Costume Society Diamond Anniversary Online Conference 2024

Saturday, 26 October – Wednesday, 6 November

Book your tickets now for our Adorned with Jewels Conference

Saturday 26th October, Wednesday 30th October, Saturday 2nd November, Wednesday 6th November 2024

The Society’s Diamond Anniversary Conference will appropriately explore all things jewelled and encrusted with stones, bullion, metals, sequins and beads and fragments from the natural world. This glittering conference seeks to explore all aspects of jewellery and decorated and embellished garments and will feature keynote and guest speakers. 

 

 

 

Session One: Saturday 26 October 14:00 - 17:00 (UK time)

Keynote Speaker: Susan Rumfitt on 'Power and Passion' - Uncovering The Symbolism of Jewellery and Gemstones

Rowan Quinn, Queen Margaret University, PhD candidate: Jewellery, Gender, and Sexuality in the United Kingdom

Dr Lynne Bartlett, Jewellery designer and gemologist: The Chatelaine a Unisex Jewel?

Nathaniel Dafydd Beard, Senior Lecturer, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University: Boy in the Pearl Necklace: Charisma, Magic and Masculinity

 

Session Two: Wednesday 30 October 19:00 - 21:00 (UK time)

Dauvit Alexander, Senior Lecturer in the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University: “Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels”

Marija Ilinceva, independent researcher, founder of Craft Explosion: Bohemian Beads: The Glory, The Skill, The Legacy

Wafa Ghnaim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tatreez Institute & the Museum of the Palestinian People: Traceable Origins of Coins, Embroidery & Adornment in Palestinian Headdress, (Late 19th - Early 20th Centuries)

 

Session Three: Saturday 2 November 14:00 - 17:00 (UK time)

Highlight Speaker: Dr Karen Perlman, Independent Fashion and Textile Historian, Researcher and Curator on Maison Lesage: Adorning Modernism through Ornamental Embroidery for Vionnet and Schiaparelli

Dr Vandana Bhandari, author and educator: Jewelled textiles in contemporary Indian Fashion

Dr Elisa Palomino, Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center: Adornments from the Sea; Fish Skins, Bones, Vertebrae, and Otoliths used by Alaska Natives

Dr Katja van der Steen, Master Tailor and Embroider, Pearl Adornments in Russian Peasant and Merchant Headwear and Accessories: History and Craftsmanship

Maria Pardos-Mansilla, Textile Conservator at the National Trust Textile Conservation Studio: A Feast for the Eyes; Conserving Ellen Terry’s Banqueting Scene Dress

 

Session Four: Wednesday 6 November 19:00 - 21:00 (UK time)

Shelley Tobin, Assistant Curator (Costume and Textiles) at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Buckle Up, relating ‘jewelled’ accessories to dress

Caela Castillo, Independent Researcher: Nancy Cunard’s Armfuls of Armour, Exploring an Embellished Enigma

Megan Breckell, Curatorial Assistant at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge: Jewellery, Agency and Design, The Self-Fashioning of Jane and May Morris

Rebecca Harvey, Cultural Heritage Curator at The National Trust: "One of the first presents I ever received from him": Introducing the Calke Abbey jewels

 

 

I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.

And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth.

                                                                                                                   King James Bible Ezekiel 16:11-14

Please note the Society posts ‘live’ commentary on the conference on social media. Your ticket will guarantee access to all four sessions. The sessions will not be recorded.

 

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