Everything You Think You Always Wanted to Know About Pirates But Were Afraid to Ask & Panel Dialogue

A Dialogues Seminar
Ships Ahoy! We’ll seek to understand why theft and violence became regular features of life on the high seas of the Early Modern era. From state-sanctioned raiders to independent rogues, pirates were threats on every major body of water in the world. This seminar will begin with an examination of the Barbary pirates of North Africa that challenges stereotypes and reviews their acts in the context of the burgeoning nation-to-nation geopolitics of the Mediterranean. Charles Ewen, a leading excavator of pirate wrecks and sites-including Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge-will then share his insights on piracy and pirate life in the New World. Our panel session will consider the many manifestations of pirates in the past and piracy’s continued relevance today.
TOPICS & SPEAKERS
The Barbary Pirates: Politics and Seaborne Violence in the Early Modern Mediterranean
Maximilian P. Owre, Teaching Assistant Professor of History and Executive Director, Carolina Public Humanities
Everything You Think You Always Wanted to Know About Pirates But Were Afraid to Ask
Charles Ewen, Director, Phelps Archaeology Laboratory, East Carolina University
Piracy Beyond the Stereotypes, Then and Now
A panel discussion with our speakers
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