The Staffordshire Hoard, 2009–2019: piecing together an Anglo-Saxon treasure
Monday
4
February
2019
The Staffordshire Hoard is an extraordinary assemblage of early Anglo-Saxon treasure, which was discovered in 2009 by metal-detection in the West Midlands. Find out about the five-year research programme on the Hoard which has led to major revisions in archaeological and historical understanding of the period.
YourDIG: Melting Pot Exhibition Launch
Thursday
31
January
2019
Steve Ashby's Melting Pot Project collaborated with A-level science students from York College to carry out some experimental archaeology to see if we could replicate how Vikings cooked
Locating Sites of Music Pilgrimage in London
Tuesday
27
November
2018
On January 10th 2016, fans flocked to Tunstall Road, Brixton to leave flowers and offerings in front of a mural depicting Aladdin Sane, a character developed by David Bowie, who had died that day. Hilary Orange of the Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany, and Paul Graves-Brown, Honorary Research Associate at York, will discuss the social, material and cultural forces which lead to certain London locations becoming sites of musical pilgrimage, and the acquisition and display of tribute materials that are now held within museum and archive collections. Please note the earlier start time of 17:00.
Constructing Stonehenge, Creating its Landscape c1860-1960.
Tuesday
20
November
2018
Martyn Barber, Senior Researcher with Historic England's Aerial Investigation & Mapping team, will examine the causes, aims and motivations behind some of the late 19th and early 20th century ‘restorations’ at Stonehenge. A narrative which views the transformation from a privately-owned and neglected ruin transformed, via essential maintenance and repair, into a unique expression of Neolithic beliefs and achievement overlooks the underlying complexities.
Foreground Activity, Background Architecture & Heritage
Tuesday
13
November
2018
Simon Baker uses his experience in founding architectural practice 'Group Ginger' to explore how the role of architects might be developed into that of concept managers or curators with on-going relationships to place-making, influencing policy, defining space, public use and participatory involvement.
Looking Out, Looking In – Island Archaeology and Heritage in Jersey
Tuesday
6
November
2018
Jon Carter uses his work in Jersey to discuss issues of heritage management on small islands, including pressure on land use, contested versions of identity, and limited access to national and international support, and highlights the need to develop and strengthen partnerships.
Kingship and Society in Northern Pictland
Monday
22
October
2018
Since 2012 the University of Aberdeen has been conducting large-scale excavations on a series of power centres of Northern Pictland. This talk will showcase the results of these excavations and reflect on the emergence of kingship in northern Britain in the late Roman and early medieval periods.
Collecting Diversity for Heritage Futures
Tuesday
16
October
2018
Sefryn Penrose and Esther Breithoff introduce the concept of Diversity and its safeguarding within the context of biological, cultural, genetic, and linguistic ex situ conservation practices. Drawing on their work with the Heritage Futures project, they suggest that exploring diversity conservation comparatively has the potential to inform both practitioners and publics about the divergent and sometimes conflicting futures which each field of practice is engaged in producing on behalf of humanity.
Contrasts and contradictions: The materiality of resilience, change and intervention in the North East 1929-39
Monday
15
October
2018
Ronan O'Donnell and Kayt Armstrong present their work with David Petts on the 'Landscapes of the Great Depression' project. They will show how industrial landscapes changed over the interwar period, using case studies to highlight how the economic depression was tackled in different ways through schemes concerned with material features of industrial society, poverty or unemployment; such as housing, environment, land settlement and agriculture, and health.
LANDE: the Calais "Jungle" and Beyond
Tuesday
9
October
2018
Rachael Kiddey, Sarah Mallet, and Dan Hicks, from the School of Archaeology and the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford, discuss their work on the forthcoming museum exhibition "Lande: the Calais "Jungle" and Beyond", dealing with topics including the impact of the refugee crisis of 2015 on European ethnological museums and contemporary archaeology and activism in the context of the Calais "Jungle" and beyond.
Transporting the Past into the Future: The Archaeology of the Lincoln Eastern Bypass
Monday
8
October
2018
Rupen Lopez will talk about some of the remarkable finds uncovered by Network Archaeology during their work on the Lincoln Eastern Bypass construction. What does the activity and occupation, spanning thousands of years, tell us about the place of the site in the movement of people and goods across and along the river and
through the wider region?
Artefact Geographies of the Viking Age
Friday
8
June
2018
Mariana Munoz Rodriguez explains how ZooMS analysis of Viking antler hair combs can contribute to the biogeographical questions of Viking age/early medieval archaeology across northern Europe.
Adventures in archaeogenetics
Friday
11
May
2018
Matthew Teasdale will discuss recent developments in the field of ancient DNA and explore some of the exciting new avenues of research now available.
Industrial strength calculus: Looking the Industrial Revolution in the mouth
Friday
27
April
2018
Lisa MacKenzie presents a preliminary presentation on the findings so far of her research into human dental calculus from the cloth manufacturing towns of Halifax and Manchester, featuring some of the highlights. Examples of food adulteration and environmental contamination will be shown which can potentially provide insight into urban industrial living conditions.
Sustaining public agency in caring for heritage: Critical perspectives on participation through co-design
Friday
9
March
2018
How can heritage professionals and researchers facilitate and sustain public agency in caring for heritage in the UK during austerity without exploiting volunteers or devaluing professionals? I will present the multi-method qualitative approach I have applied to exploring this question and some of the results it has generated. This will include analysis of how heritage organisations attempt to increase and sustain voluntary public efforts to care for heritage places and reflections on my own co-design project with three community groups in Yorkshire.
CANCELLED - Constructing Stonehenge, Creating its Landscape c1860-1960.
Tuesday
6
March
2018
Martyn Barber, Senior Researcher with Historic England's Aerial Investigation & Mapping team, will examine the the causes, aims and motivations behind some of the late 19th and early 20th century interventions at Stonehenge. A narrative which views the transformation from a privately-owned and neglected ruin transformed, via essential maintenance and repair, into a unique expression of Neolithic beliefs and achievement overlooks the underlying complexities.
Selling Museums
Tuesday
20
February
2018
Dr Jamie Larkin examines commercial activity in the context of the museum; should it be resisted or embraced?
Mapping the Resilience of the York Historic Centre to Enhance the Community Local Flood Culture
Friday
16
February
2018
Historic built heritage is the tangible expression of the culture of a place. It represents the identity of a community in relation to its historical inheritance, aesthetic canons and system of beliefs. Natural disasters, such as flooding, constitute a violent interruption to the continuity of these tangible and intangible values. In this context of exceptional cultural emergency, community participation and the understanding of a local risk culture are considered key in the promotion of preventive measures and in reducing disaster vulnerability.
