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Forthcoming meetings

Coalbrookdale: Footprints of Industry
3-6 June 2009, Coalbrookdale, Telford

This meeting commemorates the 300th anniversary of the successful smelting of iron with coke by Abraham Darby. This moment marked a significant shift in industrial production from the use of renewable resources such as coppiced woodland and water power to mineral fuels and steam power. The theme of the conference is 'Footprints of Industry', and the focus will be on the examination of the social, cultural and environmental impacts of industrialisation during the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Following on from the 2008 Leicester conference, papers will be as interdisciplinary and as wide-ranging as possible, showcasing the latest in archaeological, historical and environmental research.

The Conference is being hosted by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, in association with the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, the Association for Industrial Archaeology, the Historical Metallurgy Society and the Newcomen Society.

To download the conference programme please click here.

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Across the North Sea: Later historical archaeology in Britain and Denmark c. 1500-2000 AD
22-27 September 2009, Odense and Copenhagen

The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, The University of Southern Denmark, Odense City Museums and the City Museum of Copenhagen are pleased to announce a conference on post-medieval archaeology in Britain and Denmark to be held in Odense, Denmark, with an additional programme in Copenhagen. Proposals for papers are now invited.

Click here for further details of this conference and the call for papers.

 

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Exploring New World Transitions: From Seasonal Presence to Permanent
Settlement

St John’s, Newfoundland, June 14-20, 2010

This Conference will highlight early European exploitation of the New World, with a particular focus on Northeastern North America. The conference marks the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Cupers Cove Plantation in Newfoundland by Bristol merchant John Guy - the first English colony in what is now Canada. The theme of New World Transitions, with its emphasis on the historical shift from seasonal to permanent occupation, will include Native contacts, the role of fisheries, the development of colonies in the early 17th century, coastal and maritime archaeology, as well as material culture studies relevant to this period.

The Conference is being jointly organized by Memorial University of Newfoundland, Bournemouth University and the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology.

Click here to view the call for papers

 

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Recent meetings

Post-Medieval Religion
September 2008, Norwich

The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and the Society for Church Archaeology held a joint conference on the archaeology of religion in Britain from 1580 to 1900.

To view the provsional programme for this event click here.

 

 

 

Old Meeting House, Norwich

Crossing Paths or Sharing Tracks?
Future Directions for the Archaeological
Study of post-1550 Britain and Ireland.
April 2008, Leicester

The conference brought together representatives from the Society for Post Medieval Archaeology, the Association for Industrial Archaeology, the Contemporary Historical Archaeology and Theory list, the Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group, and the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland to consider the commonalties between approaches as well as the unique contributions made by members of each organisation towards the study of the material heritage of the post-1550 period.

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West Country Households c.1500-1700
September 14th-16th 2007, Exeter

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Images from the conference

Friday Town Walk, Friday evening private viewing

Friday evening reception

Saturday evening visit to Topsham

Sunday visit to Taunton Museum

Monday visit to St George's Hall, Exeter

Conference Programme

Italy and Britain between Mediterranean
and Atlantic worlds:
Leghorn – ‘an English port’

25-27 May 2006
Livorno

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Border and Identity: The Solway Basin,
England and Scotland, c 1500-2000

Joint conference of SPMA and the
Dumfries & Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society
30 September- 1 October, 2006
Dumfries

Yorkshire AD 1500-2000: Research Directions
and the Next Ten Years

29 October 2005
Sheffield

SPMA 2005 Conference:
Shared Landscapes in the Caribbean

27 June-1 July 2005
Nevis, eastern Caribbean

The Archaeology of the Industrial Process
2nd October 2004
Ironbridge, Shropshire

Ireland and Britain in the Atlantic World
(joint conference with Irish Post-Medieval Archaeology Group (IPMAG)
February 5-8, 2004
Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Estate Landscapes
28-30 March 2003
University of York

 

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