Upcoming Meetings & Events

We are excited to announce the programme for our Spring meeting: Transparent Journeys Along the Silk Roads: Glass and Connectivity across Central Asia and Beyond. It takes place at UCL in Bloomsbury, central London from midday Thursday 14th – midday Saturday 16th May, allowing travel time for those who live away from London. 

The meeting focuses on the vital role of glass as an indicator of exchange, trade and movement along the Silk Roads. It features twenty-four talks by some of the leading international experts in this area, ranging from informed overviews to cutting edge research results.  Speakers include Brigitte Borrel (Heidelberg, Germany), Laure Dussubieux (Chicago, USA), Julian Henderson (Nottingham) and Nadine Schibille (CNRS, France) with many other specialists including visitors from universities and institutes at the eastern end of the Silk Roads, from east and south Asia. 

The full programme can be viewed and downloaded here

The meeting represents a unique opportunity to get up-to-speed with the latest research on Silk Road glass and the talks span a chronological range from the Late Bronze Age through to the post-medieval periods, with a particular focus on medieval trade and exchange. 

For those who have time on Thursday morning or Saturday afternoon there are a series of additional activities including a behind the scenes visit to the Scientific Laboratories of the British Museum and a handling session on early Egyptian glass in the Petrie Museum of Egyptology.   Furthermore, the British Museum is also sponsoring twenty free admissions to its excellent Hawaii Exhibition before opening on Thursday morning (between 9 and 10 am).  Numbers on these optional extras are strictly limited, and early registration is advised to ensure a place. 

While the programme for speakers is now full, there are still spaces for posters, and we welcome further submissions before April 1^st. Early bird tickets (with a deadline of 10 April) cost £80.00 full rate, £40.00 students and include Day 1 wine reception, refreshment breaks and lunch on Day 2.  They are available on Eventbrite here

For any enquiries please email the team at :-events@historyofglass.org.uk

Past Meetings

Information about past meetings can be found on our Past Meetings page. Members can also access recordings of past meetings, when available.

If you have photos from past meetings, please add them to our archives by emailing web@historyofglass.org.uk.