GLASS (9.30–11.00)
Sasanian Glass
St John Simpson (British Museum) - view recording
Mechanisms Underlying Early Islamic Glass Productions
Nadine Schibille (CNRS Orleans) - view recording
Chair: Beatrice Leal (University of Oxford)
CERAMICS (11.30–13.00)
Late Antique Glazed Wares: Ceramic Glazing Traditions and Cultural Interactions
Moujan Matin (University of Oxford) - view recording
The Commodification of Ceramics During the Early Islamic Period
Seth Priestman (British Museum) - view recording
Chair: Oliver Watson (University of Oxford)
METALLURGY (15.00–16.30)
What Do We Know About Crucible Steel in the Late Antique Era: Evidence and Origins?
Brian Gilmour (University of Oxford) - view recording
Copper-based Metal Technologies at the End of Antiquity: Continuity and Change
Matthew Ponting (University of Liverpool) - view recording
Chair: James Allan (University of Oxford)
MINING AND STONEWORK (17.00–18.30)
Metallurgy and Provenance of Early Islamic Silver: Current Results and Future Questions
Stephen Merkel (University of Oxford) - no recording available
The Impact of Raw Material Supply on the Development of the Early Islamic Relief Carved Rock Crystal Industry (9–11th c.)
Elise Morero (University of Oxford) - view recording
Chair: Jeremy Johns (University of Oxford)
TEXTILES (9.30–11.00)
Early Byzantine, Sasanian and Near Eastern Silks: Design and Technical Cross-Currents as Symbols of Cultural Exchange
Anna Muthesius (University of Cambridge) - audio recording only
Sasanian Silk Textiles in Samite Weave– Their Origins and Afterlife
Hero Granger–Taylor (Independent scholar) - view recording
Chair: Jonathan Shepard (University of Oxford)
MANUSCRIPTS (11.30–13.00)
Books and Bees: Material Culture from the Standpoint of the Natural History
Matthew Collins (University of Cambridge and University of Copenhagen) - no recording available
The Technology of the Codex in Late Antiquity and its Sources
Georgios Boudalis (Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki) - view recording
Chair: Alain George (University of Oxford)
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