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SMA Annual Conference 2025 Round-up
The Society for Medieval Archaeology recently held its 2025 annual conference in the vibrant city of Leicester. Delegates enjoyed a bumper weekend of talks beginning in Leicester Cathedral with an inspiring keynote from Stephanie Wynn-Jones (York University) who invited us to explore the Swahili medieval towns of coastal Africa through the lens of Italo Calvino’s
Medieval Archaeology 69.1 now available!
We are very pleased to announce that issue 69.1 of Medieval Archaeology has now been published online and the print copy should be arriving with members shortly. The content in this issue includes six original articles focusing on new research from Britain, Belgium, Central Eurasia, Iberia, and Norway and covers both the early and late
Student Colloquium 2025 Round-up
This year’s student colloquium, ‘Trials, Travels, and Transitions: Tales from the Medieval World’ was held between 30th July – 2nd August 2025. The four-day hybrid event was hosted at the University of Exeter’s, Digital Humanities Lab, led by this year’s student representative Hannah Britton, and supported by an Exeter based organising committee consisting of Laura
Medieval boardgames and trivia at the SMA Student Conference!
Our annual Student Conference is approaching fast! For those making the trip down to Exeter to join us, we’d like to invite you to a night of boardgames and trivia with a medieval flavour. We will be at St. Nicholas Priory from 5-8pm on Wednesday July 30th with games and refreshments, so why not drop
SMA Conference 2025 Programme of Talks
As the date of this year’s conference approaches, we thought we’d give you a little taster of the fascinating line-up of talks planned. This year’s programme spans continents and methodologies—from Swahili stone towns to Viking-Age trade networks, urban ecologies, castlescapes, and ecclesiastical memory. We bring together an international community of scholars to explore how medieval
SMA Student Colloquium – Registration Now Open!
We are pleased to announce that the SMA conference 2025 is now open for registration! The conference will be hosted at the University of Exeter, Digital Humanities Lab, from Thursday 31st July to Saturday 2nd August 2025. The event is hybrid so you are also welcome to join us online. Please use this form to