SMA Annual Conference 2025 – booking now open!

Posted On: May 14th, 2025

We are delighted to announce that registration for the SMA Annual Conference 2025 is now open!

This year’s conference will take place at the Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester on the 13th and 14th September 2025, with a keynote lecture on the evening of Friday 12th September, held at Leicester Cathedral. The theme for the conference is Fresh thinking and new ideas in the archaeology of medieval urban lives (c.600-1600).
The core themes of the conference are:
• New findings: How has research on existing archaeological archives, finds and datasets, as well as new excavations resulted in new insights into medieval urban life?
• New methods: How have
 new scientific and field methods opened new directions in medieval urban archaeology?
• New ideas: How do developments in archaeological theory encourage us to think about medieval towns and cities differently?
The full programme and registration information can be found here .

 

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