Ireland in a Roman World

Ireland in a Roman World An International and Interdisciplinary Conference Robert Emmet Theatre, Trinity College Dublin 20-21 October 2012

Saturday 20th October 09:00 09:30

Registration

09:30 – 09:45

Welcome and Introduction (Terry Barry)

09:45 – 10:15

LIARI Team Project Overview and Aims of Conference (Jacqueline Cahill Wilson)

10:15 – 10:45

Paper 1 – Ireland in Late Antiquity (Conor Newman)

10:45 – 11:15

Paper 2 – Linguistic and Literary Phantoms? Romano-British Influence in Early Ireland (Edel Bhreathnach)

11:15 – 11:30

Questions

11:30 – 11:45

Tea/Coffee

11:45 – 11:50

Introduction to Papers 3 & 4 (Aidan O’Sullivan)

11:50 – 12:20

Paper 3 – TBC (Eamonn P Kelly)

12:20 – 12:50

Paper 4 – A View Across the Irish Sea: Perspectives from Roman Iron Age Scotland (Fraser Hunter)

12:50 – 13:05

Questions

13:05 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:05

Introduction to Papers 5, 6 & 7

14:05 – 14:35

Paper 5 – TBC (Speaker TBC)

14:35 – 15:05

Paper 6 – Frontier Cultures in the Roman West (Andrew Gardner)

15:05 – 15:35

Paper 7 – Beyond the Roman Frontiers: a Saharan Case Study (David Mattingly)

15:35 – 15:45

Questions

15:45 – 16:00

Tea/Coffee

16:00 – 16:05

Introduction to Papers 8, 9 & 10 (Ingelise Stuijts)

16:05 – 16:35

Paper 8 – Romans and Roman Finds in the Central European Barbaricum – A New View on Romano-Germanic Relations? (Hans-Ulrich Voss)

16:35 – 17:05

Paper 9 – Southern Scandinavia and the Romans Through the Centuries (Thomas Grane)

17:05 – 17:20

Paper 10 – The Roman conquest of Scotland and its implications for Ireland (Bill Hanson)

17:20 – 17:35

Questions

17:35 – 17:40

Introduction to Doctoral Research Papers (Ger Dowling)

17:40 – 18:25

Doctoral Research Papers (Fiona Gavin: Silver Pins from Late Iron Age Ireland, Sean Daffy: Roman Finds from Southeast Ireland: Context & Significance & Patrick Gleeson: Landscapes of Kingship in Late Iron Age Munster)

18:25 – 18:35

Questions

Sunday 21st October 09:30 – 10:00

Registration

10:00 – 10:15

Introduction to Papers 11, 12 & 13 (Raghnall Ó Floinn)

10:15 – 10.45

Paper 11 – From Pollen to Landscape: Can we Translate Pollen Diagrams into Vegetation Maps? (Jane Bunting)

10.45 11:15

Paper 12 – Isotope geochemistry: applications to archaeology (Alistair Pike and Chris Standish)

11:15 – 11:45

Paper 13 – A Review of Possible Contacts Between Ireland and Britain in the Iron Age and Early Medieval Periods as Revealed by the Irish Burial Record (Elizabeth O’Brien)

11:45 – 12:00

Questions

12:00 – 12:15

Tea/Coffee

12:15 – 12:20

Introduction to Papers 14 & 15 (Gabriel Cooney)

12:20 – 12:50

Paper 14 – Material Culture as Communication: Roman Objects in Dynamic Social Networks Beyond the Continental Frontiers: Potential Models for Ireland (Peter Wells)

12:50 – 13.20

Paper 15 – Ruins of Empire: Britain, Imperial Rome and Ireland (Richard Hingley)

13:20 – 13:30

Questions

13.30 13:45

Overview of Conference and Close (Tomás Ó Carragáin)

List of Speakers       

Dr Edel Bhreathnach - Deputy Director, UCD Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute

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Ms Fiona Gavin - PhD Candidate, NUI Galway

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Dr Elizabeth O'Brien - Principal Researcher, INSTAR Mapping Death Project

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Professor Peter Wells - Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

Dr Jane Bunting - Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Hull Dr Jacqueline Cahill Wilson - Principal Investigator, LIARI, The Discovery Programme Mr Sean Daffy - PhD Candidate, NUI Galway Dr Ger Dowling - Research Archaeologist, LIARI, The Discovery Programme Professor Michael Fulford - Professor in Archaeology, University of Reading Dr Andrew Gardner - Senior Lecturer in the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, UCL Institute of Archaeology Mr Patrick Gleeson - PhD Candidate, University College Cork Dr Thomas Grane - Independent Scholar Professor Bill Hanson - Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Glasgow Professor Richard Hingley - Professor in the Department of Archaeology, University of Durham Dr Fraser Hunter - Principal Curator, Iron Age & Roman Collections, National Museums Scotland Mr Eamon P. Kelly - Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum of Ireland Professor David Mattingly - Professor of Roman Archaeology, University of Leicester Mr Conor Newman - Chair, The Heritage Council & Senior Lecturer, School of Geography & Archaeology, NUI Galway Dr Alistair Pike - Reader in Archaeological Sciences, University of Bristol Mr Chris Standish - PhD Candidate, University of Bristol Dr Hans-Ulrich Voss - Scientific Staff, Romano-Germanic Commission, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut