4th Problem of Piracy conference takes place in Exeter later this month. But next week we have THREE special virtual panels, open to all on 12 and 13 June. Details & registration link via: problemofpiracy.com/conference-2025 🏴☠️🚨
‼️🐠 Our short “History Matters” piece — “Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries: Perspectives from Lake Malawi” just published OA in The Journal of African History! doi.org/10.1017/S00218… A lengthier piece coming soon in Isis… 🐠‼️
Problem of Piracy IV CFP deadline this week! 🏴☠️🚨
🚨🏴☠️ CFP for the Problem of Piracy IV at @UniofExeter on 19-20 June 2025. Papers welcome on any aspect of piracy or maritime predation occurring across the world from the ancient to the modern. Proposal deadline: 20 December 2024 Proposal form: forms.gle/2AucShDqT5vHK5… 🏴☠️🚨
Pleased to share the latest StoryMap from the Lessons from Lake Malawi project, focusing on the history of fisheries management at Mbenji Island, inc. interviews and speeches from the closing ceremony in Dec 2022. View the StoryMap here: arcg.is/01PCT0
Tomorrow! Come see me try and condense a mere 400 years of colonialism and fisheries law and management in c. 45 minutes! Details ⬇️ 🎣 🐠 🛶
The Centre’s next seminar is in Boyd Orr RM407A tomorrow (19 Nov.) at 5.30pm. @davidwilsonhist (Strathclyde Uni) will talk on ‘Shifting Approaches to Fisheries Management in Scotland and the British Empire in the 19th-20thC.’ Tickets available here: gla.ac.uk/research/az/sc…
Pictures of the wood #fishweirs aka #Hadhra (traditional fishing traps) at city of #Manama located on shore at Bu Maher Fort,#Bahrain.Hadhra utilize the tides and currents, which push the fish into the net walls of the structures. 1/3
New from @EmpirePodUK- BLACKBEARD & THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN In which @tweeter_anita & I ask: what is the actual historical basis behind these much mythologised figures?
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🚨🏴☠️ CFP for the Problem of Piracy IV at @UniofExeter on 19-20 June 2025. Papers welcome on any aspect of piracy or maritime predation occurring across the world from the ancient to the modern. Proposal deadline: 20 December 2024 Proposal form: forms.gle/2AucShDqT5vHK5… 🏴☠️🚨
🚨🏴☠️ CFP for the Problem of Piracy IV at @UniofExeter on 19-20 June 2025. Papers welcome on any aspect of piracy or maritime predation occurring across the world from the ancient to the modern. Proposal deadline: 20 December 2024 Proposal form: forms.gle/2AucShDqT5vHK5… 🏴☠️🚨
💡Just published! The need to address #knowledgehierarchies in ocean #biodiversity governance & research: tinyurl.com/4f9aarja 🗞️Read more in our latest #newsletter: lnkd.in/eHMAeCr9 #sciencepolicy #exclusion #indigenousknowledge #globalgovernance #oceanpractices
Very much looking forward to the workshop and particularly this fantastic roundtable! I’ll be speaking, as ever these days, on law and fish!
🚨🏴☠️ CFP for the Problem of Piracy IV at @UniofExeter on 19-20 June 2025. Papers welcome on any aspect of piracy or maritime predation occurring across the world from the ancient to the modern. Proposal deadline: 20 December 2024 Proposal form: forms.gle/2AucShDqT5vHK5… 🏴☠️🚨
Here's me doing my best to ruin Talk Like a Pirate Day via @TheScotsman. Enjoy!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day? We've been doing it all wrong scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
International Talk Like a Pirate Day? We've been doing it all wrong scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
Cracking series (and not only because I'm in the John Ward episode 🤣) - see you are in here too @davidwilsonhist ! m.imdb.com/title/tt323791…
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Pirates: Behind the Legends (TV Series 2024) ⭐ 7.4 | Documentary, Biography, History
1h | TV-14
Currently in Oulu for my first time attending #wceh2024. Come join me at a roundtable on Wed afternoon on regimes to 'optimise nature' in the mid-20th c. or on Thurs morn when I'm presenting on colonial law & fisheries management for the environmental-legal-historical session.
“Pirates: Behind the Legends” begins airing in the UK tonight on National Geographic … Look out for future weeks when it gets to the 17th / 18th centuries 👀
Remember that the CFP deadline for the Scottish Global History Network event @ University of Strathclyde is 12 August! Still time to submit!
🌍Are you a global historian who happens to be based in Scotland? 🏴 Come join the burgeoning Scottish Global History Network! 🌎 In Sept, we're hosting a capacity building event @StrathHum focused on roundtables & showcasing panels. CFP below! Feel free to DM any questions 🌏.
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