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SMA Student Colloquium – Registration Now Open!
We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2026 SMA Student Colloquium is now open! This year the Colloquium is being hosted by the Department of Archaeology at the University of Durham and will take place on the 14th and 15th of November. There will be a programme of talks on the Saturday and
SMA Student Colloquium – Call for Papers Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that the Call for Papers for our 2026 Student Colloquium is now open. The Colloquium will be kindly hosted by the Department of Archaeology at Durham University on the 14th-15th November. The subject is “Life and Environment in the Medieval World” and we welcome papers on one of the many
Call For Papers – Route des Normandes Association
Announcing a Call for Papers for a proposed series of linked sessions at next year’s International Medieval Congress (IMC), which will take place in Leeds from the 5th-8th July 2027. The theme of these sessions is “Communities”, looking at itineraries and material culture across the Norman worlds. Proposals are invited from scholars working on the
New SMA Monograph out now!
We are delighted to announce that the latest Monograph published by the Society is now available. Monograph 46, Excavations at the Austin Friary, Hull, Yorkshire, 1994 and 1999. Part 2: The Fabric and the Material Culture, is the second of three volumes detailing the important excavations carried out at the site of the Austin Friary in
SMA Conference 2026 – Booking Now Open!
We are delighted to announce that booking for our 2026 Annual Conference is now open. This year’s conference is hosted by the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of Archaeology, at the University of York on Saturday 19 September 2026. Book your tickets here. The event will be based in the historic Grade I/II-listed Guildhall
Medieval Britain & Ireland Fieldwork Listings
Between 1957 and 2025 Medieval Britain and Ireland (MB&I) collated annual listings of fieldwork that had been undertaken on medieval sites and landscapes in the UK and Éire. These listings are now available as a download-only database via the Archaeology Data Service website here. Here you will also find Fieldwork Listings entries from 2018-2023 that