Call for Papers European Textile Forum, Eindhoven, September 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Working in historical textile crafts can be a very lonely affair. To help remedy this, we are organising a get-together we named "European Textile Forum" for people working in historical textile crafts. The event will take place September 7-13 2009 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

The programme consists of three parts: An archaeological spinning experiment in the morning; free time to demonstrate, try out and talk about textiles and textile techniques in the afternoon; and a series of short paper sessions in the evening hours. We would like to present current projects, reconstructions, technical problems or research work during those talks. Poster presentations, including a "show-and-tell" of your current project in progress, are also very welcome.

We want give fifty textile experts the opportunity to meet at the museum for one whole week, each with his or her project(s), and there is free time to work, chat, demonstrate and talk about textiles and textile crafts during the day. We have chosen dyeing, tablet weaving and spinning as main focus points of this first forum, but experts for all other textile techniques are more than welcome, too. The time frame for techniques is set from bronze age to early sixteenth century.

The museum is open to the public and we are inviting other weavers, spinners, dyers, … to come so they can also sit, work and talk with both guests and participants. With this opportunity for everybody interested in textiles, we want to help establish a better communication between professionals and non-professionals like Living History enthusiasts - because we are sure that both sides will profit from a closer contact with each other.

For sleeping at the museum, we can offer some of the iron-age houses in the museum - think "camping in a hut". Simple sanitary facilities are available on site, but you will have to provide your own bedding or sleeping bag. If you prefer the comforts of a guest house or hotel, you can also book your own accommodations in Eindhoven (see the Tourist info of Eindhoven for accommodation). Full board consists of breakfast, lunch and dinner; tea and coffee are free and also available between meals. Meals will be served at the tavern "Bonte Os", providing even more opportunity to meet and talk textiles. With full board during the week, participation costs 120€ per person.

On the weekend there will be a small market for textiles, fibres and textile tools in the museum. With this market, we hope to supply craftspeople with tools and materials that can be hard to find.

For more information about the museum, transportation to the Forum and the spinning experiment, please visit our website

http://www.textilforum.org or contact us directly via info@textilforum.org.until May 25 via the website  http://www.textilforum.org/participantq.html.www.pallia.net

Please submit your current area of research, the title and abstract of your presentation (papers not longer than 20 minutes)  

We are looking forward to a wonderful conference with you!

Katrin Kania

Sabine Ringenberg

Judith Schuitert

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