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In September 2023, Mystic Seaport Museum is launching Mainsheet, a biannual peer-reviewed interdisciplinary maritime studies publication, which will be available online and in print. While Mainsheet will be globally focused, each issue will be tied with annual institutional initiative themes at Mystic Seaport Museum that drive exhibitions, programming, symposia, lecture series, and the Frank C. Munson Institute for American Maritime History during that year and/or the year proceeding. Therefore, the first issue will highlight maritime social history to align with our major upcoming exhibition Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea. The following issues will focus on the connections of marine science with maritime history in regards to ocean health and the impact of maritime activity on the world’s oceans, historically and currently.

In addition to the peer-reviewed articles by scholars, Mainsheet will include poetry, fiction, and the arts that connect to the related journal themes. There also will be a section highlighting the research of upcoming scholars in maritime studies as well as reviews of publications, exhibitions, and important events for the coming season.