Baltic and North Atlantic Pottery Research Group
6th Meeting in Enkhuizen, 23-24 April 2026
The Baltic and North Atlantic Pottery Research Group (BNPG) is a group of archaeologists, historians, art historians and other scholars with a passion for medieval and post-medieval pottery produced and traded within Northern Europe. It was established in 2016 with the aim of bringing together specialists from different regions to meet and exchange knowledge.
Following the very successful first five meetings in Stockholm 2016, Tallinn 2018, Stralsund 2020, Bergen 2022 and Bonn 2024, we decided to meet again in two years in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands.
We hereby announce that the sixth meeting will take place in Enkhuizen on 23-24 April 2026. Like in the previous meetings, we decided that we will not set a specific topic, so all contributions from people dealing with pottery from the Northern Europe that would fit into medieval and later periods are welcomed.
Enkhuizen was one of the harbour-towns of the Dutch East India Company. Enkhuizen received its city rights in 1355. In the mid-17th century, Enkhuizen was at the peak of its power and was one of the most important harbour cities in the Netherlands.
The meeting will take place at the De Drom in Enkhuizen.
More information will be sent out after summer of 2025 and call for abstracts will be around November 2025.
Organizing committee for the meeting:
Michiel Bartels, Hoorn. Torbjörn Brorsson, Lund. Erki Russow, Tallinn
