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New SMA Research Grant named in honour of Prof Mick Aston

Posted On: January 4th, 2016

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

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IMPORTANT UPDATE on SMA Journal Vol. 59

Posted On: December 23rd, 2015

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

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Archaeologist of the Year! Vote now…

Posted On: December 10th, 2015

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

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Recent Members Excursion – Celts at the British Museum!

Posted On: November 6th, 2015

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!

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SMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE – Registration open and full programme and abstracts available

Posted On: October 21st, 2015

The forthcoming SMA Annual Conference will be held from December 4th to 6th at the University of Central Lancashire on the theme of ‘Being Medieval – Archaeology, Society and the Human Experience‘. This promises to be a very exciting conference with an engaging programme (available here) and the abstracts for the papers are now available

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Important Membership News

Posted On: October 14th, 2015

You will recently have received a letter from Maney regarding the need to complete a new Direct Debit for their SMA subscription.  This is due to the recent transfer of Maney to the Taylor & Francis publishing group, and the result of data protection requirements. Members will receive further information (and forms) shortly. PLEASE COMPLETE

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