Society for Medieval Archaeology - News
*SALE* Buy printed back volumes of Medieval Archaeology for a reduced price!
As a member of the Society for Medieval Archaeology we’d like to offer you a special opportunity to purchase printed back volumes of Medieval Archaeology and Medieval Archaeology Indexes at a reduced price. This is a limited time offer and will be available until the 30th November 2016. It will also be your final chance
****Sicily: Culture and Conquest. Special Event for Members****
Exclusive Event for SMA Members, Thursday 4th August A tour for Members of the British Museum’s acclaimed exhibition, ‘Sicily: Culture and Conquest‘, will be led by the exhibition’s Curator, Dirk Booms, free of charge. The exhibition has been described by The Times as ‘historically illuminating and visually stunning’. This will be followed by an exceptional
SMA Student Colloquium 2016 – Brussels
Planning is underway for the 2016 SMA Student Colloquium which will be held in Brussels from November 3rd to 5th. A call for papers has just been issued for the conference and this may be found here. This event aims to provide a platform for postgraduates and early career professionals to present and discuss their current research. We
Museums Association Conference & Exhibition 2016 (7-9 Nov., Glasgow)
The Museums Association Conference & Exhibition is the largest event of its kind in Europe for museums and heritage professionals. Over 1,500 senior staff discuss the latest issues, discover new practice and meet the world’s leading suppliers and consultants. The themes this year are People and Places, Being Brave and Health and Wellbeing. Delegates will
Forthcoming Events
We have been asked to publicise a number of forthcoming (non-SMA) events, so here goes… 1. A lecture entitled Souvenirs of the Sepulchre: Devotion to an Empty Tomb at the Time of the First Crusade will be presented by Dr William Purkis (University of Birmingham) at the Museum of the Order of St John in London at 7pm
NEW SMA Monograph now available!
The latest SMA monograph to be published, the 37th in the series, is Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World. This collection of 24 papers is edited by James H Barrett and Sarah Jane Gibbon and focuses on the Baltic, North and Irish Seas in the Viking Age (AD 790–1050) and early Middle Ages (AD 1050–1200), with a few later examples