This discussion with researchers of colonized seafarers was hosted on on March 8, 2022.
How might researchers better explore primary sources to write post-colonial maritime histories? This workshop brought together scholars of British-Asiatic and British-African merchant seafarers to discuss the challenges of finding these workers in British imperial records.
Looking for Lascars in the Archive: Non-European Seamen in Ships’ Official Logbooks
‘Native’ Seafarers, Racial Management, and the Problem of Agency
Finding Colonized Seafarers (and others) in Unlikely Places: What to Do When ‘There are no sources’