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Conference - Glasgow Fri 6th to Sun 8th July 2012
Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

The Group's 2012 conference will be held at the University of Glasgow from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July. There will be a choice of accommodation, with en-suite rooms at Kelvinhaugh Gate and standard rooms with shared bathroom facilities at Cairncross Student Hall. The approximate cost of a residential package will be £185 for an en-suite room and £155 with shared facilities. The University requires that a deposit is paid per room when the initial booking is made. For this reason the Group will initially book only 25 rooms at Kelvinhaugh, and all 20 rooms at Cairncross. It would be a great help if members could let Louisa have expressions of interest by January 2012 if they plan to attend and require accommodation, so we can gauge if there are enough rooms. 
   The lectures will take place in the Gilbert Scott building, the main building of the University of Glasgow, which is the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world

The theme and programme
The conference theme will be two-pronged. Firstly, in celebration of the Group's 40th conference, it seems appropriate to take a reflective look over Roman ceramic studies in the past, present and future. The intention is that this could lead to the publication of an edited volume which encapsulates where Roman pottery studies currently stand, how we arrived at this point and where we might reasonably seek to progress the discipline in the future, perhaps developing theoretical strands that can be helpfully applied to the interpretation of Roman ceramics. Secondly, given the conference location, it seems an ideal opportunity to explore Roman ceramic production and consumption in frontier contexts, be that northern Britain, northern England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Romania, or elsewhere.
    The weekend will include a visit to the Hunterian Museum which is the oldest public museum in Scotland and holds the most unique collection of epigraphic evidence in the country as well as a rich collection of other material which is displayed in a new centrepiece exhibition - "The Antonine Wall: Rome's Final Frontier". Thereafter we will board a coach and Professor Bill Hanson will guide us through a trip to the Antonine Wall fort at Bar Hill where a pot kiln was recovered from the bath house furnace and a wealth of material deliberately thrown down a well. Then on to Rough Castle fort where the best surviving section of the Antonine Wall is extant, finishing with a walk to the Falkirk Wheel for tea and a scone.

Rough Castle Fort

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