This conference is a timely exploration of the effects that removal, remodelling, and relocation can have on historic and significant stained glass windows.
The movement of stained glass from its original setting to places new is not a recent phenomenon. Stained glass windows have been bought, sold, shipped, traded, copied, and counterfeited for centuries. However, the upswing in the closure of historic buildings and places of worship has led to an increased risk to stained glass both in the UK and worldwide. Where windows are not lost entirely, they are being dismantled, reworked, resold, and relocated. Though often ensuring their continued existence, these interventions have far-reaching implications for the stained glass pieces involved. Their condition, context, historical significance, and inherent meaning are all susceptible to change.
Event Programme
This year’s jam-packed conference will include two days of lectures and discussions on the challenges, solutions, and opportunities presented by these situations for medieval, modern, and composite stained glass. We are delighted to be hosting lectures by esteemed professionals from all over the world – speaking on glass from the United Kingdom, Europe, America and in Japan.
Friday - Day 1
Friday will be a full day of lectures followed by dinner.
For those who cannot get enough, there will be a fun, informal quiz and dinner on the Friday evening. This is a great chance to mingle and test your knowledge. Prizes yet to be announced!
Dinner and quiz venue: Kentish Barn, Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, The Precincts, Canterbury, CT1 2EH
Saturday - Day 2
Saturday will be morning lectures then we can all enjoy a guided tour of Canterbury Cathedral and conservation studios from Canterbury’s Director of Stained Glass Conservation Léonie Seliger ACR. Both days are inclusive of lunch.
5 Free Tickets
We have 5 free tickets available for early years practitioners and students! Please email up to 250 words telling a little bit about yourself and what you would benefit from attending this conference to [email protected] before 30 June 2025.
The winner will be notified by 7th July 2025.
Speaker Biographies
Lee (Bil) Bilson FIIC
Petri Anderson AGMP
Ute Bednarz
Em. Prof. Dr. Joost Caen
Zoe Harrigan MA
Shima Hayashi
Christa Heidrich
Derek Hunt FRSA FMGP ACR
Vivienne Kelly MA
Dipl.-Des. Markus Kleine ACR
H. Thomas Küpper
Armelle Le Roux
Gemma Lees MA
Ariana Makau
Moira Malcolm
Jamie Moore
Jen Padjett
Léonie Seliger ACR
Aude Spicher
