Conferences
New Researchers in Maritime History
The Society sponsors an important conference, managed by the British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH). Held annually, this conference is for those who have recently engaged in research in maritime history. Full details can be found on the BCMH website (call for papers, programme, registration, papers from past conferences etc).
Seminars
King's seminars
The King’s seminars are an annual set of lectures supported by the Society for Nautical Research, the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and the Maritime Information Association. The seminars are organised by the British Commission for Maritime History (BCMH) and run from October to May. They are open to the public and are held at King’s College London.Details of forthcoming Kings Seminars can be found on the BCMH website.
Lectures
SNR lecture
This annual event is held in London.
AVML
The Alan Villiers Memorial Lecture (AVML) commemorates Captain Alan Villiers DSC, Master Mariner, wartime Commander RNR, maritime historian, film and television programme maker and photographer, Chairman of the Society for Nautical Research from 1960 to 1970, and its President from 1970 to 1974.
This new series of annual lectures is intended to bring nautical, maritime or naval history topics to a wide audience, especially young students and historians at the outset of their careers. Inaugurated in 2010, the series is arranged under the auspices of the SNR; The Naval Review (publishers of a quarterly journal in which serving or retired members of the Royal Navy present their views on current and past naval events and issues, uniquely unfettered by official censorship); and the Britannia Naval Research Association (an Oxford-based group engaged in original research across the range of naval history), and is supported by the Hudson Trust.
The AVML organisers (avmlpurser@ntlworld.com) or the Society's Hon Secretary can provide further information. See the poster for details of this year's lecture
EGR Taylor lecture
The venue for the Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor lecture is the Royal Geographical Society, London. This annual lecture is provided in turn by the RGS, the Royal Institute of Navigation, the Hakluyt Society, and the Society for Nautical Research.
Dinners
Victory dinner
A highlight of the Society's year is the Victory dinner in Portsmouth.
C H Brown, Nichols's Seamanship and Nautical Knowledge (Glasgow, 1938)