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, will showcase some of the latest research in glass studies. Short presentations are invited and new researchers are particularly encouraged to take part. For more details, and if you wish to submit a proposal (deadline September 15th) please email the organisers, Sally Cottam and Ana Franjic at :-events@historyofglass.org.uk

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AHG Session at EAA, Rome 28th-31st August 2024

Going with the Flow: The Many Facets of Glass in Past Societies

This session is to be held on Saturday the 31st of August at Sapienza, University of Rome, starting at 0830. The session is dedicated to the multifaceted evolution of glass use in past societies. Its key aim is to encourage speakers to take a closer look at the transmutable quality of this material, gathered (pun intended) at the intersection of utility and prestige, politics and spirituality, economy and cultural identity. Since its discovery, glass has served both practical and more complex, culturally inflected purposes. Its versatility, malleability, recyclability, and other physical characteristics allowed it to play many different roles in shaping the lived experiences of past societies: from apotropaic eye beads and everyday glassware to stained glass windows and telescope lenses offering links to the heavens. The diverse dimensions of glass use reflect the changing needs and aspirations of past peoples, and even today, glass continues to adapt, shape, and reflect distinct facets of contemporary societies.
More details of the event are available on the EAA website via this link. Abstracts can be viewed here.

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