The Association for the History of Glass is an educational charity aiming to advance the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of historical and archaeological glass
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We kicked off our Transparent Journeys conference today with a glass handling session at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and a visit to the British Museum labs. Stay tuned for more Transparent Adventures across the next three days!
Association for the History of Glass
Our next free online meeting ‘An Autumn Miscellany’ is taking place on Saturday 15. 11. 2025. We would be delighted to see you there.
Drop us an email at [email protected] and we will send you a link to the online platform nearer the time.
(photo: Beads from Novo Mesto, by B. Kriz)
All back issues of Glass News (to 1996!) are available open access on our site. Please do drop us a line, too, if you'd like to contribute to a future issue: [email protected]
The autumn meeting of the Association for the History of Glass will be held online on Saturday 15th of November. If you would like to give a short presentation (15-20 mins) then please get in touch with our Secretary via email on our website historyofglass.org.uk
Look forward to hearing from you !
AHG conference "Transparent Journeys along the Silk Roads: Glass and Connectivity across Central Asia and Beyond" will be held in London, 14 - 16 May 2026!
CFP is out now - submit a 200 words abstract to: [email protected] by 31 January 2026.
Society of Glass Technology Christmas Lectures
Online & open to all
Fridays, 4–12–19 December | 13:30–14:00 (UK)
To attend, fill out the form:
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Tomorrow at 3pm GMT, Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) is hosting an online lecture on glass in the Levant, by Professor Thilo Rehren. Don't miss this and book your place on Zoom here:
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Join us on the 16th of May for our meeting ‘Glass in Architecture and Construction’ at the IOE (UCL Faculty of Education), Bedford Way, London. More information and link to ticket sales on our website historyofglass.org.uk
One of the sponsors of the conference are the Steppe Sisters - an international networking group dedicated to connecting women and underrepresented groups in academia, who conduct research in Central Asia (specifically CIS countries) and neighboring regions.
Support them here: steppesisters.org
Take a look at the list of speakers for our meeting ‘3000 Years of Glass in Architecture and Construction’ and come join us in London on Friday, 16 May!
Tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/glass-in-a...
For abstracts and updates please visit: historyofglass.org.uk/meetings/
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Association for the History of Glass
Association for the History of Glass
The AHG is an educational charity which aim to advance knowledge, education and interest in the study of glass of all periods of history throughout the world.
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