<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439991201932_6007" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5573781626"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5573781626yqt0147010845" id="yiv5573781626yqt66271"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439991201932_6010"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439991201932_6009" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21715" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21714" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Textiles and Fibres Through Time - Call for Papers and Posters<br clear="none"><div class="yiv5573781626y_msg_container" id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21718"><b id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21737">Agricultural History Society of Ireland<br clear="none">Autumn Symposium & AGM 2015</b><br clear="none"><div id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21721"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21722">Apologies for Cross-posting.</div>Please share widely and in particular please pass on details to anyone who may be interested.<br clear="none">Please pin up the posters in your place of work/study.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21720" target="_blank" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ALijiw7WY6Q/VczOhSoAqOI/AAAAAAAAAO0/UlM4ygXWHB0/s320/Woodcut_Woman_Spinning_Detail.jpg">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ALijiw7WY6Q/VczOhSoAqOI/AAAAAAAAAO0/UlM4ygXWHB0/s320/Woodcut_Woman_Spinning_Detail.jpg</a>]<<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21719" target="_blank" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ALijiw7WY6Q/VczOhSoAqOI/AAAAAAAAAO0/UlM4ygXWHB0/s1600/Woodcut_Woman_Spinning_Detail.jpg">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ALijiw7WY6Q/VczOhSoAqOI/AAAAAAAAAO0/UlM4ygXWHB0/s1600/Woodcut_Woman_Spinning_Detail.jpg</a>><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Textiles and Fibres Through Time is a thematic one-day symposium that will bring together a variety of speakers from different disciplines. In the past, a wide range of raw materials including wool, animal hair, flax, hemp, grasses, reeds, briars, willow and bark have been used to create artefacts such as clothing, bedding, floor-coverings, sails, baskets, ropes and many other items. These activities have ranged in scale from craftwork to fulfil household needs, through cottage industries to factory production.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The aim of the symposium is to explore the history, archaeology economics and sociology of the raw materials, production, and use of textiles and fibres, with a particular emphasis on Ireland. Speakers may wish to consider issues such as: How did the development of new or improved agricultural and production techniques affect society? How were choices in clothing design and/or production a reflection of identity? What were the driving forces in the evolution of textile or fibre production? Who were the gainers and losers?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Speakers and poster presentations are invited from a diverse range of backgrounds including archaeology, history, economics, folk-life and sociology. Papers will be 20 minutes in length, with time for questions. A poster session with mini-presentations of 5 minutes will also be held.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This exciting symposium will take place on <b id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21807">Saturday, 21st November 2015 </b>at the Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Abstracts of no more than 200 words, plus your details, including affiliation (if applicable) should be emailed to <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:novembersymposium2015ahsi@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:novembersymposium2015ahsi@gmail.com">novembersymposium2015ahsi@gmail.com</a> by 18th September 2015. See our website at www.ahsi.ie for further details.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21726" target="_blank" href="http://www.ahsi.ie/p/autumn-symposium-2015-call-for-papers.html">http://www.ahsi.ie/p/autumn-symposium-2015-call-for-papers.html</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5573781626yui_3_16_0_1_1439540100781_21727" target="_blank" href="http://www.ahsi.ie/p/autumn-symposium-2015-call-for-posters.html">http://www.ahsi.ie/p/autumn-symposium-2015-call-for-posters.html</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dr Fiona Beglane<br clear="none">Lecturer of Archaeology<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Member of Royal Irish Academy Standing Committee for Archaeology<br clear="none">Committee member and website editor of Agricultural History Society of Ireland<br clear="none">Editorial board member of the Journal of Irish Archaeology<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie" target="_blank" href="mailto:beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie">beglane.fiona@itsligo.ie</a><br clear="none">CERIS Strategic Research Group member<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane">http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://itsligo.ie/study-at-it-sligo/undergraduate/archaeology-2/archaeology/">http://itsligo.ie/study-at-it-sligo/undergraduate/archaeology-2/archaeology/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2015/anglo-norman-parks-in-medieval-ireland/">http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2015/anglo-norman-parks-in-medieval-ireland/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">School of Science<br clear="none">IT Sligo<br clear="none">Ash Lane<br clear="none">Sligo<br clear="none">www.itsligo.ie<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439991201932_6021">
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