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Conference – Working Lives Between the Deck and the Dock: Comparative Perspectives on Sailors as International Labourers

Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter - Streathem Campus Exeter

The conference will examine the early modern maritime sector as the first truly international (and indeed global) labour market, exploring the economic, legal, and social dimensions of employment at sea during a period of profound expansion and transformation in European maritime activity. Conceived as an essential part of the ERC-funded project Sailing into Modernity :