@CaptainJackdaws

🏴‍☠️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @SWWDTP funded PhD and lecturer at @UniRdg_History, researching early modern piracy and privateering. Twitterstorian pirate storyteller ☠️

 Reading, England
Joined March 2022
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It's #HistoryWritersDay24! My new history of piracy from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, Enemies of All, is out in the UK and US and coming soon to the Netherlands - links to order here: xitter.cf/historywomble/status/1…
Richard Blakemore@historywomble11 Jul 2024
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And of course if you want EVEN MORE #pirates, then check out Enemies of All, out now with @TheHistoryPress in the UK (buff.ly/4bQ77DG) and soon with @Pegasus_Books in the US (pegasusbooks.com/books/enemi…) and @hollands_diep in the Netherlands (hollandsdiep.nl/boek/3076/ri…).
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Looking forward to continuing this research in my final year! ☠️🏴‍☠️⚓️
Doctoral and Researcher College, Uni of Reading@UniRdg_PhD25 Sep 2024
☠️ ⚔️ @CaptainJackdaws @UniRdg_History writes about his PhD research on the close connection between piracy and the creation of empire. Discover more bit.ly/DRHighlights23 ⚓️
Double-page Highlights article by Luke Walters entitled Crossbones: Piracy and early imperial advancement. Left-hand page contains a colour drawing of a stereotypical pirate adjacent to a skull and cross-bones flag.

ALT Double-page Highlights article by Luke Walters entitled Crossbones: Piracy and early imperial advancement. Left-hand page contains a colour drawing of a stereotypical pirate adjacent to a skull and cross-bones flag.

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Tonight, Pirates: Behind the Legends comes to @NatGeoTV in the UK. I really enjoyed contributing to the series (alongside @Beckalex @davidwilsonhist @hannahcusworth and others!). natgeotv.com/uk/special/pira…
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Only one day until the #SummerResearchFestival! Join us for our online roundtable at 11:30AM on Thursday 6th of June where we’ll be discussing how memory and myths are interwoven with this year’s theme! Details on the talks below! @SWWDTP
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Tonight at 9pm I'll be speaking to @alexisconran on @TimesRadio about my new book Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates, which is out in the UK from @HistoryPress next week! You can order it here - lnk.to/enemiesofallEM

Enemies of All

Go to Enemies of All.

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⭐️ Catch work from our own @CaptainJackdaws and Anne Jeavons in this year's doctoral highlights! ⭐️
Doctoral and Researcher College, Uni of Reading@UniRdg_PhD19 Apr 2024
Check out the latest Highlights from our doctoral community and get a flavour of some of the incredible and varied research our students are working on. A few clues to what's inside: 🧠🏥🦂 ☀️🏴‍☠️✍️🇺🇳 🦥🏺 Do take a look 👉 bit.ly/DRHighlights23
Cover image of the Doctoral Research Highlights 2023 publication produced by the Doctoral and Researcher College at the University of Reading. The dark blue cover image captures a pirate ship sailing on the sea under a full moon.

ALT Cover image of the Doctoral Research Highlights 2023 publication produced by the Doctoral and Researcher College at the University of Reading. The dark blue cover image captures a pirate ship sailing on the sea under a full moon.

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Learned yesterday that Enemies of All has been sent to the printers. THIS IS NOT A DRILL
Richard Blakemore@historywomble21 Feb 2024
Really excited that my first trade book will be coming out this year with @TheHistoryPress - Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates. You can preorder a copy here: lnk.to/enemiesofallEM
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For further thoughts on favourite pirate films from me, @CaptainJackdaws, @moregreyham, and @dmvc18 see here - unireadinghistory.com/2023/0…. Part of a series of posts on our @UniRdg_History blog on pirate films from last summer!

History Department’s Favourite Pirate Films – July 2023

To start us off on our Pirates of the Caribbean 20th anniversary month, the pirate specialists in the History Department here at the University of Reading have nominated their favourite pirate film…

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Really excited that my first trade book will be coming out this year with @TheHistoryPress - Enemies of All: The Rise and Fall of the Pirates. You can preorder a copy here: lnk.to/enemiesofallEM
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👀First event of the year👀 The @MemoryStudiesSW’s inaugural event of 2024 is right around the corner, join us online on the 5th of February, details below!
Memory Studies SW Research Cluster@MemoryStudiesSW25 Jan 2024
Spaces are still available for our upcoming online event on the 5th of February, link is in the post below! You can also read more about this fascinating subject in Sandy and Catiana’s latest publication, available here: shorturl.at/klpwF

Sandy Sugawara and Catiana Garcia Kilroy: Show Me the Way to Go to Home — Radius Books

“ The design, photographs, and texts capture the injustice endured by the Americans who were incarcerated in the camps. And in the current climate of intolerance, it’s clear that the questions raised...

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Don't forget to mark your diaries for the 5th of February and join us online for a fascinating talk with Sandy Sugawara and Catiana Garcia Kilroy regarding their latest project! Link here: shorturl.at/xLWY5 @SWWDTP
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Myself and @martibiavati’s first event as cluster leads, join us as we’ll tackle the subject of memory and monsters! So looking forward to this one 👀👀
Memory Studies SW Research Cluster@MemoryStudiesSW15 Jan 2024
See below for the booking link to our highly anticipated event: ‘Memory and Monsters’ Featuring talks by Reading’s own @Mangham and @EmmaAston372, join us as we tackle the monstrous both in the physical, and metaphorical senses. Link: tdy.lol/UwIqu @SWWDTP
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First event of 2024! Join us next month for an exciting online talk, link in the original post 👀
Memory Studies SW Research Cluster@MemoryStudiesSW12 Jan 2024
Join us online on Monday the 5th of February for a talk chaired by Catiana Garcia-Kilroy and Sandy Sugawara realgarding their latest project: Show me the Way Home: The Incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Link here: shorturl.at/xLWY5
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#OnThisDay in 1718, Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, was hanged in Charleston. Bonnet was a wealthy landowner whose decision to turn to piracy is still debated. Nonetheless, he is now remembered as one of the most iconic figures of the ‘Golden Age’ of Piracy #PirateHistory
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A slight amendment to our upcoming 'Memory and Monsters' workshop. The event will now take place on the 9th of February 2024, and we're looking forward to revealing more of the day's schedule and special features!
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#OnThisDay in 1718, Calico Jack became captain! After he fled from a French warship, Calico Jack Rackham accused Charles Vane of cowardice and cast him adrift in a captured vessel. Rackham would later return to Nassau, before going pirating again with Anne Bonny #PirateHistory
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#OnThisDay in 1718, Blackbeard fought his last stand at Ocracoke Inlet. Tired of the harassment of trade, Governor Spotswood sent Lt. Robert Maynard to hunt him down, and Blackbeard was no more. Yet, tales persist of the ‘supernatural’ aspects of his death… #PirateHistory
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We are now inviting submissions for the SWW Memory Research Cluster's next workshop: Memory and Monsters: Phantoms, Fears, and the Human Condition. Please see the attachment for details, we're looking forward to seeing some of your fascinating contributions!
Memory Studies SW Research Cluster@MemoryStudiesSW17 Nov 2023
Call for Papers! In our first official event of the new academic year, we cordially invite contributions to our upcoming workshop: Memory and Monsters, to be held at the University of Reading in February 2024. Please see the attachment for details on submission! @SWWDTP
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