Congratulations to Hasaam Latif who has been awarded a Pearsall Fellowship in Naval and Maritime History by the Royal Historical Society!
You can read more about Hasaam's research into Lascars, Homelands and the twentieth-century British Empire here:
culturesofdisability.mmu.ac.uk/lascars-desc...
Hasaam Latif explains the cultural isolation and mental challenges faced by Lascar sailors in 1900s Britain.