Charles Grey Room, Colchester Castle, Colchester
We look forward to welcoming you to the MLPRG annual conference, this year to be held in the beautiful Colchester Castle. The theme of this year’s conference is recent ceramic research, with a particular emphasis on the early medieval period (c AD500–1000).
- General admission: £40, includes refreshments but not lunch, please bring your own
- Speakers ticket: please only book this if you are a confirmed Speaker at this event (£0.00)
The conference will conclude with a talk by the Senior Curator, who will also lead us on a tour.
DRAFT PROGRAMME
| 10.00 am | Doors opens for registration |
| 10.15 am | Welcome and house keeping |
| 10.20 am | Sue Anderson – Recent work on Early Anglo-Saxon pottery in East Anglia |
| 10.50 am | Stephanie Ratkai – Where cultures collide? Anglo-Saxon finds from Baginton, Warwickshire. |
| 11.20 am | COFFEE BREAK (provided) |
| 11.40 am | Siobhán Scully – Ceramics in a (Mostly) Aceramic World: Early Medieval Pottery in Ireland and the Early Medieval People and Things Project |
| 12.10 pm | Clare McCutcheon – The Crowland Bowl |
| 12.30 pm | MPRG AGM |
| 12.50 pm | LUNCH (not provided, please bring your own or shops nearby) |
| 14.00 pm | Diana C. Briscoe – Archive of Anglian & Saxon Pottery Stamps (AASPS), ‘Stamped Early Medieval Pottery from the Mercian Region: a reconsideration’ |
| 14.30 pm | Arno Verhoeven – Early and high medieval pottery production between dispersal and concentration |
| 15.00 pm | COFFEE BREAK (provided) |
| 15.20 pm | Short paper |
| 15.35 pm | Siddhant Sarkar – Village, Manor and Castle: Culinary practices across Norman Conquest of Medieval Adur Valley communities |
| 16.05 pm | Discussion |
| 16.30 pm | Short talk/Tour Of the Museum with Senior Curator Ben Paites |