Mon, Sep 30
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: How Pirates Changed the World
“How Pirates Changed the World,” with Joshua M. White, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean.
Time & Location
Sep 30, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “How Pirates Changed the World,” with Joshua M. White, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean.
Piracy has existed for as long as humans have taken to the sea. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, however, maritime violence flourished across the globe as never before, with the Mediterranean Sea being its epicenter.
Gain a deep understanding of the piracy of this period—and why it mattered so much—with Professor Joshua White, a scholar of Mediterranean history who teaches courses on Mediterranean pirates and on the ethics of piracy.
He’ll discuss what caused the explosion of piracy in the Mediterranean and talk about how those engaged in it operated. He’ll talk in depth about how small-time pirates infested the islands and coves, lying in wait for prizes, while seasoned, licensed professionals known as corsairs prowled…