The London region medieval pottery research group will be meeting at The Surrey History Centre, Woking on the 18th April, 2009 at 10.30 am. The theme of the day will be Surrey early medieval pottery, c. 400-1200.

Please bring along some pottery and if you would like to give a short paper related to the theme of the day then please contact Chris Jarrett: editor2@medievalpottery.org.uk.

Saturday 6th of June 2009
A one-day meeting of the Medieval Pottery Research Group at the British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham

The cost for the conference fee is £40, concessions £30. Lunch is included.

Directions to the venue are available here:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/contacts/sites/keyworth/kwhome.html

For the full programme and booking form click here(PDF 57.6kb).

The Harlow Pottery Industries – Wally Davey and Helen Walker with contributions by Richard Bartlett, Mike Hughes and Alan Vince

Click here for full details and ordering information.

The Medieval Pottery Research Group with funding from English Heritage is running a series of training courses in November 2008 and February, May and September 2009. The courses are designed to provide career development for archaeological ceramicists who work on a freelance basis or within commercial archaeological units or in the university or museum sector. Whilst the courses are intended to be of particular value to those involved in the study of post-Roman ceramics they will also be of value to those involved in the study of prehistoric and Roman pottery.

February Dates have been postponed, see updated documents below.

Dates for September 2009 now confirmed – 21st-22nd and 23rd-24th.

For full details on the courses please click here (pdf 67.1kb)

To book please download the booking form here (pdf 57.2kb)

The Medieval Pottery Research Group with funding from English Heritage is running a series of training courses in November 2008 and February, May and September 2009. The courses are designed to provide career development for archaeological ceramicists who work on a freelance basis or within commercial archaeological units or in the university or museum sector. Whilst the courses are intended to be of particular value to those involved in the study of post-Roman ceramics they will also be of value to those involved in the study of prehistoric and Roman pottery.

Dates for September 2009 now confirmed – 21st-22nd and 23rd-24th.

For full details on the courses please click here (pdf 67.1kb)

To book please download the booking form here (pdf 57.2kb)

Exhibition at Faenza, Italy, 29 Oct 2008 – 01 Mar 2009

For details on the exhibition please click here (pdf 307kb)

The Medieval Pottery Research Group with funding from English Heritage is running a series of training courses in November 2008 and February, May and September 2009. The courses are designed to provide career development for archaeological ceramicists who work on a freelance basis or within commercial archaeological units or in the university or museum sector. Whilst the courses are intended to be of particular value to those involved in the study of post-Roman ceramics they will also be of value to those involved in the study of prehistoric and Roman pottery.

Dates for September 2009 now confirmed – 21st-22nd and 23rd-24th.

For full details on the courses please click here (pdf 67.1kb)

To book please download the booking form here (pdf 57.2kb)

MPRG (Southern Section) Regional Meeting: Monday 20th October at Tudor Merchants Hall, Westgate St, Southampton (10.00 start)

Understanding the end of Medieval Ceramics in Southern England

The day will provide an opportunity for the dissemination and discussion of recent work on Late Medieval and Early Post-Medieval pottery from southern England. Contributors will include Duncan Brown (Southampton Museums), Ben Jervis (Southampton Museums), Lorraine Mepham (Wessex Archaeology), Penny Copeland-Griffiths (independent researcher), Dan Cater (Bournemouth University) and Jacqui Pearce (MOLAS, to be confirmed). Research from across the region will be presented including discussions of recent work in Southampton, Reading, Dorset and Winchester. A selection of 14th-17th century pottery from excavations in Southampton will also be on display and attendees are invited to bring along any groups of significance if they wish.

The day will start at 10am, finishing at approximately 4pm. Lunch is not provided although there are a number of pubs and shops in the area. There will be a small charge of £2.00 to cover refreshments.

If you would like to attend please email Ben Jervis

The Medieval Pottery Research Group with funding from English Heritage is running a series of training courses in November 2008 and February, May and September 2009. The courses are designed to provide career development for archaeological ceramicists who work on a freelance basis or within commercial archaeological units or in the university or museum sector. Whilst the courses are intended to be of particular value to those involved in the study of post-Roman ceramics they will also be of value to those involved in the study of prehistoric and Roman pottery.

For full details on the courses please click here (pdf 62.9kb)

To book please download the booking form here (pdf 57kb)

XLII Convegno Internazionale della Ceramica

Tecnologie e produzione della ceramica in età medievale e moderna

Savona – Albisola

29-30 maggio 2009

Conference Leaflet available here (pdf 272kb)