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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 Dissertation Awards 2026
One of the highlights of our recent conference was the opportunity to award prizes for the best Undergraduate and Postgraduate dissertations. These annual awards celebrate outstanding student research, recognising exceptional originality, rigour and significant contributions to the field of medieval archaeology. Through these awards we aim to encourage and support the next generation of medieval
SMA Conference 2026 Round-up
The SMA Conference 2026 took place on the 19th September in the historic surroundings of the Guildhall in York. We welcomed members and friends for a day themed around Heritage Science – a broad church, in the words of our keynote speaker, superbly demonstrated by the wide-ranging and varied programme of talks. The day kicked
EMWARG Colloquium 2026 – Booking Now Open!
Booking for the Early Medieval Wales Archaeology Group (EMWARG) Colloquium 2026 is now open. The 2-day event is taking place in Wrexham on the 10th-11th October and includes a programme of lectures covering new research and excavation on early medieval Wales and visits to nearby sites of archaeological interest, plus an optional conference dinner. Tickets are
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
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Prizes
Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society (LAHS) awards a number of annual prizes for dissertations at Undergraduate and Post-Graduate level, on the history, archaeology and heritage of Leicestershire and Rutland, or for comparative studies in which these counties feature in a major way. There are two prizes available for Archaeology students: best Undergraduate and best Post-Graduate