Society for Medieval Archaeology - News
New SMA Research Grant named in honour of Prof Mick Aston
The Society is pleased to announce the establishment of a new research grant named in honour of the late Professor Mick Aston, which will support research in one of his main areas of research interest. Professor Aston left a bequest to the Society in his will and the Council of the Society have decided to
IMPORTANT UPDATE on SMA Journal Vol. 59
Dear Society Members, We would like to update you on publication of volume 59 of Medieval Archaeology. This should have been sent out to Members by the end of November. Unfortunately there has been some delay in production at Routledge, Taylor & Francis. We are pleased to be able to reassure members that Volume 59
Archaeologist of the Year! Vote now…
The Society for Medieval Archaeology is pleased to say that Professor Roberta Gilchrist, a former president of the Society, has been shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Archaeologist of the Year Award 2016. We hope that you will consider voting for Roberta and help support medieval archaeologists! Roberta Gilchrist is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading. She
Recent Members Excursion – Celts at the British Museum!
A special event for members of the SMA took place on Nov. 26th – a curator-led visit to the highly praised Celts: Art and Identity exhibition at the British Museum. Click here to read more!
News updates from around Britain
Here are a series of notices that have come to the attention of the SMA recently: Internationally important Ipswich excavation archive is made publicly accessible Between 1974 and 1990 there were 36 excavations within the historic core of Ipswich. The results of these excavations are of international importance due to the early origins of the
Registration now open for the 2015 SMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The 2015 Annual Conference of the Society for Medieval Archaeology will be held at the University of Central Lancashire from December 4th to 6th on the theme of ‘Being Medieval – Archaeology, Society and the Human Experience‘. Registration is now open for this exciting event and confirmed speakers include Professor Heinrich Härke (University of Tübingen),