“Industrial Archaeology at Fifty” by Professors David Perrett and Martin Adams

Many IA societies have just achieved their half-century and in 2023 the Association for Industrial Archaeology will also achieve that milestone. After a period of rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s due to the role played by many adult education classes the societies are now more mature. However, most are struggling from the after-effects of COVID that led to many sites closing, some permanently, some practitioners stood down and even library research became impossible, IA now needs to find new followers and new subjects. This study day will address some of these questions and maybe raise others.

Programme
9.30 Registration
10.00 Industrial Archaeology, an Overview:
11.00 Coffee / Tea
11.30 Beer and Pickles: Brewing & Some Related Industries in London
12.30 Lunch – Bring-Your-Own – Tea / Coffee available
1.30 Three Mills, Bow & The Birth of Modern Biotechnology:
2.30 Tea / Coffee
3.00 Industrial Archaeology in London Today:
4.00 Departure

Speaker – David Perrett is Professor Emeritus of Bioanalytical Science, Barts & the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London. A chemist with 200 papers on diseases and bioanalysis, his interests relevant to today can be traced to a Yorkshire coal-mining town upbringing. He was President of the Newcomen Society for the History of Technology from 2007 to 2009 and is Chair of the Association for Industrial Archaeology. His interests include stationary steam engines especially Newcomen’s and IA in both Yorkshire and London, where he is President of the Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society (GLIAS).
Martin Adams is Emeritus Professor of Food Microbiology at the University of Surrey. He studied Molecular Sciences at the University of Warwick before being awarded an MSc and PhD in Microbial Chemistry at the University of Manchester. He is Editor of the GLIAS journal – “London’s Industrial Archaeology”.

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