Medieval Domestic Cultures conference
Oxford, 24-26 September 2010
The Society’s autumn conference will examine the evidence for the interiors of late medieval domestic buildings. It is jointly organized with the Vernacular Architecture Group. It brings together for the first time in recent years scholars from all the relevant archaeology, history and architectural history to review the latest work in this field in England, Scotland and Wales.
Medieval artefacts and the medieval buildings are generally studied entirely separately and usually by different people. In recent years a number of new studies have appeared, mainly by historians, which have began to consider domestic interiors and the way in which they might have appeared to occupants and been shaped for display to visitors. Domestic cultures is a rapidly developing field of scholarly research which is also being studied using the evidence of the buildings themselves and of artefacts.
The conference is held at Rewley House, Oxford and further details can be obtained from the Dept of Continuing Education, University of Oxford (http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk)
Programme
Furnishing the medieval English house – archaeology, documents and buildings – Mark Gardiner
Residence or workspace? The use of medieval urban buildings in England – Sarah Pearson
Domestic culture in the south east: evidence from the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum – Danae Tankard
Lost comforts in the early Scottish house – Charles McKean
Domestic artefacts and furnishing from Scotland – how well does the archaeological record reflect the written sources – David Caldwell
Medieval dwellings in Wales inside out – Richard Suggett
Interiors and households in Wales and the Marches c. 1450-1550 – Charles Kightly
Gender, status, and intimacy: the meaning of furnishings in town and country – Jeremy Goldberg
Ceramic scene-setters in the medieval home – Maureen Mellor
Lifestyle in late medieval Wharram Percy – Peter Brears
Living in medieval peasant houses – Chris Dyer
The Society for Medieval Archaeology Postgraduate Colloquium
On February 19th and 20th 2010, the Society will be hosting its annual postgraduate colloquium
conjunction with the University of Birmingham
research and discuss their findings over a two-day conference. The conference is designed as a
forum for informing others about your research, as well providing a research environment within
which students can develop ideas and make new contacts.
Click here to download the:
Conference poster (PDF, 324KB)
Programme - Friday 19th February 2010 (PDF, 67KB)
Programme - Saturday 20th February 2010 (PDF, 67KB)
Conference details and booking form (PDF, 174KB)
