Finn-Jona Lühr

Finn-Jona Lühr (he/him) is a Master student in History at UMass Amherst, studying via a one year exchange from the University of Heidelberg where he pursues a Master in Global History. His research centres on the oceanic history of the modern world, working at the intersection of maritime social history, the Blue Humanities, and marine environmental history.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Heidelberg, during which he spent a semester abroad at the University of Bristol. His undergraduate thesis analysed Merchant Seaman Registers to reconstruct the social history, labour conditions, and lived experiences of mariners. Alongside his academic research he has completed internships at both the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven and the SS Great Britain Museum in Bristol, UK. His special interest for Maritime History comes through his previous work as a sailor on historical Dutch sailing ships.