CENTRE FOR WEST MIDLANDS HISTORY How to Enrol

Closing date for applications is 5 days before the day school. The : It may be possible to accept late bookings, but please telephone Past, Present and Future Dr Malcolm Dick on 0121 415 8253 to check availability of places beforehand.

Receipts and Confirmation

We do not issue receipts for the payment of fees. However, if you do require one please enclose a stamped addressed envelope with your enrolment form. Please assume that you have been accepted for the day school unless you hear to the contrary.

Data Protection

The names and addresses of people attending our programmes are held on a computerised mailing list which will be used to send you information. Please let us know if you:

 wish your name to be removed  change your name and/or address (please remember to quote your previous name/address)

Disclaimer Saturday 23 June 2012, 10am - 4.00pm This leaflet is prepared well in advance to provide information Lecture Room 1, First Floor before you apply, and therefore there may be alterations to the programme. While every effort is made to avoid any changes, we Arts Building, , reserve the right to withdraw or amend any part of this programme Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT without prior notice. www.theassayoffice.co.uk www.cwmh.bham.ac.uk

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter: Past, Present and Future The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter: Past, Present and Future Saturday 23 June 2012, 10am - 4.00pm Saturday 23 June 2012, 10am - 4.00pm Lecture Room 1, First Floor, Arts Building, University of Birmingham Lecture Room 1, First Floor, Arts Building, University of Birmingham

Venue: Lecture Room 1, Arts Building, University of Birmingham No. of Places: …………. Fee: £36.00 Amount Payable: …………………...... Fee: £36 (refreshments and lunch provided) (Plus 1.2% administration for credit card transaction). ONLINE BOOKING: http://www.bhamonlineshop.co.uk/ This is the first joint Birmingha m Assay Office and Centre for West Midlands History, Please complete in BLOCK CAPITALS University of Birmingham day school. The Assay Office was formed in 1773 as a Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Dr result of a successful campaign led by Birmingham industrialist, entrepreneur and Surname: ………………………………….. Forename: ……….………………….. silversmith . It is the largest assay office in the world and continues to carry out its statutory duty of hallmarking articles manufactured in platinum, gold, Address: …………………………………………………………...………………… silver and palladium. Five speakers explore the Quarter’s history, heritage, contemporary crafts and jewellery and silver manufacturing. …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10.00am Welcome and Introduction, Dr Malcolm Dick 10.10am The Birmingham Assay Office: Past, Present and Future, Sally ……………………………………………………….. Postcode: ………...... Hoban 11.10am Break Tel (day): …………………………… Tel (evening): ………………………………. 11.30am Soundscapes of the Jewellery Quarter, Jez Collins 12.30pm Lunch PAYMENT DETAILS 1.20pm The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Contemporary Cash/Cheque/PO/Credit-Debit Card (please delete where appropriate) Designers, Dr Connie Wan Please make cheques payable to “University of Birmingham” 2.20pm Break 2.40pm Silversmithing Today: Challenges and Opportunities, Stephen MasterCard/Visa No: ………………………………………………………………...... Millington 3.10pm Representing the Jewellery Quarter: New Audiences, New Expiry Date: ………….. Security Code: …………….(Found on back of card ) Approaches, Jack Kirby 3.40pm Closing Discussion, led by Dr Malcolm Dick Signature: ……………………………………… Date : ………………………...... 4.00pm Finish Jez Collins works at Birmingham City University. He created the Birmingham Please return completed enrolment form to: Popular Music Archive (http://birminghammusicarchive.com) which captures the Dr Malcolm Dick, history of local popular music through memories, oral histories and ephemera. School of History and Cultures Sally Hoban is Heritage Officer and Training Officer at Birmingham Assay Office and The University of Birmingham a design, antiques and art consultant. She wrote Miller's Collecting Modern Design Edgbaston and is researching for a PhD at the University of Birmingham on women designers of Birmingham the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Midlands. See www.sallyhoban.com B15 2TT Jack Kirby graduated from Birmingham and Leicester. He is Collections Telephone Contact: 0121 415 8253, Email Contact: [email protected] Interpretation Manager at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum and sits on the Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you require a map  or local committee of the Newcomen Society for the History of Science and Technology. receipt  Steven Millington is a silversmith who has seen the best and worst of times in the Data Protection Act: The names and addresses of people attending our silver industry over the past 34 years whilst running his company and adapting to the programmes are held on a computerised mailing list which will be used to send needs of an ever changing environment to ensure its survival. information. Please let us know if you wish your name to be removed  or to Dr Connie Wan has a PhD from the University of Birmingham on the Lines Family of change your name and/or address  (please remember to quote your previous artists. She works at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and co-ordinates the name/address). research seminars for the Centre for West Midlands History.