2019 – Exeter

Society for Medieval Archaeology Student Colloquium 2019

See the Call for Papers.

The conference was entitled ‘Living and Dying in the Middle Ages: Approaches to Medieval Power and Identity’ and was held at the University of Exeter, 27th – 29th November 2019.

Prof. James Clark, Associate Dean for Research for the College of Humanities at the University of Exeter, kindly sponsored 4 travel bursaries for students presenting and prizes kindly donated by our sponsors were awarded for the best student presentations!

Conference Programme

Two days of student presentations plus:

· A keynote presentation delivered by Dr Duncan Wright (BGU) entitled: Crafters of Kingship: Smiths, elite power, and gender in early medieval Europe’

· A ‘Getting Published’ workshop and Q&A panel delivered by current SMA journal editor Dr Aleks McClain (University of York) and previous editor Prof. Oliver Creighton (University of Exeter)

· An optional conference dinner at ASK Italian (£14.95 for 2 courses or £17.95 for 3 courses)

· And a free tour of medieval Exeter, on the third and final day, delivered by John Allan, Exeter Cathedral Archaeologist.