View source for Volunteer research interests and goals

'''This wiki page is for Marine Lives volunteers to tell us a little about their research interests, and what they would like to get out of the Marine Lives Ship Account Book project.'''

'''In the next few days we will be giving all volunteers editorial access to our wiki, and will be giving you a ten minute lesson in how to add wiki content, how to make simple edits, and how to add a new page of your own.'''

'''So when we get together for the first time on November 18th, 2021, for our one hour launch ZOOM meeting, we will started each of us to become familiar with using the main publication and collaboration platform for this project - the Marine Lives wiki.'''
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==Christopher Alimenti==

[[File:IMG 6128.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|Christopher]]

BACKGROUND

* B.A. in English at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
* Superscripts Member [https://rampages.us/superscripts/author/superscripts/ Superscripts]
* M.A. in English, specializing in Early Modern Literature and plague manuscripts at VCU

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Early Modern Plague remedies 
* Handwritten manuscripts

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Interest in a different manuscript hand
* Ship logs
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==Joshua Eckhardt==

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BACKGROUND

* [https://english.vcu.edu/people/faculty/eckhardt.html Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, English Faculty]
* Research/teaching focus: Early Modern English
* Editor of online scholarly editions [https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/britva/ British Virginia]
* Faculty sponsor of the [https://rampages.us/superscripts/author/superscripts/ Superscripts]

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Strong interest in handwritten manuscripts, as well as printed books in early modern bookshops and libraries

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Supporting a current student who is doing research into an English mariner
* Discovering new manuscript material for future use with students 
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==Peter Good==

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BACKGROUND

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

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==Colin Greenstreet ==

[[File:Colin & Bron.PNG|200px|thumb|left|Colin Greenstreet and Bron]]

BACKGROUND

* Social sciences undergraduate; Masters in Business Administration
* Management consultant, pharmaceutical R&D executive and entrepreneur 
* Last ten years starting and supporting social ventures, including Marine Lives, [https://viaeregiae.org/ Viae Regiae], and the Signs of Literacy initiative

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Strong interest in handwritten manuscripts
* Building a powerful set of metadata for English High Court of Admiralty depositions, 1574 to 1684
* Researching and publishing on Mariner literacy and Early Modern commercial record keeping
* Fostering collaboration between academic and public historians

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Strengthening the Marine Lives volunteer group in the Americas
* Exploring new ways of collaboration, which build on existing Marine Lives approaches to team building and collaborative research and publication
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==Ros Jones==

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BACKGROUND

* BA PR with English Language and Linguistics
* Published author of historical biography, "William Dobson: The King's Painter" (Tygers Head Books, 2016)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* 17th century wills and handwritten documents, with a focus on the period of the English Civil Wars
* Transcribing and digitising the complete records of the Calendar of the Committee for Compounding (1640s/50s)
* Studying and transcribing mid 17th-century British newsbooks from the Thomason Tracts collection 

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Opportunity to read and study 17th century documents (paleographic interest)
* Collaborating on a project with likeminded researchers and historians
* Contributing to a better understanding of the subject and times
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==Dylan M. LeBlanc==

[[File: DylanMLeBlanc.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Dylan M. LeBlanc]]

BACKGROUND

* Currently teaching American & Atlantic history to high schoolers at [https://www.lalumiere.org/ La Lumiere School]
* Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2019: [https://curate.nd.edu/show/6h440r9930b Empire's Callous Hands: British 'Government Men' in the Atlantic Slave Trade]

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* British Atlantic and early American history, in particular political culture, port towns, microhistory and individual lives 
* Current book project: "The Two Husbands of Sarah Rhett: Trust and the Quest for Power in Early America" 

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Staying connected in academic/research networks, collaborating, maintaining paleography skills 
* Giving students an opportunity to see the historical research process unfold 
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==Sara Mah==

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BACKGROUND

* PhD candidate at the Institute of Reformation History (University of Geneva)
* MLitt in Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews
* Bachelor of Social Sciences in Political Science and Philosophy at the National University of Singapore

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Thesis: Understanding interpretations of suffering in 17th century Romandy and Scotland
* Generally interested in accidents, unnatural death, and supernatural beliefs and practices
* Side interest in 16th-19th century Southeast Asia

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Working on challenging palaeography projects
* Collaborating with people of various backgrounds on a history project
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==Michael Powell-Davies==
[[File:MPD_pp_cropped.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Michael Powell-Davies]]

BACKGROUND

* [https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/3543/powell-davies-michael PhD candidate at the University of Kent] attached to the [https://middlingculture.com/ AHRC-funded Middling Culture project]
* MA in Early Modern English Literature: Text and Transmission at King's College London in partnership with the British Library
* BA (Hons) in English Literature at the University of Sheffield

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* The cultural lives of the middling sort in early modern maritime London
* Narrative practices and the authorship of people and place
* Textual cultures within mobile communities 

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* My current research focusses largely on land-based maritime communities, so I am looking forward to working with some accounts of more mobile individuals
* I am interested in how identities of people and places are formed within administrative texts
* I am also just very excited to be involved in some collaborative work - looking forward to seeing what everyone brings along!

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==Lou Roper==
[[File:Lou50.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Lou Roper]]

BACKGROUND

* [https://webapps.newpaltz.edu/directory/profile/louisroper SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York at New Paltz]
* Research/teaching focus: Expansion of 'early modern' European overseas interests, especially Anglo-American colonization, and cultural interaction
* Author of ''Advancing Empire: English Interests and Overseas Interests, 1613-1688'' [https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/advancing-empire/65BEFF85A688E2CE65874E69A8BDDCB1]
* Co-General Editor of [https://brill.com/view/journals/jeah/jeah-overview.xml]

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* European, especially English, overseas commercial and colonizing activity in the long 17th century

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Improving access to HCA series manuscripts
* Practicing my transcription and providing transcription opportunities for pupils

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==Rebecca Rose==
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BACKGROUND

* B.A., history, College of William & Mary
* History M.A. student, Virginia Commonwealth University
* Member of the [https://rampages.us/superscripts/author/superscripts/ Superscripts]

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Early 17th-century Virginia, Jamestown colony

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Writing thesis on an English mariner at Jamestown, hoping to get a better grounding in maritime history

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==Tabitha Stanmore==
[[File:Stanmore.jpeg|200px|thumbnail|left|Tabitha]]

BACKGROUND

* [https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Tabitha-Stanmore-3f5e3255-d5e3-4caa-b8e7-f0515a9c7a59/ Tabitha Stanmore University of Bristol profile]
* Research/teaching focus: Medieval and Early Modern Britain

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Interest in historical community and social networks.

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Interest in different types of primary source
* Aiming to brush up my palaeography!
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== Viv Weller ==

[[File:VivWeller.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|Viv Weller]]

'''Viv Weller''' spent 37 years as an A Level and GCSE History teacher in Leicestershire. Eventually, she decided to escape and return to her first love of studying History at university, graduating with an MA in English Local History at the University of Leicester in 2012. Viv's special interest is in Early Modern English History and her dissertation focused on the impact of the Reformation in Warwickshire between 1520-60.

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==Charlie Wilson==

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BACKGROUND

* MA Information and Library Management (University of Northumbria)
* Home educator
* Genealogist
* Registrant of the Southgate one-name study with the Guild of One-Name Studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Transatlantic trade, communication and travel

INTEREST IN SHIP ACCOUNT BOOK PROJECT

* Serendipitous discovery of this project while transcribing the transatlantic travel journal of Thomas Prince, who sailed for New England in 1717 and was very meticulous in his observations. 
* Particularly interested in how we communicate and share the findings
* Expanding the reach of a valuable, name rich set of documents