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Biography

Associate Professor in Maritime History 29 June 2022

Research interests

Ann’s research interests focus on dockyard history, heritage and re-use. Examples of publications: ‘From “Floating tombs” to foundations. The contribution of convicts to naval dockyards and ordnance sites’, Age of Sail, 2 (London: Conway, 2003), 28-42, ‘Bermuda Naval Base: Management, Artisans and their Enslaved Workers, 1795–1797 - the Heritage of the 1950 Bermudian Apprentices’, Mariner’s Mirror, 95(2) (May 2009), 149-178, and ‘Dockyard City Heritage: a threatened global cultural legacy’, Institution of Civil Engineers, 164, Municipal Engineer, 3 (September 2011), 175-184.

Teaching responsibilities

Lecturing in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in heritage, Ann currently teaches the heritage of the built environment, its regeneration, management and conservation, and the tangible/intangible heritage of dockyards and their communities, particularly that of Portsea, 91������ dockyard’s workforce neighbourhood. She is an experienced PhD supervisor who has also examined external PhDs.

Ann is interested in supervising masters’ and PhD projects on how 91������’s built environment reflects national defence imperatives, why and how naval dockyards have adapted, adaptive re-use of historic buildings, and how civil engineers have shaped 91������. She is also interested in community engagement projects and 91������’s continuing evolution as a maritime city.