WHAT: IYRS / MoY Winter Guest Lecture Series
WHEN: 6PM Tuesday 29 March 2011
WHERE: International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS) and Museum of Yachting (MoY) 449 Lower Thames St. Newport, RI
TOPIC: Burma-teak ketch “Stornoway”’s Trans-Pacific Voyage 1993-94” and the making of the book “Round the World in the Wrong Season”
WHAT: The 6th Annual S.U.N.Y. Maritime College Department of Global Business and Transportation (GBAT) Conference on Cutting-Edge Issues in Shipping
WHEN: Wednesday, 2 February, 2011 - beginning at 8:30 A.M. (Eric to speak 11 to noon)
WHERE: lecture hall of the Science and Engineering Building on the campus of S.U.N.Y. Maritime College in the Bronx, NY, US
TOPIC: “U-Boats in the Bahamas and Bermuda Triangle” – Debut presentation, discussion of research methods to date.
WHAT: Roger Williams University Maritime Law Society Guest Lecture Series
WHEN: Wednesday, 30 March 2011 c.6PM
WHERE: Bay View Room, RWU Law School, Metacom Ave., Bristol, Rhode Island, US
TOPIC: “Careers in Shipping” – Perspectives from a maritime recruiter, former fleet operator, alumni
WHAT: Hilly Chase Visiting Lecture Series – 2011: Authors of History
WHEN: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - after dinner, c.6PM
WHERE: Eaglebrook School for Boys, Old Deerfield Massachusetts, US
TOPIC: “U-Boats in the Bahamas and Bermuda Triangle” – Discussion of material, methodology, research methods to date. Inspirational message to students by an alumni.
WHAT: Author book signing, Armchair Sailor / Bluewater Books store
WHEN: Sunday 22 August, 2010
WHERE: Armchair Sailor / Bluewater Books, Lower Thames St., Newport, Rhode Island, US
TOPIC: “Round the World in the Wrong Season,” “Tanker Disasters,” and “Travel Writing”
WHAT: Bahamas Historical Society Guest Lecture series
WHEN: July 2009
WHERE: IODE – Imperial Order of the Daughters of Empire building, Shirley Street
TOPIC: “The Bahamas – A General History of Survival, Pre-Columbian to Post-Colonial”
WHAT: Graduate Student seminars, Marine Affairs Department, University of Rhode Island
WHEN: Spring of 2004
WHERE: Washburn Hall, Marine Affairs Building, URI, Kingston Rhode Island US
TOPIC: “The Business of Yacht Deliveries,” photos and discussion of a trans-Pacific voyage
