From Craft to Science:
European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics 2009
Organised by the British Museum and UCL Institute
of Archaeology
Thursday 10 – Sunday 13 September 2009
BP Lecture Theatre
£150, students £100
Dinner on Saturday 12 September at British Academy £60
Conference plus dinner £210, students £160
The focus of the conference is the scientific study and
archaeological interpretation of ancient ceramics. Bringing
together established scholars and young researchers from a wide
range of academic backgrounds, including ceramic petrologists,
chemists, material scientists, geologists, archaeologists and art
historians, EMAC stimulates an international and cross-faculty
exchange of ideas and approaches.
The conference coincides with Wedgwood’s 250th anniversary. On
Friday 11 September there will be a special themed session to
promote and discuss the study of ceramics produced in the wake of
the Industrial Revolution.
On Sunday 13 September, there will be a one-day excursion to
visit the newly refurbished Wedgwood Visitor Centre and Museum in
Stoke-on-Trent. Tickets for the excursion cost £40 and places are
limited to 50. To book the excursion please email emac09@ucl.ac.uk.
The conference will include the following sessions:
- Technology and provenance
- Methodological developments
- Dating
- Technical ceramics
- Building materials
- Islamic ceramics
- Residue analysis
All delegates will receive a copy of the volume that will be
published with selected conference papers.
Booking information
If booking just for the conference dinner, please note that you
need to select the start date for entire conference (10
September) from the calendar and the conference start time (08.30)
before you can proceed.
If you wish to be invoiced for this event then please contact
the British Museum Ticket Desk on +44 (0)20 7323 8181 or email
tickets@britishmuseum.org
For more information about EMAC 2009
Visit www.ucl.ac.uk/EMAC09 or
email emac09@ucl.ac.uk
or emac09@britishmuseum.org
Telephone +44 (0)20 7323 8671
Facsimile +44 (0)20 7323 8276
EMAC 2009
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research
British Museum
Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG
Organised by the British Museum and the UCL Institute of
Archaeology
Local organising committee
Caroline Cartwright, British Museum
Catherine Higgitt, British Museum
Alice Hunt, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Marcos Martinon-Torres, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Thilo Rehren, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Michela Spataro, British Museum
Image: Pair of vases painted in the
encaustic technique, England, Staffordshire, about 1810