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New SMA Monograph Out Now!

Posted On: November 26th, 2025

The next monograph published by the Society is out now. Excavations at the Austin Friary, Hull, Yorkshire, 1994 and 1999. Part 1: The Stratigraphic Sequence will be number 45 in the series, and has been written by Dave Evans. It is the first volume of three regarding the excavations at the Austin Friary; the second

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AGM and Winter Symposium 2025

Posted On: November 10th, 2025

The Society for Medieval Archaeology is pleased to announce that our Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday 1st December 2025 at 12pm. The AGM will be followed by the Winter Symposium –  a set of three lectures that focus on new and emerging research in medieval archaeology. Speakers present early findings from projects

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SMA Annual Conference 2025 Round-up

Posted On: September 29th, 2025

The Society for Medieval Archaeology recently held its 2025 annual conference in the vibrant city of Leicester. Delegates enjoyed a bumper weekend of talks beginning in Leicester Cathedral with an inspiring keynote from Stephanie Wynn-Jones (York University) who invited us to explore the Swahili medieval towns of coastal Africa through the lens of Italo Calvino’s

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Medieval Archaeology 69.1 now available!

Posted On: September 3rd, 2025

We are very pleased to announce that issue 69.1 of Medieval Archaeology has now been published online and the print copy should be arriving with members shortly. The content in this issue includes six original articles focusing on new research from Britain, Belgium, Central Eurasia, Iberia, and Norway and covers both the early and late

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SMA Student Colloquium – Registration Now Open!

Posted On: June 13th, 2025

We are pleased to announce that the SMA conference 2025 is now open for registration! The conference will be hosted at the University of Exeter, Digital Humanities Lab, from Thursday 31st July to Saturday 2nd August 2025. The event is hybrid so you are also welcome to join us online. Please use this form to

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Spring 2025 Newsletter is here!

Posted On: May 15th, 2025

The Spring 2025 issue of the Medieval Archaeology Newsletter should be hitting members’ doormats shortly. Issue 73 contents include: Details of the upcoming Student Colloquium and the SMA Annual Conference A research project studying medieval wetland communities in Vátyon, Hungary A spotlight on the projects that have received recent Society grants and awards A tribute

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