Dr Lucas Haasis

The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean – Book Presentation on Monday, 9 March, 1pm.

As part of our online lecture series “Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800“, we are delighted to welcome Prof Dr Casey Schmitt (Cornell University) for a book presentation that promises to reshape how we think about maritime violence, captivity, and colonialism.

A century before the height of the Atlantic slave trade, early modern racialized slavery emerged through practices of captive-taking and human trafficking in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Caribbean. Schmitt’s book – the first full-length study of this deeply entangled history of captivity and colonialism – reframes our understanding of early modern racialized slavery and colonialism.

Join us for free on Monday, 9 March 2026 on ZOOM.
1–2 pm CET | 12 noon (UK) | 8 am EDT

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069

#history #colonialism #histodons @histodons@fedigroups.social

Ever wondered how Spanish privateers shaped global warfare & trade? Join Dr Vera Moya Sordo on Mon 23 Feb (1–2 pm CET) for “Kings of Privateering: A History of the Spanish Enterprise”, part of our Ships & Seafaring series.
#history #histodons #maritimehistory #spain
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069

Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a Gerda Henkel Research Scholarship to continue my work at the German Maritime Museum as Senior Fellow on my new project “Convicts’ Letters: Spaces of Action, Emotions, and Survival on Board the Calcutta en Route to Australia, 1803” including extended research trips to archives and libraries in the United Kingdom and Australia.
#history #HistoryMatters #Australia #histodons @histodons@fedigroups.social

Around 1650, Sweden’s ships sailed beyond the Baltic for the first time. Dutch captains and lieutenants in the Swedish navy guided this expansion.

Join our online lecture on Monday, 1pm CET, in the Ships & Seafaring series.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069

#earlymodern #maritimehistory #history #histodons @histodons@fedigroups.social

Games im Unterricht einsetzen? Aber klar doch!

Schon mal darüber nachgedacht, digitale Spiele im Unterricht zu nutzen und sich gefragt, wie das eigentlich geht?

Im neuen Heft von Lernende Schule des Friedrich Verlags berichten Patrick Heike-Kolde, Geschichtslehrer, und ich von unserer Arbeit mit Games in Schulen in unserem Gamelab in der Villa Geistreich (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg & Artland-Gymnasium Quakenbrück).

Wir zeigen, wie Games den Geschichtsunterricht bereichern können – mit einem praxisnahen Leitfaden für Schulen und Schulentwicklung.

Wie entstehen gute Ideen für den Einsatz von Games? Was funktioniert wirklich im Schulalltag? Und wie gelingt der Einstieg?

Der Artikel gibt praktische Tipps und zeigt, wie Lernen mit Games Spaß machen und trotzdem fachlich tief gehen kann.

Jetzt in der aktuellen Ausgabe von Lernende Schule und online über Friedrich+: https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/friedrich-plus/schulleitung/unterrichts-schulentwicklung/games-in-der-schule-einsetzen-22116

Dive into maritime history!

Join us Monday, Jan 26 (1–2 pm CET) for SHIPS & SEAFARING 1500–1800 with Dr Felix Rösch from Lübeck’s heritage department.

Discover the spectacular 17th-century Lübeck shipwreck & its place in North European shipbuilding. Online on Zoom!

Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069

#Archeology #earlymodern #history #MaritimeHistory #histodons

Sometimes I read historical letters that make me smile – until they quietly break my heart. A father wrote tenderly of his daughter on board. Moments later, I learn that he had to bury her after their arrival. Historical research, at times, can truly hurt.

Neu in „Medaon – Magazin für jüdisches Leben und Bildung“: Gemeinsam mit Markus Bassermann stelle ich das Digital Remembrance Game „Erinnern. Die Kinder vom Bullenhuser Damm“ vor und zeige, wie wir es im Gamelab für einen reflektierten Einsatz im Geschichtsunterricht zu NS-Verbrechen und Formen des Erinnerns nutzen.

Zum Artikel (OA): https://www.medaon.de/de/artikel/erinnern-die-kinder-vom-bullenhuser-damm-ein-digital-remembrance-game-ueber-ns-verbrechen-juedische-geschichte-und-was-es-heisst-zu-erinnern/

Zum Spiel: https://bullenhuser-damm.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/de/#c5330

#geschichte #erinnerungskultur #politischebildung #gedenkstätte #PublicHistory #GameStudies #JüdischeGeschichte #Hamburg #digitalespiele #seriousgames #campus #remembrance #games

On Christmas Eve 1757, sailor Dieterich Salomon wrote from the ship Concordia off St. Eustatius to his "dear father, mother, and sister", thankful to "celebrate Christmas" far from home yet close in heart. His letter reminds us: Christmas begins wherever people think of one another. Merry Christmas everyone

What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout?

Join us on Monday, 1 December, 1–2 pm CET on Zoom – and find out!

On Monday, the online lecture series SHIPS & SEAFARING 1500–1800, organized by the German Maritime Museum and the Prize Papers Project continues with another highlight.

We are delighted to welcome Jean Soulat, Director of the Archaeology of Piracy Research Program (Archéologie de la Piraterie) and researcher at the LandArc Laboratory, affiliated with the CNRS (UMR 6273 CRAHAM, University of Caen).

Jean Soulat will present one of his current projects, a study of a pirate lair on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar. Sainte-Marie was a favored hideout for pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries, and weathered gravestones on the island still bear witness to this turbulent past.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seafaring-15001800-tickets-1931080938069

Arrrr! We're ready to set sail and explore the Prize Papers! Looking forward to the Time Travel Club at The National Archives, UK – a family event for children aged 8-11. Excited to support Silke Bakenhus at this event with storytelling, letter folding, and a treasure trove of historical tales!