Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other congress attendees? Why not present your work in one of the two poster sessions at the ‘Lost Luster’ congress of the Abbey museum Ten Duinen 1138? This is an ideal opportunity to present your work in an international conference and to be exposed to the most recent developments in the research on archaeological window glass. 

We are pleased to invite you to submit your proposal in one of the two following poster sessions: 

What about the state of the art about archaeological collections of window glass in North Western Europe? How can applied scientific research contribute to the research on these collections? In which way can optical and chemical research advance the evaluation of archaeological window glass? How to conserve this material often overlooked and poorly stored in the past? How do you manage an amount of window glass (expected or unexpected) amidst an archaeological campaign? 

What do these collections tell about the use of it in churches, cathedrals, abbeys and profane buildings? Can we reconstitute and visualize the lost luster of the stained glass windows from the past, starting from the excavated fragments? What do we know about the production of the material in North Western Europe? What do we know about the trade, use and reuse of glass? In what way was window glass used for gift, exchange or memory purposes? Did Cistercian monks produce the glass they used themselves or did they order it? 

Your topic should be described on a printed poster or by photographs, graphics, and pieces of text that you can attach to the presentation panel. The posters should be made up in English. 

Each presenter can only present one poster. Any organization that submits more than one application should indicate a priority to their submission.Posters should be set up on the first day of the conference and will remain on display throughout the whole conference. Authors must be present at their poster station during the scheduled poster session and be prepared for individualized, informal discussion with congress attendees. 

The conference will provide a poster board and whatever material which is required to secure items to the boards. Each presenter will be assigned to a specific board for his/her presentation. The maximum space for each poster is a 160 cm tall by 100 cm wide (oriented vertically). Presenters must prepare all materials in advance and bring illustrations needed including figures, tables, color photographs and /or charts. The material should be well labeled and legible form a distance of 2 meters. 

How to submit a proposal for a poster session? 

If you wish to present your poster at the congress poster session, submit your proposal to Alexander Lehouck (alexander.lehouck@koksijde.be) by August 1st, 2013. 

This proposal should include: Title of poster – Author’s name or authors’ name – Employer or affiliated institution – Contact information including phone number, email, and mailing address – Purpose/objective session – Max. of 300 words summary 

Note: those who require notification of acceptance earlier are invited to submit proposals with a note indicating date by which confirmation is required.