SJH News
Congratulations to Jacqueline Mina
Jacqueline Mina was awarded an OBE for Services to Art, as a Goldsmith and Jeweller, in the New Year's Honours List. Jacqueline, an active member of the SJH for many years, has described her work with metals to The Society in person and print. Her major exhibition at Goldsmiths' Hall last year was reviewed by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson in JHT 11, and there is still just time to catch the touring exhibition of her work, Touching Gold, at the Ruthin Craft Centre (closes 15 January).
Jewellery Unleashed!
There will be a one-day seminar on current topics in contemporary jewellery design organised by Premsela on Friday 3 February at Arnhem, Netherlands. For full details, click here.
Rags to Riches: dress and dress accessories in social context
There will be a one-day conference for archaeologists, art historians and others from related disciplines to discuss current issues of methodology, theory and interpretation of dress and dress accessories, from prehistory to the present day, organised by Reading University, on 21 April. If you would like to submit a paper, or find out more about this event, click here.
Histories of British Art, 1660-1735: Reconstruction and Transformation
Call for papers (deadline 2 March). This conference is a key output of a major AHRC-funded project on art of the period, 'Court, Country, City: British Art, 1660-1735.' This project is ran in collaboration between Tate Britain and the University of York, and led by Prof. Mark Hallett (York), Prof. Nigel Llewellyn (Tate) and Dr. Martin Myrone (Tate). It will take place on 20-22 September 2012, at King's Manor, University of York. If you would like to submit a paper, or find out more about this event, click here.
Membership subscriptions.
The new membership year started on 1 October. Many thanks to those members who have already sent in their subscriptions for 2012. If you haven't yet sent in yours, or have lost the form, or need any help at all, please let us know here. Prompt payment is very important for our finances.
Password for accessing members-only pages
We are now issuing new individual member IDs and passwords with the 2012 subscription confirmations. These will allow you to access all pages on the site which are restricted to members. The previous log-in codes have been cancelled. Contact us here if you have any problems.
The Colour of Metal
The Colour Group is an interdisciplinary society concerned with all aspects of colour. It will be holding a meeting on The Colour of Metal on 1st February 2012, 14.00 - 17.00, at City University, London. SJH members will be very welcome to attend (admission free). For full details click here.
The World of Sutton Hoo
A new display at the British Museum Highlights from the World of Sutton Hoo, AD 300-1100 showcases highlights from the Early Medieval collections while their permanent home, Room 41, is being refurbished. The exhibition is in Room 2. The new gallery will reopen in late 2013. For full details click here.
Jewellery History Today
The next issue (JHT 13) will be published at the end of January 2012. For contents of previous issues, click here.
Congratulations to Charlotte Gere and Judy Rudoe
whose book Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Mirror to the World, published last year, has won the 2011 William M.B. Berger prize for British Art History. This book was reviewed enthusiastically in JHT 9 (Autumn 2010) (available
here for members only), and is still available from all good bookshops, on and offline, as well as the British Museum. For details,
click here.
You can hear Charlotte and Judy talk about some of the material which didn't make it into the book on 24 January 2012. For full details, click here.
The SJH Library
The Society of Jewellery Historians has a small library of books on jewellery which is available to members at the Society of Antiquaries, in Burlington House. For full details, contact us here