
Welcome
The Association for the History of
Glass is an educational charity whose aims are to advance
knowledge, education and interest in the study of glass of
all periods of history throughout the world.
Our members' interests include archaeology, art history, conservation, museum studies, glass collection and glass science.
We publish a biannual newsletter Glass News and organise Study Days each Spring and Autumn, usually in London.
Update January 2021Our members' interests include archaeology, art history, conservation, museum studies, glass collection and glass science.
We publish a biannual newsletter Glass News and organise Study Days each Spring and Autumn, usually in London.
Whilst we are unable to meet in
person, we were delighted to be able to hold our Autumn
meeting and AGM 2020 'virtually' in December. In a
collaboration with the Early Glass Technology Research
Network, members and guests were updated on fascinating
research in early glass currently being undertaken by
graduate students in the UK. Timings of our 2021 meetings
are still uncertain owing to the current Covid-19
situation. However plans are still underway for our 2-day
meeting 'Glass in the North' to be held at Vindolanda and
Newcastle and we will keep you up to date here as soon as
we have definite timings for this event. In the mean time
there is much to look forward to over the coming months.
We are excited by the proposals for a United Nations
'International Year of Glass 2022' and await the decision
in the next few weeks as to whether this will go ahead.
More information can be found on the IYOG2022 webpage here. At the AGM we
were delighted to welcome three new members of the AHG
Board. Victoria Lucas, Eleonora Montanari and Tim Penn
will be taking over the Editor roles for Glass News.
The Board of the AHG send best wishes for 2021 to all our members and followers as well as thanks for your continuing support.
The Board of the AHG send best wishes for 2021 to all our members and followers as well as thanks for your continuing support.
Articles from Glass News
We have updated our list of
downloadable pdfs of Glass News (click on the publications
tag). These include issue no.46 featuring the glass fish
from Chedworth Roman villa (see photo above).
Grant Applications 2021
The AHG offers financial support
for activities and research relating to the history of
glass. Information about eligibility and the amount
allocated is available under the 'Grants' tab at the top
of this page. Applications are considered twice a year,
and the next deadline is March 31st 2021.