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Group photograph of the Mariners Project team

Project Team

The Mariners' team comprises dedicated academics and research administrators who are passionate about telling the stories of our maritime history. Alongside them, our esteemed advisory board members provide invaluable guidance and strategic insights, ensuring our project's success. 

Group photograph of the Mariners project team at the ss Great Britain  – From left to right: Abi Freeman, Project Administrator; Asif Shakoor, community historian; Lucy Wray, University of Bristol; Sumita Mukherjee, University of Bristol; Claire Weatherall, Hull History Centre; Brad Beaven, University  of Portsmouth; Hilary Carey, University of Bristol.

Project Team

Hilary Carey

Principal Investigator

Professor Hilary Carey is the PI for the Mariners project and is leading the workstream looking at British mariners in British ports.

Sumita Mukherjee

Co-Investigator

Professor Sumita Mukherjee is CoI for the Mariners project and is leading the workstream looking at the experiences of South Asian seaman, also known as 'lascars' in British ports.

Lucy Wray

Research Associate

Dr Lucy Wray is a postdoctoral Senior Research Associate on the Mariners Project. She is working on the stream of the project focusing on the experiences of South Asian seaman, also known as ‘lascars’ in British ports.

Abi Freeman

Abi Freeman is the Research Administrator for the Mariners project. She joined the University of Bristol in October 2023 and is also the Research Administrator for the Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 and the Welfare Citizenship and Intersectional Feminism projects.

Advisory Board

Brad Beaven

Professor of Social and Cultural History

University of Portsmouth

Aaron Jaffer

Curator of World History & Cultures

Royal Museums Greenwich

Asif Shakoor

Independent scholar

Claire Weatherall

Archivist, Hull History Centre

University of Hull