Hannah Parsons-Morgan

IOW-Arch 2022 - Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference

Co-organiser and administrator for the second IOW-Arch conference, a conference dedicated to the archaeology of the Indian Ocean World, which was held at the IAIS, University of Exeter, on behalf of the organising Committee:
Annabel Gallop, Mark Horton, Timothy Insoll, Derek Kennet,
Elizabeth Lambourn, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Ran Zhang.

3rd Biennial Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in UK Higher Education Conference

Helping with the organisation of the 3rd Biennial Arabic Language Teaching & Learning in UK Higher Education Conference.

Storie (di) Ceramiche 7 - Bacini ceramici

"The Consumption of Chinese Ceramics as Architectural Features on the Swahili Coast: examples from the Zanzibar Archipelago and Kunduchi, Tanzania,” Storie (di) Ceramiche 7 - Bacini ceramici, Online Symposium, Pisa, Italy.

Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase

“A Chinese Ceramic Assemblage in Eastern Ethiopia: Materialities and Modification at Mediaeval Harlaa”, Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase, Centre for Islamic Archaeology, IAIS University of Exeter, September and October 2020.

Ernst Herzfeld Society Annual Conference

“The Consumption of Chinese Ceramics as Architectural Features: Swahili funerary structures on the Zanzibar Archipelago and Kunduchi, Tanzania,” Online Graduate Meeting, The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam, Ernst Herzfeld Society Annual Conference, October 2020

IOW-Arch: Indian Ocean World Archaeology

Organised the inaugural IOW-Arch conference, a conference dedicated to the archaeology of the Indian Ocean World, which was held at the IAIS, University of Exeter, on behalf of the organising Committee:
Annabel Gallop, Mark Horton, Timothy Insoll, Derek Kennet,
Elizabeth Lambourn, Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Ran Zhang.

Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase

Initiated, organised and led Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase 2020 with Awet Teklehimanot Araya, which provided a platform for graduate students and ECR's around the world the present their research to a global audience. 

To read more about the conference see:
GIAS: Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase 2020

To watch the presentations see:

Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase 2020 - YouTube

An Introduction to Chinese Ceramics in East Africa: Consumption, Display and Modification from the 8th century to Today

This exhibition, based on doctoral research by IAIS student Hannah Parsons, explores the ways in which Chinese ceramics have been used in East Africa from their initial introduction in the 8th century through to today. The exhibition focuses on architectural adornment in and on houses, mosques, and tombs on the Swahili Coast, and the modification of broken sherds in Ethiopia and the wider Islamic world. These different consumption practices are explored visually and contextualised with displays of Chinese ceramics from the Western Indian Ocean.

by Hannah Parsons-Morgan - h.l.parsons@exeter.ac.uk

10 January 2020 - Present