Great Museum of the Sea – Current Archaeology review
Jim’s new book The Great Museum of the Sea: A Human History of Shipwrecks was reviewed by Current Archaeology.
Great Museum of the Sea – Online Lecture
Date: July 29, 2025 Time: 6:45-8:00 ET Jim will be giving an online Zoom lecture based on his new book The Great Museum of the Sea for Smithsonian Associates. Register here.
Was it Murder? Jim writes about the Navy’s Somers Affair
Was it murder? Why a US Navy hanging resonates nearly 200 years later One hundred and eighty years ago, Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, in command of the United States Navy’s brig Somers, hanged three of [...]
Jim is interviewed on the Historically Thinking podcast
Titled Mutiny, this podcast episode delves into perhaps the greatest scandal and sea-story of the first half of 19th Century America that nearly everyone has forgotten. You can also check out Jim's book on the [...]
Diving for the Clotilda virtual presentation October 15
Join Jim and other expert speakers for a fascinating afternoon hosted by the Archaeological Institute of America. Diving for the Clotilda: The Archaeology, History, and Legacy of the Last Known Slave Ship Saturday, October 15 [...]
Jim sits down with Big Deep Podcast
Jim recently sat down with Jason Elias on the Big Deep - An Ocean Podcast to talk about shipwrecks and his time exploring Titanic. Listen to the interview here.
Industry whaling vessel found
Different groups have spotted Industry’s wreckage since 2011, but exploration of the site wasn’t pursued until recently. James Delgado, senior vice president of SEARCH Inc., a cultural resource management firm, said the agency asked him [...]
Clotilda find can inspire new generation of scientists, says researcher
Jim gives a presentation at the CERF conference in Mobile, Alabama on November 4, 2019. One of the scientists instrumental in confirming the find of the slave ship Clotilda said Monday night that that aside [...]
Jim to speak at UNESCO on cultural heritage
Jim will present at UNESCO "An Ocean Without History?" event June 5, 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The UNESCO event promotes the incorporation of underwater cultural heritage in the global work of [...]
Jim to talk at the Archaeological Institute of America
Jim presents at the "Benefiting the Work of AIA" event Event theme: Windows into the Past: Through the Eyes of An Archaeologist on May 17, 2017 Jim's talk is titled: The Deep Sea: [...]