| Historical Clothing and Textiles in Northern and Eastern Europe
Online – ZOOM and live on Facebook Thursday, February 20, 2025, 10.00 AM EET Friday, February 21, 2025, 10.00 AM EET |
Thursday, February 20, 2025, 10.00 AM EET
Chair: Ieva Pigozne | ||
10.00–10.05 | Ieva Pigozne University of Latvia | Opening of the conference |
10.05–10.30 | Jane Anne Malcolm-Davies Uppsala University | Crafting reconstructions: a methodological innovation in historical clothing and textile research |
10.30–10.55 | Maria Elena Bertoli School of Humanities, University of Glasgow | Textile economies in transition from plant fibres to wool in Bronze Age Northern Italy: new evidence from previously unpublished textiles |
10.55–11.20 | Alexandra Makin Manchester Metropolitan University | A project exploring the senses, connections and power of textiles in the Early Medieval North Atlantic (450-1100 CE) |
11.20–11.45 | Flórián Harangi Attila Türk Hungarian National Museum National Institute of Archaeology | Remains of a 13th century headgear from the archaeological site of Szentes-Kaján, Temetőhalom, grave 33 (Hungary) and the southeastern European connection of this find |
11.45-12.00 | Coffee break | |
Chair: Anete Karlsone | ||
12.00–12.25 | Valeria Di Clemente University of Catania | Status, clothing, political power and a kenning: the so-called dróttningar nautr |
12.25–12.50 | Meghan Korten University of Iceland | Cargos of connection: how wool textiles shaped Icelandic society through Medieval exchange |
12.50–13.15 | Mairéad Finnegan Maynooth University | Footwear in Late Medieval Ireland c. 1100 – c. 1550 |
13.15–13.40 | Dilshat Harman Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Imagined Livonians: Dürer's costume watercolours of 1521 in context |
13.40–14.00 | Coffee break
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Chair: Meghan Korten | ||
14.00–14.25 | Krisztina Rábai University of Szeged | Different textiles in the court of a Jagiellonian prince: function, fashion, expectation |
14.25–14.50 | Cecilia Aneer Department of Art History, Uppsala University | Dress materials according to rank and position: The use of fur at the Swedish royal court, c. 1540-1580 |
14.50–15.15 | Natalya Skornyakova National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” | Reusing, recycling, disposal: the life cycle of clothing in the Early Modern period |
15.15–15.40 | Riina Rammo University of Tartu | The costume of the 17th-century Rabivere bog body revisited - a witness of changes in the textile tradition and fashion |
15.40–15.45 | Conclusion of Day 1 | |
Friday, February 21, 2025, 10.00 AM EET
Chair: Meghan Korten | ||
10.00–10.05 | Meghan Korten University of Iceland | Opening of Day 2 |
10.05–10.30 | Cecilia Candréus Uppsala University | Tools of the trade: Early Modern articulations of borders between professions |
10.30–10.55 | Éva Deák ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of History | Silk in 18th century Hungary and Transylvania |
10.55–11.20 | Ieva Pigozne University of Latvia | Clothing of the lower classes in Riga and rural Latvia: variations in similarity and difference within communities |
11.20–11.45 | Anete Karlsone University of Latvia | Commercially significant textile dyes for Latvian peasants in the mid-19th century |
11.45-12.00 | Coffee break | |
Chair: Riina Rammo | ||
12.00–12.25 | Una Valtere Art Academy of Latvia | Technological advancements in textile production and their historical impact: a case study of embroidered belts |
12.25–12.50 | Eleftheria Rigopoulou National & Kapodistrian University of Athens | Who is the worker? Silkworms or women workers? The contribution of women’s labor in Soufli in silk production. Representations in Silk Museum |
12.50–13.15 | Ásdís Jóelsdóttir University of Iceland | Icelandic Lopapeysa, a protected designation of origin |
13.15–13.40 | Aija Jansone Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia | Handicrafts in liturgical textiles |
13.40–14.00 | Coffee break | |
Chair: Ieva Pigozne | ||
14.00–14.25 | Dushica Brachikj Nade Genevska Brachikj Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology - Skopje | "Koshula": a foundational element of Macedonian folk costume |
14.25–14.50 | Daina Lāce Art Academy of Latvia, Institute of Art History | Embroidered shirts of Nīca parish materials and their analysis 1924–2024 |
14.50–15.15 | Isabella Cascianelli | Crafting sustainability: Umbria’s hand knitting tradition |
15.15–15.30 | Conclusion of the Conference | |
