MPRG Conference 20th - 22nd June 2016 Taunton

Our 2016 three-day conference will take place in Taunton, Somerset from 20th - 22nd June and will be examining the evidence for the production and consumption of the medieval and post-medieval pottery of the southwest of England. The first two days will be spent in Taunton and the third will consist of trips to see museum collections in the production centres of Bideford and Barnstaple.

Further information will be available in the Spring.

Conference 2016 Call for Papers

Production and Consumption of Medieval and Post-Medieval Pottery in the South West of England

20-22 June 2016 Taunton

The south-west of England has long been recognised as containing a number of pottery production centres spanning the medieval and post-medieval periods. As well as satisfying local demand, pottery from the south-west was widely distributed along coastal routes to south Wales, Ireland and across the Atlantic. Recent fieldwork, scientific analysis and the reassessment of existing data has added significantly to our knowledge of the region.

The aim of this three-day conference will be to review the evidence for the production , distribution and consumption of medieval and post-medieval pottery across the region and beyond and papers are invited on these themes.

A title and short abstract for a paper (to last no longer than 20 minutes) should be sent to the conference organiser Lorraine Mepham  (l.mepham@wessexarch.co.uk)

Subscription increase and standing orders

The Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 6^th June 2014 at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery agreed a rise in subscriptions to £30 p.a. for individuals and £40 p.a. for institutions. If you pay by a standing order please remember to instruct your bank to amend your order to reflect the new subscription rate.

Medieval Ceramics - out of print and back issues

We have taken the decision to further reduce back-issues of Medieval Ceramics. The recent price system was tiered but now, any volumes up to volume 32 and still in stock are priced at £1. This does not include the Occasional Paper Series. Please see our publications page for how to order.

Out of print volumes are free to download from: www.medievalceramics.wordpress.com

Currently 11 volumes are available and more will appear as we run out of hard copies of later editions.

Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference 2013

Conference in Honour of Sarah Jennings

The Medieval Pottery Research Group and the Association for the History of Glass are organising a one day conference in honour of the late Sarah Jennings. The day will consist of papers on the theme of Recent Research and New Discoveries in Glass and Ceramics and will end with a wine reception. The conference representing some of Sarah's many ceramic and glass interests will be introduced by Duncan Brown, President of the MPRG; Justine Bayley, President of the AHG will bring proceedings to a close with an appreciation of Sarah’s role in the societies to whom she gave so much time. The morning and afternoon sessions will be chaired by Duncan Brown and Tony Wilmott respectively.

The Wallace Collection, London have kindly made available their lecture theatre for the event which will be on Friday 16th November 2012.

Jennifer Price of the AHG has volunteered to handle bookings and her contact details are on the attached notice and booking form, which is available here.

MPRG Conference: List of Papers

The MPRG Conference takes place from 21st-25th June on the Isle of Man (papers Thurs eve, Fri and Sat, with fieldtrips Sun and Mon). The list of papers is presented below. To ensure you receive lunch with your registration fee, make sure you register by 14th June! http://www.liv.ac.uk/media/livacuk/manxstudies/mprg2012/Registration%20Form.pdf

Papers include:
The Isle of Man: an introduction to its archaeology and history from medieval to modern times (Andrew Johnson)

Saxo-Norman material from the National Museum excavations in Dublin
(Clare McCutcheon)

Pottery production and consumption in Ireland in the twelfth/fifteenth centuries (Niamh Curtin)

Coarsewares and colonialism: manifestations of continuity and change in Ireland and western Britain (Alison Kyle)

‘Here be monstrous fabrics...’ – devising a strategy for the organic tempered wares of the Scottish West Coast, Highlands and Islands. (Derek Hall)

Iain Crawford's Udal: the key to ceramic traditions of the western seaboard? (Beverley Ballin Smith)

Pottery in the North Atlantic: A survey of medieval pottery from the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland (Elizabeth Pierce)

Understanding marginality in Glamorgan, South Wales: A ceramic study (Alice Forward)

Scanian Black Earthenware – A Study of Baltic Ware from Lund (Vibeke Vandrup Martens)

Scandinavian redwares (Lyn Blackmore)

Lödöse - A trading town on the edge of Europe (Sonia Jeffrey)

Ceramics produced during the Spanish-Dutch war in the 16th century (Maxime Poulain)

The pottery of a Dutch merchant in Elsinore (Jette Linaa)

On the Western Edge of the Byzantine Empire: Early Medieval pottery finds from recent excavations at Butrint, Albania. (Joanita Vroom)

At the edge of Empire: medieval pottery from the Noviodunum archaeological project (Romania) (Ben Jervis)

Ceramics on the edge: pottery from the medieval site of Jam, Afghanistan (Alison Gascoigne)
The Buckley potteries: imposition, innovation and cultural exchange (Christine Longworth)

The impact of industrial ceramic production on the highlands and islands (George Haggarty)

Cups and Confinement: Ceramics in a First World War Internment Camp (Claire Corkill)