Programme of the Awards for the Presentation of Heritage Research 2008

Logos of the sponsoring heritage bodiesSponsored by the Royal Archaeological Institute, English Heritage, Cadw, Historic Scotland, the Environment and Heritage Service (an agency within DOE(NI), and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Republic of Ireland).

Thursday 11 September 2008:  at the BA Festival of Science, University of Liverpool.

Programme


09.45-10.00

Organiser

Introduction – Sebastian Payne

10.00-10.30

Miss Sophie Beckett

Girl or Boy? Poor Hygiene or Poor Diet. A Urinary Stone from an Anglo-Saxon Burial.

10.30-11.00

Dr Nigel Melton

The Gristhorpe Man Project: the 21st century investigation of a 19th century discovery

11.00-11.30

Break – Tea and coffee will be provided

11.30-12.00

Mr Robert Ovens

The Heritage of Rutland Water

12.00-12.30

Dr Peter Marsden

The "Heritage Shore" at Hastings, East Sussex

12.30-13.00

Ms Dominique Bouchard

Museums and Public History in a Divided Society: History, Heritage and Identity in Northern Ireland

13.00-14.00

Lunch break - A sandwich lunch will be provided

14.00-14.30

Ms Shirley Curtis

Stable Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Bone Collagen: Weaning Practices at Medieval Poulton, Cheshire, UK

14.30-15.00

Dr Richard Hoggett

Raising the Dead: Discovering the Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in East Anglia

15.00-15.15

Break - Tea and coffee will be provided

15.15-15.45

Ms Laura Stevens

Working in the Goldfish Bowl: displaying and interpreting the real work of conservation

15.45-16.15

Miss Jamie Anderson

Practising Chronometric Hygiene: Evaluating Published Anglo-Saxon Radiocarbon Dates

16.15-17.45

Break

17.45-19.45

Reception

Presentations by Julian Richards

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