Europa Postmediaevalis

EUROPA POSTMEDIAEVALIS 2020 conference: Post-medieval pottery in the spare time

The conference aims to discuss the following issues: How did people spend their spare time in the post-medieval period? Who could afford to enjoy their spare time? And – most importantly – how did this reflect upon pottery products?

You can find more information and application form here:

https://www.czdean.cz/europa-postmediaevalis/

or

http://www.arup.cas.cz/?p=31739#more-31739

This anthology is a collection of works from the EUROPA POSTMEDIAEVALIS conference held in Prague in the spring of 2018. As the name of the conference suggests, the subject of interest is the Early Modern period (15th to 18th century) and the manner in which this relatively young discipline in the field of archaeology is approached in Europe. The first year of the conference set the goal of searching for topics in post-medieval archaeology that reflect their current situation while simultaneously addressing a broader group of scholars. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that the central theme pursued by generations across Europe proved to be Early Modern ceramics, the large assemblages of which are for many of us the bread and butter of our daily lives – a delight and often a headache resulting from their further processing. Since this issue is the one perceived most acutely here in the Czech Republic, we decided to share our current quandaries in this field with both our domestic and foreign colleagues. The long-term objective of the conference is to create a professional platform with a uniform communication language (English) and a biennial periodicity allowing us to meet regularly to exchange experience gained in our study and work in post-medieval archaeology. The articles published in this anthology reflect the current state of research of Early Modern pottery in individual European countries (the Czech Republic, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland), including both successes and possible shortcomings. The individual studies should serve as impulses for further study, ideas for thought and discussion and, last but not least, as study material for those who come into contact with Early Modern material culture as part of their work.