We welcome presentations on all aspects of Oceanic and Maritime History across all periods, including (but not limited to): Encounters – maritime worlds, cross-cultural interactions, the subaltern sea; Spaces – litoral, coastal, and insular communities, the terraqueous globe, sacred maritime geographies; Exchanges – migration and trafficking, flows of goods and ideas, maritime knowledge networks; Cultures – maritime identities, seafaring traditions; Environmental Histories – human-sea ecologies, oceanic transformations. To apply to present a paper, please email us with your title, abstract (200-300 words), and biographical details by 20 January 2026. networks.h-net.org