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With less than three weeks to go, there are still one or two unfilled places at this exciting conference which will commemorate the 300th anniversary of coke smelting of iron. The final programme is shown below. There is still limited discounted accommodation available at the following venues:
The Best Western Valley Hotel, Ironbridge 01952 432 247 www.thevalleyhotel.co.uk
International Hotel, Telford 01952 521 600 www.southwatereventgroup.com
Madeley Court Hotel 01952 680 068 www.hotels-telford.com
Coalbrookdale Inn, Coalbrookdale 01952 433 953 www.coalbrookdaleinn.co.uk
Buses will run from the conference venue to and from these hotels at the beginning and end of each day, and between the conclusion of the "academic" day and the evening events.
Please also remember the Ironbridge party on Friday 5th June!
More details can be found at http://tinyurl.com/c8jstb
Paul
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Fe09 Footprints of Industry
FINAL PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY 3RD JUNE 2009
15.00 TICCIH UK Council Meeting (members only)
16.30 Guided tour of the Historical Metallurgy Society Archives and Collections led by David Dungworth and John Powell (open to all, subject to a maximum of 20 people)
17.30 Historical Metallurgy Society Annual General Meeting (members only)
OPENING ADDRESS
18.00 Coalbrookdale: from ironworks to museum, 1709-1959 Michael Darby (Vice President of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, and a descendant of Abraham Darby)
WINE RECEPTION
FROM 19.00 IN THE 'COVERED BAYS'
THURSDAY 4TH JUNE 2009
ORIGINS AND INHERITANCE
SESSION ONE: EUROPEAN ORIGINS OF INDUSTRIALISATION
09.30 Farms to Forges: early medieval industrialisation in Europe Ronald A. Ross (Wilfred Laurier University, Ontario)
09.55 Iron, Glass, and Castles: the medieval industrial landscape in Spessart Gerhard Ermischer (Archaeologisches Spessart-Project, Germany)
10.20 Ancient copper and lead pollution records from peat bogs in Central Wales and Scotland Tim Mighall et al. (Universities of Aberdeen, Cambridge, Westminster, Leeds and Edinburgh)
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Monastic Scotland not Quaker Coalbrookdale?: Salt and the 'long Industrial Revolution'
David Cranstone (Cranstone Consultants)
11.55 Before the Lunar Society: the evidence for early post-medieval industrialisation in Birmingham Chris Hewitson (University of Birmingham)
12.20 Industrialisation: Some thoughts on Archaeological Evidence from the Manchester Region Mike Nevell (University of Manchester)
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
SESSION TWO: THE METALLURGICAL INHERITANCE OF ABRAHAM DARBY
13.45 The early iron industry in the English west midlands Peter King (Independent Researcher)
14.10 Some Brayon and Walloon interventions at Coalbrookdale Brian G. Awty (Independent Researcher)
14.35 Not the Ditherington Flax Mill: Another Structural Engineering Innovation by Charles Bage of Shrewsbury Tom Swailes (University of Manchester)
14.50 New men on the block - Sheffield steelmen in the Cutlers' Company Joan Unwin (Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire)
15.15 Discussion
15.30 Tea
15.05 Discussion
15.20 Tea
15.45 C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron: cognitive archaeology and metalworking David Dungworth (English Heritage)
16.10 Puddling: A Metallurgical Perspective Merton C. Flemings (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
16.35 Discussion
16.45 Break
17.00 Presentation of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Dissertation Prize
KEYNOTE LECTURE
17.15 Fuel and power - change in British industry 1600-1800 David Crossley (University of Sheffield)
FRIDAY 5TH JUNE 2009
TOWARDS BRAVE NEW WORLDS
SESSION THREE: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
09.30 Religion, science and technology in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Paul Belford (Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust)
09.55 The Industrial and Social Impact of John Wilkinson Vin Callcut (Independent Researcher)
10.20 Advancing the work of Prometheus - the impact of artificial light in the workplace and beyond Ian West (University of Leicester)
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Bath in the Industrial Revolution: the Harmony of Tourism, Trade, and Innovation C. J. Axon (University of Oxford) and Stuart Burroughs (Museum of Bath at Work)
11.55 The Shock of the New: technology and change in London's East End Emma Dwyer (Museum of London Archaeology)
12.20 The impact of science and technology on Scotland's 19th century sailing fishing fleets Robert Prescott (University of St. Andrews)
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
SESSION FOUR: LIFE AND DEATH
13.45 Bound to the Margins of Society: West Yorkshire Workhouses of the Industrial Age Charlotte Newman (University of York)
14.10 Living through the industrial revolution: disease and death in 18th and 19th century Birmingham Megan Brickley (University of Birmingham)
14.35 A Cast Iron Legacy: Remembering the roots of an industrial village in Nottinghamshire Emily Gillott and Andy Gaunt (Nottinghamshire County Council)
14.50 Dealing with the personal in a time of mass production: the evidence from the funerary industry Harold Mytum (University of Liverpool)
15.15 Discussion
15.30 Tea
SESSION FIVE: IMPERIAL TENSIONS
16.05 Steel Away - the Trenton Steel Works and the Struggle for American Manufacturing Independence Richard W. Hunter and Ian C. Burrow (Hunter Research Inc.)
16.30 Training for the Trenches: the archaeology of the Great War camps on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire Ian Wykes (Staffordshire County Council)
16.55 Discussion
17.05 Break
KEYNOTE LECTURE
17.15 New light on familiar objects: archaeology and industrialisation in the 21st century Marilyn Palmer(University of Leicester)
IRONBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGY ANNIVERSARY PARTY FROM 19.30 IN 'THE ENGINE SHOP'
CELIDH BAND ('THE BOYS FROM OAKHILL'), BAR, FOOD AND DANCING.
SATURDAY 6TH JUNE 2009
THE LEGACY OF INDUSTRIALISATION
SESSION SIX: UNDERSTANDING THE RESOURCE
09.30 Glasgow's water supply: recording and protecting the Loch Katrine scheme Miles Oglethorpe (Historic Scotland) and Miriam McDonald (RCAHMS)
09.55 Smelting works, chapels, churches, institutes and houses Stephen Hughes (Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales)
10.20 It's not just the Buildings: Approaches to improving appreciation of Ironworks in their landscapes in South Wales Andrew G Marvell (Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust)
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Tea
11.30 Shipbuilding and shipping technology 1860-1950 John Gribble (Wessex Archaeology)
11.55 So much archaeology, so little time: archaeological technique and Industrial remains Helen Gomersall (West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service)
12.20 Detritus or Waste?: Approaches to preservation and presentation of 19th & 20th century industrial workshops William Mitchell (University of Birmingham)
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
SESSION SEVEN: MANAGING AND INTERPRETING INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
13.45 The Clee Hills: concrete heritage, missed opportunities and an extraordinary landscape Roger White (University of Birmingham)
14.10 Industrial Heritage in the Greater Region Norbert Mendgen (HTW des Saarlandes)
14.35 Industrial World Heritage Sites: from icons to cultural landscapes - ten years on!
Keith Falconer (English Heritage)
14.50 Industrial heritage in Spain: national plan and concrete examples Pablo Sánchez (University of Valladolid / Llámpara Association)
15.15 Discussion
15.30 Tea
16.00 Apocalypse Soon: a seedbank of technologies as part of the human survival package?
David Cranstone (Cranstone Consultants)
16.10 Discussion
17.00 Break
CONCLUDING LECTURE
17.15 Bringing Back The People
Sir Neil Cossons
CONFERENCE DINNER
FROM 20.00 IN 'ENGINUITY'
BAR, THREE COURSE MEAL AND WINE
CLOSING REMARKS BY MR STEVE MILLER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST
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