FITP XXVIII Sessions by Topic Area

These are last year's sessions - this years will be posted Jan, 2018

Adults Only

• Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

Anglo Saxon

• Naalbinding 101 #
• Flint and Steel Fire Striking

Archaeology

• <PS> The Viking Settlement of North America according to Ragnarr Njalsson
• Climates of Change: Environmental History as Hands-On Pedagogy
• First Experiments

Arms and Armour

• Chainmail - Beyond the Basics # (5 of 10 spaces full)
• Chainmail for Beginners # (Full - observers only)
• Behind the Black Sails
• The Mongol Art of War

Clothing

• Feet firmly in the past - Shoes from the Viking Age 800 - 1050
• Introduction to Glass Bead Making $# (Full - observers only)
• Advanced Glass Bead Making $# (8 of 12 spaces full)

Daily Life

• <PS> The Viking Settlement of North America according to Ragnarr Njalsson
• Anatomy of a steam engine through disaster and destruction
• Why Ancient Greece Was Really Kind of Terrible
• 50 Shades of History - a look at non-traditional sexual practices in history
• First Experiments

Dance and Bardic Arts

• Sword Dances
• Morris Dancing

England

• Climates of Change: Environmental History as Hands-On Pedagogy
• Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
• Morris Dancing
• Topics on Climate Change

Experimental Archaeology

• Experiment and Experience
• Blow Me Down - Further Investigations of Human Powered Air
• First Experiments

Food

• Food and ambience, translating the medieval feast to the modern table
• Let's talk food

Japan

• Kumihimo - The Art of Japanese Cordmaking $# (6 of 10 spaces full)

Major Events in Medieval History

• Canadian History 1001: The Bloody Norse Arrive!
• Norse Practical Jokes
• Behind the Black Sails
• Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived
• The Mongol Art of War
• <PS> Beowabbit: new light on an ancient poetic tradition
• Topics on Climate Change

Making Things

• Viking Submarine Navigation as a possible explanation for the Loch Ness Monster
• Chainmail - Beyond the Basics # (5 of 10 spaces full)
• Chainmail for Beginners # (Full - observers only)
• Food and ambience, translating the medieval feast to the modern table
• Introduction to Tablet Weaving $# (7 of 8 spaces full)
• Advanced Tablet Weaving
• Introduction to Embroidery #
• Advanced Embroidery
• Feet firmly in the past - Shoes from the Viking Age 800 - 1050
• Beginner's Egg Tempera # (Full - observers only)
• Lost Wax Demonstration #
• Let's talk food
• Beginner's Egg Tempera (session2) #

Miscellaneous

• Anatomy of a steam engine through disaster and destruction
• Flint and Steel Fire Striking

Museums and Living History

North America

• Canadian History 1001: The Bloody Norse Arrive!
• Norse Practical Jokes
• Behind the Black Sails

Other Cultures

• Sword Dances
• Feet firmly in the past - Shoes from the Viking Age 800 - 1050
• Behind the Black Sails
• The Mongol Art of War
• <PS> Beowabbit: new light on an ancient poetic tradition

Pastimes

• Beginner's Egg Tempera # (Full - observers only)
• Lost Wax Demonstration #
• King or Queen? Who really holds the power? An analysis of medieval chess
• Morris Dancing
• Beginner's Egg Tempera (session2) #

Pseudo-Session

• <PS> The Viking Settlement of North America according to Ragnarr Njalsson
• Viking Submarine Navigation as a possible explanation for the Loch Ness Monster
• <PS> Beowabbit: new light on an ancient poetic tradition

Religion

• Why Ancient Greece Was Really Kind of Terrible

Research

• Experiment and Experience
• Climates of Change: Environmental History as Hands-On Pedagogy

Textiles

• Symmetry and asymmetry in Viking Age Dress
• Introduction to Tablet Weaving $# (7 of 8 spaces full)
• Advanced Tablet Weaving
• Introduction to Embroidery #
• Advanced Embroidery
• Kumihimo - The Art of Japanese Cordmaking $# (6 of 10 spaces full)
• The Shosoin Repository
• Braiding and Cords
• Diagonal Braiding $# (5 of 10 spaces full)
• Naalbinding 101 #

Viking / Norse

• <PS> The Viking Settlement of North America according to Ragnarr Njalsson
• Blow Me Down - Further Investigations of Human Powered Air
• Symmetry and asymmetry in Viking Age Dress
• Viking Submarine Navigation as a possible explanation for the Loch Ness Monster
• Canadian History 1001: The Bloody Norse Arrive!
• Norse Practical Jokes
• Feet firmly in the past - Shoes from the Viking Age 800 - 1050
• Naalbinding 101 #
• Flint and Steel Fire Striking
• Introduction to Glass Bead Making $# (Full - observers only)
• Advanced Glass Bead Making $# (8 of 12 spaces full)

Women in History

• Behind the Black Sails

# - Session has attendance limits
$ - Session has a materials fee