Postgraduate Open Day at the Society of Antiquaries of London Programme: Friday, 20 October

POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY AT THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PROGRAMME: FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2017

Morning session [Meeting Room]

Time Activity 9.30am – 10.00am Registration & refreshments 10.00am – 10.15am Welcome Dr Jeremy Warren, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Curator of Sculpture, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and Emeritus Research Fellow, the Wallace Collection, London 10.15am – 10.45am History of the Society and an overview of Heather Rowland, Head of Library and Collections its collections 10.45am – 11.00am BREAK 11.00am – 11.45am Getting started in your research Dr Amara Thornton, Honorary Research Associate, University College London, Institute of Archaeology 11.45am – 12.20pm How SAL supports research – grants and Professor Christopher Scull, Honorary Director, Visiting Professor, Dept Archaeology & publications Conservation, Cardiff University, and Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and Lavinia Porter, Publications Manager 12.20pm – 12.30pm Questions and close of morning session Jeremy Warren 12.30pm – 1.30pm LUNCH The library will be open during the lunch break

Break-out sessions, 1.30 – 4.00

Time Sessions A [Meeting Room] Sessions B [Council Room] Sessions C [Fellows Room] 1.30 – 2.15 [45mins] Heraldry and heraldic resources [Dr History of collecting [Dr Jeremy Warren] Archaeology [Professor Christopher Scull] Adrian Ailes, Visiting Fellow, Bristol University & VP Heraldry Society] 2.20 – 3.05 [45mins] Seals as a resource [ Dr Elizabeth New, Prints & drawings as a resource for designed Medieval history resources [Professor Aberystwyth University Dept. of landscape and estate history [Dr Ann Stephen Church, University of East Anglia, History & Welsh History] Benson, Associate, Institute for the Study of School of History] Welsh Estates, University of Wales] 3.10 – 3.50 [45mins] Society of Antiquaries archives [Adrian Art history resources [Professor Maurice James] Howard]

Final session [Meeting Room]

Time Activity 4.00pm – 4.30pm Close of day 4.30pm – 6.00pm Library open for delegates The library will be open to delegates from12.30 until 6.00