Conference programme - University of Exeter

Friday 18 th September 2009
Streatham Court
13.00– 14.00 Registration
43 rd Exeter Maritime History Conference
Officers and Seamen
Management in Naval and Maritime History
A Conference in Honour of Dr Michael Duffy
Programme
14.00 Introduction
Dr Maria Fusaro, Director, Centre for Maritime Historical Studies,
University of Exeter
‘SHIPBOARD HIERARCHIES’
Chairman: Dr Maria Fusaro
14.10 Who has command? The Royal Artillery aboard Royal Navy vessels, 1793-1815
Gareth Cole, University of Exeter
15.00 Officer, Engineer, Professional, Trade Unionist: Marine Engineer Officers and their
organization in Britain, France and Germany, 1860-1960
Kate Hamblin, University of Exeter
15.50 Tea and coffee
Chairman : Dr Laura Rowe, University of Exeter
16.20 High exertions and difficult cases: The work of the Transport agent in Portsmouth
and Southampton, 1795-7.
Roger Morris, University of Exeter
17.10 Command in Crisis: Shipwreck and Mutiny'
Sam Willis, University of Exeter
18.00 Conclusion
18.30 Wine Reception
The conference is supported by
The Royal Navy and The South West Maritime History Society

Saturday 19 th September 2009
Thistle Hotel, Exeter
09.15-09.30 Mike Duffy: The Exeter Years
Roger Knight, University of Greenwich
‘OFFICER MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING’
Chairman : Professor Roger Knight, University of Greenwich
09.30 Towards a Hierarchy of Management: The Victorian and Edwardian Navy, 1860 -
1918
Mary Jones, University of Exeter
10.20 Heirarchies of the Modern Navy
Duncan Redford, University of Exeter
11.10 Tea and coffee
Chairman: Dr Roger Morriss, University of Exeter
11.40 Boat work for Royal Navy midshipmen c. 1919-39
Elinor Romans, University of Exeter
12.20 Forgotten or ignored, the Officers at Invergordon; 'We are doing this for you as well
you know'.
Mike Farquharson-Roberts, University of Exeter
13.00 Buffet Lunch
‘LEADERSHIP’
Chairman: Professor Richard Harding, University of Westminster
14.10 Admiral Rainier’s Management Challenges
Peter Ward, University of Exeter
14.50 Leadership versus command in XVIIIth Century European Warships: Admirals
Mazarredo and Jervis in Comparison
Agustín Guimerá, CSIC, Madrid
16.00 TEA
16.30 Inspirational Leadership: Nelson’s Way of Crew Management
Stephanie Jones, Maastricht School of Management and
Jonathan Gosling, University of Exeter.
17.20 Discussion
17.45 Conclusion
18.00 Coaches to Holland Hall
19.30 Coach transfers from Holland Hall to Hope Hall
20.00 Conference Gala Dinner, Hope Hall

Sunday 20th September 2009
Streatham Court
‘CREW MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING’
Chairman: Professor Sarah Palmer, University of Greenwich
09.10 Foreign NCOs in the Dutch navy, 1642-97’
Andrew Little, University of Exeter
10.00 New kinds of discipline: The Royal Navy in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Oliver Walton, Kingston University
10.50 Coffee
‘COMMAND IN BATTLE’
Chairman: Dr Nicholas Rodger, All Souls College, Oxford
11.20 Neglect or Treason: Leadership Failure in the Mid-Eighteenth Century Royal Navy'
Richard Harding, University of Westminster
12. 10 'Taking the President: Command and Leadership in the War of 1812.'
Andrew Lambert, King’s College, London
13.00 Buffet lunch
‘POWER, AUTHORITY AND THE IMPACT OF COMMUNICATIONS’
Chairman: Professor Andrew Lambert, King’s College, London
14.00 Who is in Charge? The Role of the Master and the Managing Owner in 19 th century
merchant shipping.
Helen Doe, University of Exeter
14.50 Command and Control in the Age of Electricity
Nicholas Rodger, All Souls College, Oxford
15.30 End of Conference
Tea