Meetings

Upcoming Meetings & Events

‘An Autumn Miscellany’

We look forward to seeing you at our Autumn meeting which will be held as an online event. There is no charge for the meeting and members and non-members are very welcome. Please email: events@historyofglass.org.uk for the link. The AGM for members will be held after the lunch break.

Confirmed speakers and subjects

Ian Freestone, Martina Bertini, Kelsi Kaviani, and Andrew Meek – The origin of the Hedwig beakers, an enigmatic medieval glass group

José Alberto Retamosa – “So little done, so much to do”. Pending tasks regarding the glass finds from Baelo Claudia (Tarifa, Spain)

Kim Devereux-West – The Roman window glass from Fishbourne (title to be finalised)

Dana Norris – Restoring Vibrance: Conservation of an early English cut glass chandelier

Tatiana Ivleva – Recent research into Romano-British bangles (title to be finalised)

Thomas Derrick – Ancient Glass in the Macquarrie University History Museum: Collecting and University Museums in a Colonial Context

Alice Main – Analysis of the Roman glass from Binchester, County Durham  (title to be finalised)

Emily Harris-Taylor – The Analysis of Glass from the Roman Villa, Warkton, Kettering

Antonia Seifert – Glass from Tayma (North-West Arabia): An Investigation of Contexts and Material

Abstract and final programme are below.

Detail from the 5th century CE Highdown beaker, Worthing Museum, West Sussex

For more details of upcoming or past events 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.