Dear colleagues, I've learned that some individuals who have attempted to register for the environmental history seminar that I announced here a few weeks ago have encountered a technical error, especially when registering with a non-US address. I've asked the event organizers for advice and this is what they shared: It may be an issue with the address. The platform we use for registration forms has trouble with non-US addresses. We suggest that they input the MHS address (1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215) instead of their own to bypass this issue. This solution appears to work if the problem was the non-US address. If you would like to attend the seminar and are still unable to register, please contact me directly. Many thanks, Russell -- Russell Fielding, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Anthropology & Geography, Spadoni College of Education & Social Sciences HTC Honors College Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC 29528-6054 USA +1 843-349-2396 rfielding@coastal.edu<mailto:rfielding@coastal.edu> russellfielding.com<https://russellfielding.com/> ________________________________ From: Russell Fielding <rfielding@coastal.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 2, 2025 15:53 To: marmam@lists.uvic.ca <marmam@lists.uvic.ca> Subject: Environmental History Seminar: Caribbean whaling Dear MARMAM list colleagues, I'm writing to share the announcement for an upcoming environmental history seminar that I will give for the Massachusetts Historical Society on 9 December 2025 on the topic of whaling in the Caribbean. Specifically, the discussion will illustrate the historical connections between 18th- and 19th-century American whaling as described in Melville's Moby-Dick and whaling as it's practiced in St. Vincent & the Grenadines today. The event is free, open to the public, and intended for a general audience. It will take place in-person in Boston and simultaneously online. The organizers ask that interested participants preregister at the following link: https://www.masshist.org/events/so-wide-a-chase Registered participants will receive by email a draft of the paper being discussed a day or so before the event. Thank you, Russell Fielding -- Russell Fielding, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Anthropology & Geography, Spadoni College of Education & Social Sciences HTC Honors College Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC 29528-6054 USA +1 843-349-2396 rfielding@coastal.edu<mailto:rfielding@coastal.edu> russellfielding.com<https://russellfielding.com/>