ICV19, hosted by the Flag Institute, took place in York from 23-27 July 2001.
The theme of the congress was the bicentenary of the Union Flag, although the papers presented covered a wide range of subjects.
Proceedings
All participants received a free copy of the proceedings in CD-ROM format.
Medium-resolution PDF files of each paper are also available to view or download below.
The papers are listed in presentation order:
Revd John Hall FFI, Contents and Foreword
Michael Faul FFI, About the Congress
Bruce Nicolls FF FFI, Britannia’s Banners: A Brief Outline of the Development of the Principal British Naval Flags
Gus Tracchia FF, Chart: ‘Flags in Argentina’
Bruce Berry FF, Royal Standards in Southern Africa
Emil Dreyer FF, Flags in the Canton of Vaud 1798-1848
John Moody, Past Attempts to Change New Zealand’s Flag
Roberto Breschi FF, Small and Very Small States in Italy That Lasted beyond 1700
Philip Rendle, Cornwall – the Mysteries of St Piran
Jaroslav Martykán, Decorative Motifs Used on the Ottoman Flag Finials
Whitney Smith LF FF FFI, ‘One Nation Under God’: The Crusade to Capture the American Flag
Michel Lupant, Trip around the World
Mason Kaye, Maps on Flags
Philippe Rault, New Flags for an Ancient Country
Robin Ashburner FF FFI, Flags in Wales
Ales Brozek, Symbols of Czech and Slovak Political Parties after the ‘Velvet Revolution’
Sebastià Herreros i Agüí FF, The International Brigades in the Spanish War 1936-1939
Graham Bartram FFI, The Story of Scotland’s Flags
Andreas Herzfeld FF, Flags and Logos of International Sports Federations, Associations and Organizations
John Purcell FF, The Centennial of Ohio’s Flag: From Obscurity to Esteem
Teodoro Amerlinck FF, The Origins of the Mexican Flag
Barrie Kent FF FFI RN, Flag Signalling at Sea
Lorenzo Breschi, A Century of Changing Colours on National Flags
David Loades, Tudor Flags
Ralph Bartlett FF, Stamping a Nation’s Image: Currency & Stamps – Australia’s Centenary of Federation
Scot Guenter LF FF, Flag Tattoos: Markers of Class and Sexuality
Barbara Tomlinson, Chivalry at the Poles: British Sledge Flags
Frans Smits, Dutch Orange Regimental Flags
Dieter Linder, The ‘Höhere Kommunalverbände’ in Germany
Lucien Philippe FF, The Flags of the Political Parties of Senegal
Armand du Payrat, L’Album des Pavillons
Marcus Schmöger, Flags in Comics: The Case of Asterix the Gaul (omitted due to copyright issues)
Dr Peter Orenski and Mike Clingman also gave presentations but these were not formal papers.
