Please find attached details of a forthcoming free workshop to be hosted by the Centre for Antiquity and the Middle Ages, University of Southampton on 22 January 2007, entitled:- 'Labels that stick: early medieval people and objects and the problem of description’ The workshop will explore and debate the way we (historians, archaeologists, museum specialists, art historians) ascribe labels to early medieval peoples and objects how these affect the way we view and interpret the past. Keynote speaker, Professor Bonnie Effros (SUNY, Binghamton). You can find all details and the call for participation at www.scambimedievali.org.uk The workshop is funded by the Leverhulme Trust project: 'Medieval merchants and objects in southern Italy'. Please feel free to contact Dr Patricia Skinner ([log in to unmask]) or myself ([log in to unmask]) with any questions. Best wishes for a good festive season, Tehmina -- Tehmina Goskar [log in to unmask] www.scambimedievali.org.uk PhD student of Medieval History Material culture in early medieval southern Italy Cultura materiale nell'Italia meridionale nell'alto medioevo Centre for Antiquity and the Middle Ages, School of Humanities, University of Southampton