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Production and Consumption of Medieval and Post-Medieval Pottery in the South West of England
Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference 2013
The Medieval Pottery Research Group and the Association for the History of Glass are organising a one day conference in honour of the late Sarah Jennings. The day will consist of papers on the theme of Recent Research and New Discoveries in Glass and Ceramics and will end with a wine reception. The conference representing some of Sarah’s many ceramic and glass interests will be introduced by Duncan Brown, President of the MPRG; Justine Bayley, President of the AHG will bring proceedings to a close with an appreciation of Sarah’s role in the societies to whom she gave so much time. The morning and afternoon sessions will be chaired by Duncan Brown and Tony Wilmott respectively.
The Wallace Collection, London have kindly made available their lecture theatre for the event which will be on Friday 16th November 2012.
Jennifer Price of the AHG has volunteered to handle bookings and her contact details are on the attached notice and booking form, which is available here.
The MPRG Conference takes place from 21st-25th June on the Isle of Man (papers Thurs eve, Fri and Sat, with fieldtrips Sun and Mon). The list of papers is presented below. To ensure you receive lunch with your registration fee, make sure you register by 14th June! http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/manxstudies/mprg2012/Registration%20Form.pdf
Papers include:
The Isle of Man: an introduction to its archaeology and history from medieval to modern times (Andrew Johnson)
Saxo-Norman material from the National Museum excavations in Dublin
(Clare McCutcheon)
Pottery production and consumption in Ireland in the twelfth/fifteenth centuries (Niamh Curtin)
Coarsewares and colonialism: manifestations of continuity and change in Ireland and western Britain (Alison Kyle)
‘Here be monstrous fabrics…’ – devising a strategy for the organic tempered wares of the Scottish West Coast, Highlands and Islands. (Derek Hall)
Iain Crawford’s Udal: the key to ceramic traditions of the western seaboard? (Beverley Ballin Smith)
Pottery in the North Atlantic: A survey of medieval pottery from the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland (Elizabeth Pierce)
Understanding marginality in Glamorgan, South Wales: A ceramic study (Alice Forward)
Scanian Black Earthenware – A Study of Baltic Ware from Lund (Vibeke Vandrup Martens)
Scandinavian redwares (Lyn Blackmore)
Lödöse – A trading town on the edge of Europe (Sonia Jeffrey)
Ceramics produced during the Spanish-Dutch war in the 16th century (Maxime Poulain)
The pottery of a Dutch merchant in Elsinore (Jette Linaa)
On the Western Edge of the Byzantine Empire: Early Medieval pottery finds from recent excavations at Butrint, Albania. (Joanita Vroom)
At the edge of Empire: medieval pottery from the Noviodunum archaeological project (Romania) (Ben Jervis)
Ceramics on the edge: pottery from the medieval site of Jam, Afghanistan (Alison Gascoigne)
The Buckley potteries: imposition, innovation and cultural exchange (Christine Longworth)
The impact of industrial ceramic production on the highlands and islands (George Haggarty)
Cups and Confinement: Ceramics in a First World War Internment Camp (Claire Corkill)
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CERAMICS ON THE EDGE
The Medieval Pottery Research Group 2012 Annual Conference
21-23 June 2012
Manx Museum,
Douglas, Isle of Man
THURSDAY 21 JUNE
19.30
Conference Registration opens
19.30 Wine Reception
20.15 Welcome and Introduction
20.30 Gerald Dunning Memorial Lecture: ‘The Isle of Man: central or marginal in the
ceramic history of these islands – a case study’. Peter Davey, Centre for Manx
Studies, University of Liverpool.
FRIDAY 22 JUNE
09.15 Conference Registration for delegates continues
09.40 – 10.30 Session 1
11.40 – 1.00 Session 2
13.00 – 14.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 Session 3
MPRG Annual General Meeting followed by: Viewing ceramics from the Isle of Man and brought by delegates 1.
15.45 – 16.45 Session 4
Viewing ceramics from the Isle of Man and brought by delegates 2.
SATURDAY 23 JUNE
09.40 – 10.30 Session 1
11.50 – 1.00 Session 2
13.15 – 14.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00 – 15.15 Session 3
16.10 – 17.15 Session 4
17.15 Formal conference ends
20.00 Conference Dinner at the Aroma Buffet Restaurant
24-25 JUNE
Optional field visits to medieval sites around the island
[The precise routes and mode of transport will depend on numbers]
SUNDAY 24 JUNE
Island Tour 1: Castles and Abbeys.
MONDAY 25 JUNE
Island Tour 2: Chapels, ring-forts, shielings etc.
List of Contributors
Power dressers: ceramics, furniture and distributed agency of people and things in 19th-century cottages of western Britain and Ireland Harold Mytum, Centre for Manx Studies, University of
Liverpool, UK.
At the edge of Empire: medieval pottery from the Noviodunum archaeological project
(Romania). Ben Jervis.
Coarsewares and colonialism: manifestations of continuity and change in Ireland and western
Britain. Alison Kyle, University of Glasgow.
‘Here be monstrous fabrics…’ – devising a strategy for the organic tempered wares of the Scottish West Coast, Highlands and Islands’. Derek Hall.
Scanian Black Earthenware – A Study of Baltic Ware from Lund. Vibeke Vandrup
Martens, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU).
Ceramics produced during the Spanish-Dutch war in the 16th century. Maxime
Poulain.
The impact of industrial ceramic production on the highlands and islands. George
Haggarty.
Understanding marginality in Glamorgan, South Wales: A ceramic study. Alice Forward,
Cardiff University.
The Buckley potteries: imposition, innovation and cultural exchange.Christine Longworth.
Saxo-Norman material from the National Museum excavations in Dublin. Clare McCutcheon.
The pottery of a Dutch merchant in Elsinore. Jette Linaa, Senior Researcher,
Antiquarian Department, Moesgård Museum.
Pottery production and consumption in Ireland in the twelfth/sixteenth centuries. Niamh Doyle.
Ceramics on the edge: Pottery from the medieval site of Jam, Afghanistan. Alison Gascoigne, University of Southampton.
The Isle of Man: an introduction to its archaeology and history from medieval to modern times. Andrew Johnson, Manx National Hertitage
Assorted pottery from Lödöse – a medieval port in Sweden: more questions than answers. Sonia Jeffery, Lödöse Museum/Västarvet.
Pottery in the North Atlantic: A survey of medieval pottery from the Faroe Islands, Iceland and
Greenland. Elizabeth Pierce, University of Glasgow.
Scandinavian Redwares. Lyn Blackmore, Museum of London Archaeology.
Cups and Confinement: Ceramics in a First World War Internment Camp. Claire Corkill,
University of York.
Early medieval (6th to 8th century) pottery production and consumption on the fringe of Frankish, Frisian and Saxon territories in the Netherlands. Arno Verhoeven.
‘On the Western Edge of the Byzantine Empire: Early Medieval pottery finds from recent excavations at Butrint, Albania’. Joanita Vroom, Leiden University.
Booking details can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/manxstudies/mprg2012/MPRG_2012_Registration_Form.pdf