Autumn meeting, Saturday 26th October 2024

A Fresh Batch: Current research in Ancient and Historical Glass

This meeting, to be held online and open to all, showcases some of the latest research in glass studies. There is no cost for attending the meeting. The list of subjects stretches from the Bronze Age to the modern period, investigating glass production, transport and trade, and the social impact of glass. The meeting will include the Association’s AGM at 2pm to which all AHG members are invited. Speakers so far confirmed are:-

• Veronika Nikolova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences):- Renaissance and Baroque filigree glass vessels in Sofia
• David Grogan (University of Notre Dame, IN):- Early Medieval Irish Glass Production and Exchange Networks in Context: The Role of Glass in Social and Economic Organization
• Theresa Costello (Costello Conservation):- Documenting physical evidence of Roman glass production with Reflectance Transformation Imaging
• Elizabeth Foulds (E & F Foulds Artefact Specialists):- Delving into Museum Archives: The Corbridge Glass Project, 2024 update (with Frances McIntosh)
• Lucy Halfacre (Cambridge University):- A Closer Look: The Glass Cinerary Urns of Roman-Period Britain
• Stephen Draper (Independent Researcher):- The Glasshouse at Knole, Kent 1585-8: Further Findings, a Fuller Story
• Sarah Mitchell (Newcastle University):- Jewels Created from Dirt: An Investigation into the Social Context behind Glass Manufacturing in Late Bronze Age Egypt
• Elisabetta Malaman (University of Padova):- Etruscan Glass from Forcello: techniques, styles, and production in the heart of Padanian Etruria (with Ivana Angelini and Marta Rapi)
• Thomas Derrick (Macquarie University, Sydney):- The Reception of Roman Glass Unguentaria in Modern Glassworking and Contemporary Perfume and Cosmetics Containers
• Victoria Kemp (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford):- The Impact of Analysis in the Investigation of Late Bronze Age Glass Production, Transport and Exchange
• David Govantes-Edwards (University of Cordoba):- Plant Ash Glass in Natronland: The use of Plant-Based Fluxes in Glassmaking from the 1st to the 9th Century CE in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin

For more details please email the organisers, Sally Cottam and Ana Franjic at :-events@historyofglass.org.uk

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Spring Meeting 2025

Glass in Architecture

We hope to announce shortly plans for our Spring 2025 in-person meeting on Glass in Architecture and are currently scoping potential locations with a view to keeping the costs down. Watch this space.

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