From 23–27 July 2001, the Flag Institute hosted the 19th International Congress of Vexillology (ICV19) in York.
The Congress theme was the bicentenary of the Union Flag, but the papers presented cover a wide variety of topics.
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Vexillology
All participants received a free copy of the proceedings in CD-ROM format.
Listed below in presentation order, each paper is also available in PDF free to view or download:
- John Hall: Contents and Foreword
- Michael Faul: About the Congress
- Bruce Nicolls: Britannia’s Banners: A Brief Outline of the Development of the Principal British Naval Flags
- Gus Tracchia: Chart: ‘Flags in Argentina’
- Bruce Berry: Royal Standards in Southern Africa
- Emil Dreyer: Flags in the Canton of Vaud 1798-1848
- John Moody: Past Attempts to Change New Zealand’s Flag
- Roberto Breschi: 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: ‘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: Flags in Wales
- Ales Brozek: Symbols of Czech and Slovak Political Parties after the ‘Velvet Revolution’
- Sebastià Herreros i Agüí: The International Brigades in the Spanish War 1936-1939
- Graham Bartram: The Story of Scotland’s Flags
- Andreas Herzfeld: Flags and Logos of International Sports Federations, Associations and Organizations
- John Purcell: The Centennial of Ohio’s Flag: From Obscurity to Esteem
- Teodoro Amerlinck: The Origins of the Mexican Flag
- Barrie Kent: Flag Signalling at Sea
- Lorenzo Breschi: A Century of Changing Colours on National Flags
- David Loades: Tudor Flags
- Ralph Bartlett: Stamping a Nation’s Image: Currency & Stamps – Australia’s Centenary of Federation
- Scot Guenter: 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: 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 for copyright reasons)
Dr Peter Orenski and Mike Clingman gave presentations that were not formal papers.
