Oceans Past XI: Ocean-connected Communities, Past, Present
Published 30 March, 2026
Time: June 15-19, 2026
Location: University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
"Ocean-connected communities: Historical perspectives"
The 11th conference of the Oceans Past Initiative, connecting scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions over past decades, centuries, and millennia. Themes include trajectories of human influences on the seas, indigenous ocean knowledges, blue memory/heritage/justice, marine ecosystems past and future, and ocean stewardship.