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Medieval Archaeology 68.2 now available

Posted On: December 24th, 2024

I’m very pleased to announce that issue 68.2 of Medieval Archaeology has now been published online and the print copy should be arriving with members shortly. The content in this issue includes seven original articles focusing on new research from Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Poland and Belgium covering both the early and late medieval

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Student Colloquium Round-up

Posted On: November 17th, 2024

The Society for Medieval Archaeology’s annual Student Colloquium recently took place at the University of Leicester. Organised by our current Student Representative, Kate Evetts, it was a jam-packed three days of talks, field trips, and social events. The event kicked off with a walking tour of Leicester led by Mathew Morris, Project Officer for University

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SMA Annual Conference – Call For Papers!

Posted On: November 15th, 2024

We are delighted to announce that the call for papers for next year’s SMA Annual Conference is now open! The conference is being held at the University of Leicester on the 13th and 14th September 2025 (with a keynote lecture on the evening of Friday 12th). The theme of the conference will be “Fresh thinking

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Annual General Meeting and Winter Symposium 2024

Posted On: November 7th, 2024

As December approaches, we are pleased to announce the details of our forthcoming Annual General Meeting and Winter Symposium. All members of the Society are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting on Monday 2nd December 2024 at 12:00pm. The meeting will be held online via Microsoft Teams: Join here (Teams ID: 385 144 425

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The Autumn Newsletter is here!

Posted On: November 3rd, 2024

The Autumn 2024 issue of the Medieval Archaeology Newsletter should be hitting members’ doormats shortly. Issue 72 contents include: Details of the upcoming Winter Symposium and Annual General Meeting New discoveries from Poland: Searching for traces of the medieval Jewish community in Wrocław The Sawcliffe, ‘Sheffield’s Hill’, Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, Roxby-cum-Risby, North Lincolnshire Ballintober Castle, Co.

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Student Colloquium – Keynote Announced!

Posted On: October 29th, 2024

We are excited for this year’s Student Colloquium, which kicks off next week! As part of this, we are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker will be Dr. Brian Costello (University of Leicester) with his paper “A Grave Upstaging: Medieval Burials and Social Change”. This is part of a fantastic programme of talks, tours

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