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25th to 29th of May 2026
The aim of the Mediterranean Maritime History Network is to bring together scholars studying the maritime history of the Mediterranean Sea and its linkages to the world. It organizes every four years a conference in order to communicate, interact and exchange information on research and bibliography.
The 7th International Conference of the Mediterranean Maritime History Network will be held at the University of Zadar, Department of History in Croatia from 25th to 29th of May 2026. It will an opportunity for maritime historians to present new research, exchange opinions and insights, and discuss current trends in maritime history of the Mediterranean Sea.
The concept of the conference in based on a re-invention of Frank Broeze’s definition of maritime history. Five categories of analysis which can form a methodology for the analysis of the maritime history of the sea are suggested. It can also be used for a fragment of a sea, for a maritime region, a maritime community, a thematic approach of a maritime activity for a short period, or a long period. One can pick one or two or any category that one chooses at any given period of time. However, any analysis of a sea should take under consideration the inter-connections of the five categories to understand its influence. Because the sea has been and has remained the only natural element that people can use to circumnavigate and connect the world transferring its produce on a massive scale.