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Dr David J Starkey - Dr StarkeyHead of Department

Wilson Family Reader in Maritime History
Director, Maritime Historical Studies Centre

Phone: 01482 465882
Email: d.j.starkey@hull.ac.uk

Dr Starkey undertakes research into the character and significance of the interaction of human societies and the marine environment. Within this broad compass, he has focused on four main themes:

1. the maritime interests of localities, regions and nations. Publications include:

  • David J Starkey & Morten Hahn-Pedersen, eds., Bridging Troubled Waters: Conflict and Co-operation in the North Sea Region since 1550. Esbjerg , Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet, 2005, 351pp.
  • David J Starkey & Morten Hahn-Pedersen, eds., Concentration and Dependency. The Role of Maritime Activities in North Sea Communities, 1299-1999. Esbjerg , Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet, 2002, 305pp.
  • David J Starkey & Alan G Jamieson, eds., Exploiting the Sea. Aspects of Britain's Maritime Economy since 1870. Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 1998, 220pp.
  • Michael Duffy, Stephen Fisher, Basil Greenhill, David J Starkey & Joyce A Youings, eds., The New Maritime History of Devon, 2 Volumes. London, Conway Maritime Press, 1992 & 1994, 256pp & 272pp.

2. the significance of privately sponsored violence at sea, both within the law (privateering) and beyond the law (piracy). Publications include:

  • David J Starkey , ‘The Origins and Regulation of Eighteenth-Century British Privateering' and ‘Pirates and Markets' in R Pennell, ed., Bandits at Sea: A Pirate Reader, New York, New York University Press, 2001, 69-81, 107-24.
  • David J Starkey , Els van Eyck van Heslinga & J A de Moor, eds., Pirates and Privateers. New Perspectives on the War on Trade in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 1997, 268pp.
  • David J Starkey , British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century. Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 1990, 344pp

3. the factors that have conditioned the scale and character of sea transport since 1750. Publications include:

  • David J Starkey & Hugh Murphy, eds., Beyond Shipping and Shipbuilding: Britain's Ancillary Maritime Interests in the twentieth Century. Hull, MHSC, 2008, 220pp.
  • David J Starkey & Gelina Harlaftis, eds., Global Markets. The Internationalization of the Sea Transport Industries since 1850. St John's, Nfld., International Maritime Economic History Association, 1998, 423pp.
  • David J Starkey , with Richard Gorski, Sue Milward & Tony Pawlyn, eds., Shipping Movements in the Ports of the United Kingdom, 1871-1913. A Statistical Profile. Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 1999, 359pp.
  • David J Starkey , ‘Organisational Structures in the British Shipping Industry: the Case of Hull, 1820-1916' International Journal of Maritime History, VIII (2), December 1996, 71-95.

4. the impact that human fishing activity has had upon the marine environment since the Middle Ages. Publications include:

  • David J Starkey , Jon Th Thor & Ingo Heidbrink, eds., A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries. Volume 1: From Early Times to the Mid-Nineteenth Century. Bremerhaven, German Maritime Museum, 2008, 350pp.
  • David J Starkey , Poul Holm & Michaela Barnard, eds., Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations. London, Earthscan Research Publications, 2007, 223pp.
  • Poul Holm, Tim D Smith & David J Starkey, eds., The Exploited Seas. New Directions for Marine Environmental History, St John's, Nfld., International Maritime Economic History Association & Census of Marine Life, 2001, 216pp.
  • David J Starkey , Chris Reid & Neil Ashcroft, eds., England's Sea Fisheries. The Commercial Sea Fisheries of England & Wales since c.1300. London, Chatham Press, 2000, 272p.

Teaching

Dr Starkey teaches various maritime history modules as follows:

BA in History/BA in History with Maritime History

  • 20372 : Piracy, Privateering and the Atlantic Economy, c.1560-1856
  • 20338 : Sea Change: Britain's Maritime Interests since 1890
  • 20403 : Shipowning and Seafaring, 1830-1914 - the case of Hull

MA in Historical Studies

  • 20609 : Sources & Methods for Maritime History
  • 20704 : British Merchant Shipping since 1786

Postgraduate Supervision

Dr Starkey supervises a number of part-time and full-time PhD students researching into various aspects of maritime history.

Departmental Responsibilities

  • Director, Maritime Historical Studies Centre

External Responsibilities & Committee Membership

  • Editor, International Journal of Maritime History
  • Editor, Studia Atlantica (North Atlantic Fisheries History Association
  • Steering Group, European Census of Marine Life
  • International Steering Group, HMAP
  • British Commission for Maritime History
  • Chair, North Atlantic Fisheries History Association