HAPP ONE-DAY CONFERENCE: "Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past" - IN PERSON AND LIVESTREAMED ONLINE

Published on January 28, 2026

 

on Saturday 21st February 2026 in the Mathematical Institute from 10.30 am - 5.00 pm GMT
Heritage physics involves the application of scientific techniques and technologies to answer questions about our cultural heritage and to enable our understanding and conservation of this. As scientific techniques have evolved across the past century from the earliest methods for age determination to modern day composition analysis, these have increased our ability to deepen our knowledge about ancient and historical artefacts as well as to preserve and restore them. This conference will survey the history of how the illumination of the past has developed as new fields of physics have progressed.

All the details and the weblinks to register for the conference to attend in person or online are given on the webpage below:

https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-one-day-conference-heritage-physics-illuminating-the-past

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