People & Pots
Makers & the Marketplace
Summer School 2024
27-30 August, 2024
Chester University
Programme
Julie Edwards
The rich ceramic archaeology of Chester
medieval to 19th century
&
Handling session of ceramic archaeology of Chester
Robin Emmerson
Exports of Creamware
&
Semi-Detached Ceramics
Pat Halfpenny
Little known early 19th century Staffordshire potters
Angelika Kuettner
Virginians and Their Dishes: Ceramics from the Greater Williamsburg Area and the People Who Owned Them
&
Simply Riveting: Broken and Mended Ceramics
Ben Miller
Farmiloe: The Pottery Dynasty That Never Was
Simon Spier
Chelsea porcelain and the V&A: Past, Present, Future
&
Henry Willett’s Collection of Popular Pottery
In addition to the lecture programme there will be
- an afternoon trip to the Erddig
- an evening display and dicussion of members pots
- evening book sales
- evening social time to relax in the company of like-minded ceramic enthusiasts.
Venue
Residential details
Summer School 2024
will be held at the University of Chester
Parkgate Road, Chester
Accommodation, dining room and conference facilities are all close to each other on the Parkgate site.
Bedrooms are in a newly built block and are accessible by lift, they each have a British queen-size bed, and ensuite facilities with a shower. Tea making equipment and a refrigerator are also provided.
Grosvenor Accomodation 
Lecture facilities
How to get to Chester University
Car: Parkgate is on the A540 as it leaves the city centre; Sat Nav. postcode CH1 4BJ
Train: Chester is well served by the railway network. From the railway station the campus is about 20 minutes walk or a short taxi ride.
Rooms and registration will be available from 2:30 pm, Tuesday 27 August when coffee and tea will be available. The conference formally begins with the wine reception at 6:30pm.