RAS Conference 2022
Conference 2022
This year our theme is Reconstructing Hadrian's Wall (and other Roman forts)
It is with regret that the organisers felt it necessary to cancel both the 2020 and 2021 sessions due to the restrictions imposed by Covid-19. We look forward to welcoming delegates once again in 2022. In the meantime we are moving online and hope to run a series of lectures in 2021 details of which will be published in our newsletters, website and social media.
Conference Information (provisional)
Roman Army School 2022 will run from Friday 25th March to lunch on Monday 28th March 2022, at St Chad's College, University of Durham. This year the theme is:
Reconstructing Hadrian's Wall (and other Roman forts)
After a successful 2019 meeting on Sieges and Artillery we will be turning our attention to what Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts might have looked like. We will consider the evidence for reconstructions and look at three reconstructed buildings at South Shields. Speakers will include Dr Christof Flugel, head of the Bavarian Museums Service, Professor David Breeze and Professor Valerie Maxfield. Paul Bidwell and Nick Hodgson will lead the tour to South Shields fort as well as speaking at the conference.
Draft Lecture Programme
Friday
16.30 - 17.00 Arrive, meet and greet. Tea, coffee, biscuits.
18.00 - 19.00 Bar open.
19.00 Dinner.
20.15 21.00 Introduction to weekend. David Breeze.
21.00 Bar open in Atrium.
Saturday
08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast.
09.00 - 10.30 Inscriptions and buildings. Lawrence Keppie.
10.30 - 11.00 Tea, coffee, biscuits.
11.00 - 12.30 Colouring inscriptions. Louisa Campbell.
12.30 - 14.00 Soup and sandwich lunch.
14.00 - 15.00 The evidence of brooches and graffiti. Christof Flugel.
15.00 - 15.30 Tea, coffee, biscuits.
15.30 - 16.30 Some evidence from the East. Valerie Maxfield.
16.30 - 17.00 Tea, coffee, biscuits.
17.00 - 18.00 TBC.
18.00 - 19.00 Bar open until 7.00pm.
19.00 Dinner.
20.15 - 21.00 Painting the past. Graham Sumner.
21.00 Bar open in Atrium.
Sunday
08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast.
09.00 - 10.30 Replicating the West Gate at South Shields. Paul Bidwell.
10.30 - 11.00 Tea, coffee, biscuits.
11.00 - 12.30 Reconstructing the Barrack-Block and Commander's House at South Shields Nick Hodgson.
12.30 - 14.00 Soup and sandwich lunch.
14.00 - 18.00 Excursion to South Shields
18.00 - 19.00 Bar open until 7.00pm.
19.00 Dinner.
20.15 - 21.00
21.00 Bar open in Atrium.
Monday
08.00 - 09.00 Breakfast.
09.00 - 10.30 A Review of Reconstructions. David Breeze and Chris Flugel.
10.30 - 11.00 Tea, coffee, biscuits.
11.00 - 12.30 Discussion.
12.30 - 14.00 Soup and sandwich lunch.
14.00 - Depart for home.
Download the Draft Lecture Programme here.
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