Date: Sat 11 Sep
Venue: Bute Room, National Museum of
Scotland
Cost: £20 / £15 book your place by telephone 0131
225 7534 or online by clicking
here (select the September 2010 calendar to access seminar
booking page).
To accompany the important exhibition tour of the Lewis Chessmen,
this interdisciplinary seminar will highlight recent research into
the origins, history and making of these iconic figures from a
range of perspectives. There will also be an opportunity to
visit the exhibition during the day. This seminar will appeal
to students, academics and those with a general interest in the
period and subject areas.
10.45: Registration (tea and
coffee on arrival)
11.00-11.45: The Lewis Chessmen –
their place in the Kingdom of the Isles.
Dr David H Caldwell, Keeper of Scotland and Europe, National
Museums Scotland
11.45-12.30: The
Lewis Chessmen: Art and Avatar
Dr Heather Pulliam, Lecturer, History of Art, University of
Edinburgh
12.30-13.30: Lunch
(not provided)
13.30-14.15: Facial Analysis of the
Chess Pieces - the use of forensic science techniques for
archaeological investigation.
Dr Caroline Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer in Facial Anthropology,
University of Dundee
14.15-15.00: The Norwegian Empire,
Fantasy or Fact?
Alex Woolf, School of History, University of St Andrew’s
15.00-15.15 Tea/coffee
15.15-16.00: ‘To you he left … his
brown ivory chessmen’, Ships, play and cultural value in the Lewis
gaming hoard.
Mark A Hall, History Officer, Perth Museum & Art Gallery
16.00-16.30:
Questions/discussion.