46th ALBERT REED & THELMA WALKER MARITIME SYMPOSIUM
“CHANGING  ENVIRONMENTS”
SATURDAY, APRIL 6,  2019, 9AM-6PM
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath ME

Mariners and those who depend on the sea cause and respond to cultural, economic, and ecological changes. This symposium takes an interdisciplinary look at the issue of changing environments through a variety of lenses. These lenses include changing visual and cultural interpretations of the sea, Maine’s changing roles in international trade, the changing role of literary figures in marine conservation, and the ways that climate change impacts fisheries.

The “Liquid, Mystic Theme” in American Art: Shifting Perceptions of the Sea

Katherine Manthorne, Professor of Art History, City University of New York

From Guangzhou to Augusta: The Influence of the Delano Family of Maine on the Changing Environment of the Early-U.S. Sino Trade

Thomas H. Cox, Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University

Creating a Hurricane? The Double Life of Marcus Mote’s Shipwreck at Sea, 1883

Julia Stephens May, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

Fish Tale: A Hemingway Marlin in Maine

Susan F. Beegel, Former Editor of The Hemingway Review

The Future of Fishing in a Rapidly Warming Gulf of Maine

Marissa McMahan, Senior Fisheries Scientist, Manomet
Anne Hayden, Program Manager, Sustainable Economies Program, Manomet

9:00 am – 6:00 pm april 6, 2019 closing reception — cash bar advance registration required    visit www.mainemaritimemuseum.org