Conferences in 2014

March
1-2 March: "Meaning and Symbolism of Textiles and Clothing in Ancient and Modern Societies". National Museum of Denmark, Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen

24 -27 of March: Traditional Textile Craft - An Intangible Cultural Heritage?
International workshop at The Jordan Museum, Amman
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Read the anthology from the workshop (Released in August 2016)

May
1 May: Roman Dress in the context of Palmyra. A joint seminar between the The Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research and the Palmyra Portrait Project hosted by the Palmyra Portrait Project at Aarhus University.
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27-28 May: Materiality of Textiles and Clothing - Workshop, National Museum of Denmark and Museum of Copenhagen.
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June
19-22 June: "Textile Terminologies - from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe 1000 BC - AD 1000". The Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Second call for papers
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23-26 June: Experimental Archaeology Workshop at the University of Warsaw. Aegean Bronze Age Textile Production Techniques – Spinning and Weawing.
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August
26-29 August: 3rd Textile production workshop. Hands-on experience archaeology. Historical Archaeological Research and Communication Centre, Lejre, Denmark
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September
7-13 September: ICOM Costume Committee Annual Meeting. This year's theme is Dress and Politics.
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10-14 September: Textiles in a social context. Textile production in Europe and the Mediterranean in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE. Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Istanbul.
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Provisional programme: Session T03S003. 13 September

October
22–24 October. 7th Arachne Conference: Women, Power and Agency in Antiquity. Tampere, Finland.
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November
15 November. Ancient Textiles in Context. Symposium at The Hunter College Department of Classical and Oriental Studies, New York.
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27-28 November. The Global Trade of Textiles and Clothing in the Early Modern Period -  Exchange, Meaning and Materialities. International PhD and postdoctoral conference.
Global History and Culture Centre Department of History, University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
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