*Humanising industrial history *International trade and local identity *
This year's conference will be held in Swansea, Wales, and hosted by the new National Waterfront
Museum in the city's historic maritime quarter. Accommodation will be in the nearby Swansea Marriott
Hotel.
The National Waterfront Museum is the result of a £34m partnership between Amgueddfa Cymru-
National Museum Wales and the City & County of Swansea. It tells the story of industry and innovation
in Wales during the last three centuries from a human perspective and uses much interactive new media to
interpret a wide variety of collections.
The themes of the conference will be
Humanising Industrial History and International Trade and Local
Identity. Offers of papers and other contributions are very welcome. Please contact the Conference
Secretary if you would like to give a paper (
Steph Mastoris, National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth
Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea, SAI 3RD (email:
steph.mastoris@museumwales.ac.uk).
DRAFT PROGRAMME (as at 18 January 2007)
THURSDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER
Welcome to Swansea
16:00 -18:00 Registration at Marriott Hotel, Swansea Marina
18:30 -19.15 Dr David Jenkins, Senior Curator of Industry, Amgueddfa Cymru
Industry and international trade in south-west Wales
19:30 Dinner at Marriott Hotel
FRIDAY, 14THSEPTEMBER
Humanising Industrial History
7:30-8.30 Breakfast at Marriott Hotel
8.45 Walk to National Waterfront Museum
9:00-9.10 Dr Roy Brigden, SFLS President,
Welcome and introductory remarks
9:10- 9:50 Steph Mastoris
Democratising historical narrative at the National Waterfront Museum
9:50 -10:30 Mared McAleavey
Interpreting Welsh identity in Oriel Un at the National History Museum, St Fagans
10.30-10.50 Coffee
10:50 - 12.00 Tour of National Waterfront Museum
12:00 Lunch at National Waterfront Museum
13:00 Coach tour of company housing and industrial sites in the Swansea Valley', led by Robert
Protheroe-Jones, and visit to Craig y Nos Castle and Adelina Patti's theatre -tea-
19:30 Dinner at Marriott Hotel
21.00 -late An opportunity to sample the delights of Swansea's night life
SATURDAY, 15TH SEPTEMBER
International Trade and local identity
7:30-8.30 Breakfast at Marriott Hotel
8.45 Walk to National Waterfront Museum
9:00 - 9:40 Dr Bill Jones
Industrial skill and the construction of Welsh migrant identities in the nineteenth century.
9:40 - 10:20 Dr Louise Miskell
From the Baltic to Bengal: international trade and the transformation of Dundee in the
nineteenth century
10.20 -10040 Coffee
10:40 - 11:20 Speaker TBA
11:20 - 12:00 Speaker TBA/Members' papers
12:00 Lunch at National Waterfront Museum
13:00 A walking tour of historic Swansea (of short or moderate length, depending on weather),
by Gerald Gabb (Swansea Museums' Education Officer), tenninating at Swansea
Museum, where there will be an illustrated talk on the development of the town, a cup of
tea and a chance to explore the museum, accompanied by the Curator, Garethe EI Tawab.
16:30 - 17.30 Annual General Meeting at National Waterfront Museum
19.30· Dinner at Marriott Hotel
SUNDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
Information regarding church services will be available for those wishing to attend
8.00 - 9.00 Breakfast at Marriott Hotel
10.00 Walk to National Waterfront Museum
10.15-10.55 SpeakerTBA
10.55-11.35 Speaker TBA
11.35-12.00 Coffee
12.00 - 12:40 Members' papers
12.40 - 13.00 Conference summary and plenary session
Discussion of themes and issues raised during the conference
13.00 Lunch at National Waterfront Museum
End of conference
