Pre-conference essential information

Pre-conference Information
Thursday 27th November
For those arriving early a pre-conference tour of glass objects has been organised at the British
Museum. The tour and handling session is being taken by Chris Entwistle. It starts at 2.15pm and will
last approximately 45 minutes (subject to change). We will meet from 2pm at the Information Desk
in the Great Court.
Current sign up list:
Margaret O’Hea
Monica Ganio
Yoko Shindo
Anastasya Cholakova,
Patrick Degryse
Anne-Isabelle Bidegaray
Sophie Wolf
Bjarne Gaut
Sarah Maltoni
Lisa Pilosi
Giulia Olmeda
Christopher Hayward
Daniela Rosenow
Thilo Rehren
Rachel Tyson
Yael Gorin-Rosen
Juni Sasaki
Justine Bayley
Matt Phelps
Caroline Jackson
If you wish to be put on the reserve list, have any questions, or even wish to request any particular
glass object, please email Daniela Rosenow ([email protected]).
Friday 28th November
Day one will be held at the Wallace Collection. This is a national museum held in an historic London
townhouse. Registration will be from 10–10.30am. The Wallace Collection does not open until 10am
so admission will not be possible before this time.
Website: http://www.wallacecollection.org/
Address: Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, W1U 3BN
Public Transport: Nearest tube Oxford Circus 10 minutes walk (Bond Street is closed for
redevelopment). Alternatively, you can catch any bus that stops along Oxford Street or at Oxford
Circus and walk. Check www.tlf.com (Transport for London website) for details.
Map: page 5
Tea and coffee will be provided in the morning and during breaks. Lunch will not be provided,
however there are numerous places in the local area for food including pubs, restaurants and
sandwich shops. Additionally there is a restaurant at the Wallace Collection itself. The AHG AGM will
also take place during the lunch break.
Restaurants and pubs in the immediate vicinity include:
Pubs: Devonshire Arms - Duke Street; Pontefract Castle - Wigmore Street
Chain restaurants: Pizza Express - Thayer Street; Wagamama, Zizzi - Wigmore Street
Cafes: Caffe Fratelli, Starbucks - Wigmore Street.
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Friday Afternoon/Early Evening
After the final session on Friday the conference will move to the Institute of Archaeology, UCL for
the keynote and the evening’s reception.
The Institute of Archaeology is 1.3 miles (2km) away from the Wallace Collection. On foot it will take
approximately 20-25 minutes (see map page 6 for directions). Alternatively buses can be taken from
Oxford Street that go to Euston Station or you can catch the tube to Euston Station from Oxford
Circus. Any black taxi can also be hailed, ask for the Institute of Archaeology or Gordon Square.
The keynote will take place in G6 on the ground floor. The reception will take place in the A. G.
Leventis Gallery also on the ground floor. Drinks and some snacks will be provided.
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology
Address: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H
0PY
Public Transport: Nearest tube Euston Station or Euston Square – 5 minutes walk. Buses to Euston
Station or Gower Street.
Map: page 7
Saturday 29th November
Day two will be based at the Institute of Archaeology and presentations held again in G6. Doors will
be open from 9.30. Tea and coffee will be provided for breaks and lunch will be sandwiches in the
Leventis Gallery on the ground floor. The poster session will be viewable during lunch in room 209.
After the final lecture some drinks will be provided in the A. G. Leventis Gallery and then we will
move to the Marquis Cornwallis for more drinks where tables on the second floor have been booked
from 6pm for our use. This venue is 0.4 miles (0.6km) and around a 5-10 minute walk. Drinks and
food will be available for purchase.
Website: http://www.themarquiscornwalliswc1.co.uk/
Address: 31 Marchmont Street, London, WC1N 1AP
Map: page 8
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Things That Travelled
Mediterranean Glass in the First Millennium AD
Early Glass Technology Research Network and Association for the History of Glass Conference
Friday 28th November
Wallace Collection
10:00-10:30
10:30-10:40
Session 1
Registration and Coffee
Opening remarks
Chair: Justine Bayley (TBC)
10:40-11:00
Glass production and consumption in Cyprus in the Late Antique period (4th-7th
century AD)
Peter Cosyns
11:00-11:20
Shedding light onto ancient glass industry: glass consumption patterns in Maroni,
Kalavasos and Yeroskipou, Cyprus
Andrea Ceglia, Peter Cosyns, Wendy Meulebroeck, Karyn Nys, Hugo Thienpont and Herman
Terryn
11:20-11:40
A late antique Mn-decolourised glass composition – interpreting patterns and
mechanisms of distribution
Anastasia Cholakova and Thilo Rehren
11:40-12:00
Luxury vessel glass from Eleutherna-Sector I, Crete: Things that travelled in early and
middle imperial Roman times
Kalliopi Nikita
12:00-12:20
12:20-13:40
Session 2
13:40-14:00
14:00-14:20
Oversize Glass Gem Insets from Early Christian Greece
Anastasios Antonaras
Lunch (not provided) and AHG AGM
Chair: Thilo Rehren (TBC)
Things that travelled: glass factories outside the eastern Mediterranean in the first
millennium AD
Patrick Degryse
Early Roman Glass Trade in the Southern Levant: The Evidence from Nabataean
Oboda on the Incense Road
Ruth Jackson-Tal
14:20-14:40
Glass bottles in the western provinces
Jennifer Price
14:40-15:00
Coffee break
Session 3
Chair: Patrick Degryse
15:00-15:20
To be confirmed
Yael Gorin-Rosen
15:20-15:40
Glass production and trade in Early Islamic Palestine: the evidence from Ramla
Matt Phelps, Ian Freestone, Yael Gorin-Rosen, Bernard Gratuze and James Lankton
15:40-16:00
Patterns in Production: the Wilshere Collection of Gold-Glass Examined
Susan Walker and Andrew Shortland
16:00-16:20
Trading north: glass working beyond the edge of the Empire
Mary Davis
Institute of Archaeology
Keynote Lecture
17:30-18:30
Introduction: Yael Gorin-Rosen (TBC)
Primary glass workshops in Egypt : texts and archaeology
Marie-Dominique Nenna
The A.G. Leventis Gallery of Cypriot and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology
18:45-20:15
Reception
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Saturday 29th November
Institute of Archaeology
09:55-10:00
Opening remarks
Session 4
Chair: Daniela Rosenow
10:00-10:20
Ancient glass from Aquileia (North-eastern Italy): a chrono-typological review with new
data
A. Marcante
10:20-10:40
Consumption, working and trade of Late-Antique glass from Northern Adriatic Italy:
an archaeometric perspective.
S.Maltoni, F.Gallo, A.Silvestri, M.Vandini, T.Chinni, A. Marcante, G. Molin and E. Cirelli
10:40-11:00
Things that travelled – a review of the Roman glass from Northern Adriatic Italy
Filomena Gallo, Sarah Maltoni, Alberta Silvestri, Gianmario Molin, Patrick Degryse, Monica
Ganio
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
Session 5
Chair: Julian Henderson
11:30-11:50
New light on Dark Age bead making: the character and origins of early medieval glass
beads from Saxon England
Jim Peake
11:50-12:10
An Upper Adriatic perspective: glass production in Comacchio in the late 7 century
Margherita Ferri, Maria Pia Riccardi and Elena Basso
12:10-12:30
From soda to potash glass. Early medieval window glass in France, Belgium and
Netherlands
Line Van Wersch, Isabelle Biron, François Mathis, David Strivay and Christian Sapin
12:30-12:50
Sasanian cut glass, metal wares and skeuomorphs: circulation of objects and the
transfer of aesthetic values in Late Antiquity
St John Simpson
12:50-14:30
Lunch (provided) and Poster Session
Session 6
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Chair: St John Simpson
14:30-14:50
A view from the South: Roman and Late Antique glass from Armant (Upper Egypt)
Daniela Rosenow and Thilo Rehren
14:50-15:10
Into Africa: Roman and Late Antique vessel glass in the Libyan Sahara
Chloë N. Duckworth and David J. Mattingly
15:10-15:30
How Clean is Your (Glass) House? Recent Discoveries at Late Antique Pella in Jordan
Margaret O’Hea
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
Session 7
Chair: Andrew Meek
16:00-16:20
The coming of HIMT: Cataclysm or Tipping Point?
Ian Freestone
16:20-16:40
Precious things for special people: trends in green glass consumption
Sally Cottam and Caroline Jackson
16:40-17:00
Red opaque glasses: a single primary production?
Monica Ganio, Laure Dussubieux and Marc Walton
17:00-17:10
Closing remarks
17:15-onwards
Reception: A. G. Leventis Gallery followed by Marquis Cornwallis
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Map of the Wallace Collection and local area. Bond Street station is currently closed.
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Directions from the Wallace Collection to the Institute of Archaeology
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Map of the Institute of Archaeology and surrounding area
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Directions from the Institute of Archaeology to the Marquis Cornwallis
Accommodation
There are numerous hotels in the Bloomsbury area of London in short distance of UCL and the
Wallace Collection. Most London hotels can be found and booked through www.booking.com, and
cheaper alternatives can be seen at www.hostels.com. A small selection is presented below which
were chosen for proximity to the venues.
Hotels:
Bedford Hotel: Southampton Row WC1B 4HD Tel: 020 7636 7822 Fax: 020 7837 4653
Tavistock Hotel: Tavistock Square WC1H 9EU Tel: 020 7636 8383 Fax: 020 7837 4653
President Hotel: Russell Square WC1N 1DB Tel: 020 7837 8844 Fax: 020 7 837 4653
Imperial Hotel: Russell Square WC1B 5BB Tel: 020 7837 3655
Royal National: Bedford Way WC1H 0DG Tel: 020 7637 2488
The County: Upper Woburn Place WC1H 0JW Tel: 020 7387 5544
Budget alternatives:
Youth Hostel (near Oxford Street): 14 Noel Street W1F 8GJ Tel: 0870 770 5984 Fax: 020 7734 1657
Email: [email protected]
Youth Hostel St Pancras: 79-81 Euston Road London NW1 2QE Tel: 0870 770 6044 Fax : 020 7388
6766 Email: [email protected]
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