The Table - The Second Course The material culture and social context of dining in the historical periods Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield, UK 23rd– 25th April 2004 Registration Detaisl and Booking Form: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/ap/conf/dining/registration.html The Table’ (Part Two) Conference will move on in time to consider the changes that occurred in dining habits in Britain and the colonial world between the seventeenth century and the end of the nineteenth century. In this period late-medieval and Renaissance social habits were transformed, as manufacturing techniques improved, and the output of mass-produced items increased, fuelling the growth of the first modern consumer society. A major theme at this Conference will be the responses made by manufacturers to the social changes in eating, dining and food preparation which took place, not only in the home, but in public places such as hotels, ships and railways. The period saw the widespread acceptance of the fork used in dining, and an increase in peoples’ material wealth, with the growth of the middle class and demand for more luxurious items at the table. Documentary evidence shows both continuity and changes in eating habits in Britain and the colonies. The stylistic changes in objects for the table can be traced from 17th century probate records, through to manufacturers’ trade catalogues, which detail the diverse range of items, the stylistic changes, and the materials used. The increasing range of public eating – from lowly eating-houses to the cruise ships, railway dining cars and hotels development – had an effect on the products offered by manufacturers. Friday 23 April 2004 18:00 - 21:00 Wine reception at the Department of Archaeology (West Street). Welcome by Jim Symonds. Saturday 24 April 2004 Lectures to be held in the Satpal Ram Learning Centre, University of Sheffield Students Union 09:30 Reception desk open 10:00 - 11:00 Session Chair: Jim Symonds – Welcome David Barker, Stoke-on-Trent Archaeology Service, UK ‘Producing for the Table – a view from the Staffordshire Potteries’ Joan Unwin, Hawley Collection, University of Sheffield, UK ‘Conspicuous Consumption:How to Organise a Feast’ 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee 11:30 - 12:30 Christine Ball, University of Sheffield, UK ‘Trade Catalogues: Elaborations and Virtual Collections Ann Eatwell, Department of Metalwork, V&A Museum, London 'Silver in the Victorian household:changing attitudes to its use and status' 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (not included in conference fee) 14:00 - 15:00 Linda Young, Cultural Heritage Management, University of Canberra, Australia ‘Under Control: Correct Taste at the Dining Table in the long Nineteenth Century’ Susan Lawrence, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia 'Feeding workers: Food and Drink in Colonial Australia' 15:00 - 15:30 Tea 15:30 - 16:30 Alexy Simmons, Simmons & Associates Ltd, New Zealand "Postcard from Te Awamutu; Eating and drinking with the troops on the New Zealand War Front’ Eleanor Conlin Casella and Darren Griffin, School of Art History & Archaeology, The University of Manchester We Lived Well at the Hagg": Foodways and Social Belonging in Working-Class Rural Cheshire. Evening Meet for drinks and meal (not included in conference fee) Sunday 25 April 2004 Lectures to be held in the Satpal Ram Learning Centre, University of Sheffield Students Union 10:00 - 11:00 Session Chair: Mary Beaudry Mary C Beaudry, University of Boston Privy to the Feast: "Eighty to Supper Tonight" Diana di Zerega Wall, City University of New York, USA Setting the Table in New York City, 1780s-1850s 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee 11:30 - 12:30 Harold Mytum, University of York, UK ‘ Domesticity and the Dresser: An Archaeological Perspective from Rural Nineteenth Century Pembrokeshire’ Mark Horton and Dan Hicks, University of Bristol, UK Rethinking the Platter: aspects of mercantile consumption from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (not included in conference fee) 14:00 - 15:00 Julie Banham, University of Sheffield, UK Dinner at four, supper at ten. The dining arrangements of a Victorian Sheffield industrialist Annie Gray, Katharine Boardman, Peter Drake and Lesley Johansen-Salter, University of York, UK ‘ Sensing the Past: Recreating an Eighteenth Century Chocolate Beverage Recipe’ 15:00 - 15:30 Tea 15:30 – 16:00 Chris Cumberpatch, Freelance Consultant, Sheffield 'We didn't keep the Victorian Blue and White': Archaeological approaches to 18th and 19th century pottery from northern England. 15:30 - 16:30 Closing discussion, the conference disperses 16:00 – 17:00 Closing discussion, the conference disperses Humanities Research Institute University of Sheffield Floor 14 Arts Tower Sheffield S10 2TN Tel: 0114 222 9890 Fax: 0114 222 9894 Email: [log in to unmask]