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The Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics |
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| October 2020: Save the Dewlish mosaic! The Dorset Museum is raising funds to save an important Roman mosaic for the nation. The fragment of mosaic, found in a villa at Dewlish in 1974, depicts a leopard bringing down an antelope. It is one of the finest figured mosaics found anywhere in Britain. It has been sold to an overseas buyer, and will leave the country unless the money can be raised to acquire it for the Dorset Museum, which already holds other mosaics from the same villa. The government has placed a temporary export bar on the mosaic, so the museum needs to raise £135,000 by January 2021 to keep it in the UK. Update: The fundraising campaign was successful, and the mosaic is now on display in the Dorset Museum. Thanks to everyone who donated!
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| September 2017: New mosaic at Boxford, Berkshire The Boxford History Project and the Berkshire Archaeology Research Group, in collaboration with Cotswold Archaeology, have uncovered one of the most spectacular and unusual Roman mosaics ever discovered in Britain. It is decorated with mythological scenes, including Bellerophon killing the Chimaera and Hercules fighting a centaur. It also features cupids, perhaps representing the seasons, and giants (telamones) in the corners holding up the central panel. Full details on the Cotswold Archaeology website Boxford Dig Blog
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| Friday 28 February–Sunday 2 March 2025: Conference: The Sea Reflected in the Mosaic Floors of the Roman Empire: its Role in Cultural Interaction Lagos, Portugal Conference organised by the International Project RoGeMoPorTur (Geometric Roman Mosaics in Portugal and Turkey), which examines cultural exchange and interaction between East and West in the Roman Empire. |
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| Saturday 7 December 2024: ASPROM AGM and Symposium online (Zoom) How to join this meeting |
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| Monday 14–Friday 20 October 2024: 16th International Congress on Ancient Mosaics: Mosaics between East and West: Common Traits, Differences, Exchanges Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Saturday 22 June 2024: ASPROM Summer Symposium Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Saturday 2 December 2023: ASPROM AGM and Symposium online (Zoom) |
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| Saturday 10–Sunday 11 June 2023: ASPROM Summer Symposium Winchester |
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| Saturday 13 May 2023: ASPROM visit to The Newt in Somerset Hadspen, Somerset We will visit the Villa Ventorum, a reconstruction of a Roman villa, complete with mosaics, which is based on the remains of a villa excavated on the Newt estate. The visit will cost £15.00 per person, and there are 20 places available, for ASPROM members only; information about how to book a place has been sent to members. An additional visit may be arranged at a later date for anyone who is unable to come this time. |
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| Saturday 3 December 2022: ASPROM AGM and Symposium online (Zoom) |
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| Monday 24–Friday 28 October 2022: Fourteenth Meeting of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) Plovdiv, Bulgaria Theme: Conserving Mosaics in a Changing Environment: Challenges and Opportunities |
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| Monday 17–Friday 21 October 2022: 15th International Congress on Ancient Mosaics: Mosaic in Context Lyon and Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France |
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| Saturday 27 August 2022: Exhibition of Mosaic Paintings by David Neal and Stephen Cosh Little Brickhill, Milton Keynes |
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| Saturday 11–Sunday 12 June 2022: ASPROM Summer Symposium Dorset Museum, Dorchester |
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| Wednesday 27–Saturday 30 April 2022: 6th International Symposium of the Mosaic Corpus of Turkey: Reflections of Faith and Cult in Mosaic Art: Art, Conservation, and Modern Approaches Mudanya, Turkey |
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| Saturday 4 December 2021: ASPROM AGM online (Zoom) |
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| Saturday 27 November 2021: ASPROM Winter Symposium Reading Museum |
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| Saturday 5 June 2021: ASPROM Summer Symposium online (Zoom) The talks will focus on Roman Colchester. Full details |
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| Saturday 5 December 2020: ASPROM AGM and Symposium online (Zoom) |
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| Saturday 7 December 2019: ASPROM AGM and Symposium Kings College London, Bush House |
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| Saturday 8–Sunday 9 June 2019: ASPROM Summer Symposium Fishbourne & Bignor |
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| Saturday 1 December 2018: ASPROM AGM and 40th Anniversary Symposium Kings College London, Strand Campus |
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| Monday 15–Friday 19 October 2018: 14th International Congress on Ancient Mosaics Nicosia, Cyprus |
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| Saturday 2–Sunday 3 June 2018: ASPROM Summer Symposium York & Aldborough |
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