J. Connell Stryker
@jconnellstryker.bsky.social
PhD in History, UT Austin; Pratt Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Women's Work at Sea, Histories of Maritime, Gender, Labor, Empire, Technology, and the Digital Humanities, etc
In St. John's? Come to our event!
ISER Inventories of Life: Material Culture and Life, Death, and Medicine at Sea, death inventories from merchant vessels, 1860-1955! Get a preview of the findings and a personalized tour of the documents from the students who did the research!
#researchweek2025
ISER Inventories of Life: Material Culture and Life, Death, and Medicine at Sea, death inventories from merchant vessels, 1860-1955! Get a preview of the findings and a personalized tour of the documents from the students who did the research!
#researchweek2025
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In St. John's? Come to our event!
ISER Inventories of Life: Material Culture and Life, Death, and Medicine at Sea, death inventories from merchant vessels, 1860-1955! Get a preview of the findings and a personalized tour of the documents from the students who did the research!
#researchweek2025
ISER Inventories of Life: Material Culture and Life, Death, and Medicine at Sea, death inventories from merchant vessels, 1860-1955! Get a preview of the findings and a personalized tour of the documents from the students who did the research!
#researchweek2025
Come (or stay where you are) and see a stellar event organized at MacEwan's Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity!
Changing Gender: Trans History in the Present
Dr Susan Styker
Wednesday, November 19 | 6-8pm
Roundhouse | Allard Hall or Online
www.showpass.com/queerhorizons-stryker
Changing Gender: Trans History in the Present
Dr Susan Styker
Wednesday, November 19 | 6-8pm
Roundhouse | Allard Hall or Online
www.showpass.com/queerhorizons-stryker
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Come (or stay where you are) and see a stellar event organized at MacEwan's Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity!
Changing Gender: Trans History in the Present
Dr Susan Styker
Wednesday, November 19 | 6-8pm
Roundhouse | Allard Hall or Online
www.showpass.com/queerhorizons-stryker
Changing Gender: Trans History in the Present
Dr Susan Styker
Wednesday, November 19 | 6-8pm
Roundhouse | Allard Hall or Online
www.showpass.com/queerhorizons-stryker
This might be very relevant here:
Seán Binder is giving a lecture on the theme Criminalisation of Humanitarianism, October 24th, 2025 at 6:45pm Paris time / 5:45pm London time
Register here: u-picardie-fr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Seán Binder is giving a lecture on the theme Criminalisation of Humanitarianism, October 24th, 2025 at 6:45pm Paris time / 5:45pm London time
Register here: u-picardie-fr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This might be very relevant here:
Seán Binder is giving a lecture on the theme Criminalisation of Humanitarianism, October 24th, 2025 at 6:45pm Paris time / 5:45pm London time
Register here: u-picardie-fr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Seán Binder is giving a lecture on the theme Criminalisation of Humanitarianism, October 24th, 2025 at 6:45pm Paris time / 5:45pm London time
Register here: u-picardie-fr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
uhhhh excuse me
June 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
uhhhh excuse me
AHH it's international women's day & it caught me a bit by surprise, but IN THE SPIRIT of the day & my particular research interests, let me share with you a little bit of the story of one Sophie Hall, stewardess, taker of no shit, perhaps giver of lots of shit, & in 1864 the terror of the officers
March 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
AHH it's international women's day & it caught me a bit by surprise, but IN THE SPIRIT of the day & my particular research interests, let me share with you a little bit of the story of one Sophie Hall, stewardess, taker of no shit, perhaps giver of lots of shit, & in 1864 the terror of the officers
What sailing ship you ask? THIS ONE
January 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What sailing ship you ask? THIS ONE
This is one of my favorite stories, short and sweet and not terribly tragic, and if I recall correctly everyone involved was an adult and should probably have known better, but really, as with most things, we can only guess at the whys & hows. From the log of the Brothers, 1872, a series of entries:
December 25, 2024 at 10:50 AM
This is one of my favorite stories, short and sweet and not terribly tragic, and if I recall correctly everyone involved was an adult and should probably have known better, but really, as with most things, we can only guess at the whys & hows. From the log of the Brothers, 1872, a series of entries:
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 24: Solidarity
Another one that really deserves a lot of context, but luckily, there's some scholarship out there with just such context in mind. A few things going on in this one: race, racism, flogging, labour action, punishment, and solidarity:
Another one that really deserves a lot of context, but luckily, there's some scholarship out there with just such context in mind. A few things going on in this one: race, racism, flogging, labour action, punishment, and solidarity:
December 24, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 24: Solidarity
Another one that really deserves a lot of context, but luckily, there's some scholarship out there with just such context in mind. A few things going on in this one: race, racism, flogging, labour action, punishment, and solidarity:
Another one that really deserves a lot of context, but luckily, there's some scholarship out there with just such context in mind. A few things going on in this one: race, racism, flogging, labour action, punishment, and solidarity:
Now imagine this, (CW: pregnancy loss) on board the Canada (pics available in the article linked at the end) in 1873: "27th March 1873, Thursday: [Lat & Long puts them slightly closer to Newfoundland than Northern Spain in the North Atlantic] At 9 Am John Godbold steerage steward in sweeping after
December 23, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Now imagine this, (CW: pregnancy loss) on board the Canada (pics available in the article linked at the end) in 1873: "27th March 1873, Thursday: [Lat & Long puts them slightly closer to Newfoundland than Northern Spain in the North Atlantic] At 9 Am John Godbold steerage steward in sweeping after
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 22: Nudity
I'm trying to keep these lighthearted, so here's a little bit of nude insubordination courtesy Underwriter in 1874:
Let's establish first that John Marshall, had been laid up either continuously or just on the days the 14th & 17th with "the rhumatics"
I'm trying to keep these lighthearted, so here's a little bit of nude insubordination courtesy Underwriter in 1874:
Let's establish first that John Marshall, had been laid up either continuously or just on the days the 14th & 17th with "the rhumatics"
December 22, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 22: Nudity
I'm trying to keep these lighthearted, so here's a little bit of nude insubordination courtesy Underwriter in 1874:
Let's establish first that John Marshall, had been laid up either continuously or just on the days the 14th & 17th with "the rhumatics"
I'm trying to keep these lighthearted, so here's a little bit of nude insubordination courtesy Underwriter in 1874:
Let's establish first that John Marshall, had been laid up either continuously or just on the days the 14th & 17th with "the rhumatics"
And finally, my favorite, as it was apparently something my grandmother used to yell at my grandfather on occasion:
"Yes, you damned Dutchman"
Was the mate Dutch? Actually, maybe, but they still shouldn't have had a fistfight in the cabin - happy holidays, y'all & take it outside
#maritimehistory
"Yes, you damned Dutchman"
Was the mate Dutch? Actually, maybe, but they still shouldn't have had a fistfight in the cabin - happy holidays, y'all & take it outside
#maritimehistory
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
And finally, my favorite, as it was apparently something my grandmother used to yell at my grandfather on occasion:
"Yes, you damned Dutchman"
Was the mate Dutch? Actually, maybe, but they still shouldn't have had a fistfight in the cabin - happy holidays, y'all & take it outside
#maritimehistory
"Yes, you damned Dutchman"
Was the mate Dutch? Actually, maybe, but they still shouldn't have had a fistfight in the cabin - happy holidays, y'all & take it outside
#maritimehistory
... or you could offer an array of choices (my favorite is 'long legged bugger') - be expansive, creative, encompassing:
"...most abusive language to me calling me a bloody whore goddamned son of a bitch a long legged bugger and a great many more such expression equally as filthy."
"...most abusive language to me calling me a bloody whore goddamned son of a bitch a long legged bugger and a great many more such expression equally as filthy."
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
... or you could offer an array of choices (my favorite is 'long legged bugger') - be expansive, creative, encompassing:
"...most abusive language to me calling me a bloody whore goddamned son of a bitch a long legged bugger and a great many more such expression equally as filthy."
"...most abusive language to me calling me a bloody whore goddamned son of a bitch a long legged bugger and a great many more such expression equally as filthy."
Then again, peer review can be even worse: "he was a bloody flunkey and that he knew his business better the he, the 2nd engineer, knew his"
![handwritten text reading: "asked the 2nd engineer if he [??, maybe 'if he there ?'] he was a bloody flunkey and that he knew his business better than he the 2nd engineer knew his"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:notz5orrd65zsjykb7ifqyso/bafkreicmcp6pkror3rx4luelvoedtviqdogrre2yhl7wxxlrebmm5kfrom@jpeg)
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Then again, peer review can be even worse: "he was a bloody flunkey and that he knew his business better the he, the 2nd engineer, knew his"
If you happen to be at a work Christmas party, you can be glad that performance reviews today are slightly more polite:
"Daniel Moore, 2nd officer in docking ship was intoxicated stupid and incompetent to perform his duty & was sent to his room."
"Daniel Moore, 2nd officer in docking ship was intoxicated stupid and incompetent to perform his duty & was sent to his room."
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
If you happen to be at a work Christmas party, you can be glad that performance reviews today are slightly more polite:
"Daniel Moore, 2nd officer in docking ship was intoxicated stupid and incompetent to perform his duty & was sent to his room."
"Daniel Moore, 2nd officer in docking ship was intoxicated stupid and incompetent to perform his duty & was sent to his room."
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 21: A Sprinkling of Insults
For when you get in that fight over the dinner table this holiday season, some inspiration from the logs:
Suggestion one, a classic - simple, clear, direct, descriptive: "a damned old fuck"
For when you get in that fight over the dinner table this holiday season, some inspiration from the logs:
Suggestion one, a classic - simple, clear, direct, descriptive: "a damned old fuck"
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 21: A Sprinkling of Insults
For when you get in that fight over the dinner table this holiday season, some inspiration from the logs:
Suggestion one, a classic - simple, clear, direct, descriptive: "a damned old fuck"
For when you get in that fight over the dinner table this holiday season, some inspiration from the logs:
Suggestion one, a classic - simple, clear, direct, descriptive: "a damned old fuck"
As well as more qualitative less officially visible stuff like where folks are going, how they're getting there, & what they're willing to sacrifice (or put up with) to do it. I really wanted to show you this - these 'foreign' labourers are Japanese, getting paid in Mexican $ & deserting in New York
December 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
As well as more qualitative less officially visible stuff like where folks are going, how they're getting there, & what they're willing to sacrifice (or put up with) to do it. I really wanted to show you this - these 'foreign' labourers are Japanese, getting paid in Mexican $ & deserting in New York
Look, for example, at the fact that all those folks deserted at New York; our next batch of multinationals face modified wage schemes, but a number still desert at New York, two get sick in Manila, and three go to prison in Hyogo. This reflects quite a few things about labour, migration, & wages...
![A similar extract to the above, only this time, fewer desertions, some imprisonment, and an adjusted pay rate, written in text instead of filled in because the column doesn't account for this kind of rate, reading: $5 per month for first [variable time] month/s, $15 per month after"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:notz5orrd65zsjykb7ifqyso/bafkreihkc4pbyqqxwv3fvkygvfsy32gw2hmpskvxo56h63ds67izt3puom@jpeg)
December 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Look, for example, at the fact that all those folks deserted at New York; our next batch of multinationals face modified wage schemes, but a number still desert at New York, two get sick in Manila, and three go to prison in Hyogo. This reflects quite a few things about labour, migration, & wages...
likely to be 'Scandinavian', a big group of which can be seen in the pic attached. The contours of this labour history are complicated, not least because so much was at stake culturally in seafaring labour, especially post-Mahan (1890), but there's no greater fine-grained look at it than through Ags
December 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
likely to be 'Scandinavian', a big group of which can be seen in the pic attached. The contours of this labour history are complicated, not least because so much was at stake culturally in seafaring labour, especially post-Mahan (1890), but there's no greater fine-grained look at it than through Ags
Logs can leave you hanging, but Ags are like stumbling into little Mona Lisas buried in the rock while digging for coal. Let's take a look at one and some of the broad strokes stories accessible through just a glance through.
Here's the Agreement for the Fred B. Taylor in 1886:
Here's the Agreement for the Fred B. Taylor in 1886:
December 20, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Logs can leave you hanging, but Ags are like stumbling into little Mona Lisas buried in the rock while digging for coal. Let's take a look at one and some of the broad strokes stories accessible through just a glance through.
Here's the Agreement for the Fred B. Taylor in 1886:
Here's the Agreement for the Fred B. Taylor in 1886:
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 19: Weapons of Choice
"John Roberts AB received a blow in the right eye from a potatoe, while in the forecastle in his watch below, thrown in play. He is [?] under the hands of the doctor."
"John Roberts AB received a blow in the right eye from a potatoe, while in the forecastle in his watch below, thrown in play. He is [?] under the hands of the doctor."
December 19, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Crew Agreement Advent Calendar, Day 19: Weapons of Choice
"John Roberts AB received a blow in the right eye from a potatoe, while in the forecastle in his watch below, thrown in play. He is [?] under the hands of the doctor."
"John Roberts AB received a blow in the right eye from a potatoe, while in the forecastle in his watch below, thrown in play. He is [?] under the hands of the doctor."
window shutters, boards [?? & taken?] then was found a dish with boiled pork, jug of water, [?] & [? family?] feeder, carpenter hammer which he ahd missed for 8 or 10 days & some nails. A chamber pot was found which sent forth a rich perfume. it was emptied & washed out during the time she was
December 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
window shutters, boards [?? & taken?] then was found a dish with boiled pork, jug of water, [?] & [? family?] feeder, carpenter hammer which he ahd missed for 8 or 10 days & some nails. A chamber pot was found which sent forth a rich perfume. it was emptied & washed out during the time she was