List of Officers and Council
President
Professor Stephen Rippon (2019-2022) – Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter
Vice Presidents
Professor Grenville Astill (2015-2020) – Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
Professor Dries Tys (2016-2021) – Department of Art History and Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dr Catherine Hills (2017-2022) – Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Honorary Vice-Presidents
Professor Rosemary Cramp (2004- ) – Department of Archaeology, University of Durham
Professor Christopher Dyer (2011- ) – Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester
Professor James Graham-Campbell (2001- ) – Institute of Archaeology , University College London
Professor David Hinton (2001-) – Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton
Sir David Wilson – Sometime Director, British Museum
Honorary Secretary
Dr Karen Milek – Department of Archaeology, Durham University
Honorary Treasurer
Dr Duncan Sayer – School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences, University of Central Lancashire
Honorary Editor
Dr Aleks McClain – Department of Archaeology, University of York
Deputy Editor
Dr Aleks Pluskowski – Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
Reviews Editor
Dr Neil Christie – School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
Monographs Editor
Professor Chris Gerrard – Department of Archaeology, University of Durham
Deputy Monographs Editor
Dr Gabor Thomas – Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
Newsletter Editor
Dr Niall Brady – The Archaeological Diving Company Ltd
Website Editor
Dr Sarah Kerr – Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield
Secretary for Prizes and Grants
Dr Michael Shapland – Archaeology South-East
Membership Secretary Secretary for Prizes and Grants
Dr Sarah Kerr – Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield
Council Members
(2016-2020)
Dr Sarah Kerr – University of Sheffield
(2017-2020)
Dr Chris King – Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham
Dr Alexandra Sanmark – Institute for Northern Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands
Dr Michael Shapland – Archaeology South-East
(2018-2021)
Dr Alice Blackwell – National Museums Scotland
Dr Stuart Brookes – Institute of Archaeology, University College London)
Dr Catriona McKenzie – Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter
(2019-2022)
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan – University College Dublin
Dr Nathalie Cohen – National Trust
Student Representative (2019-2020)
Ellie March – University of Exeter
Latest News
Annual Conference 2020: Call for Papers
“Cultures of Cloth” The Archaeology of Textiles in Medieval Northwest Europe Society for Medieval Archaeology Annual Conference University of Nottingham, 10-12 July 2020 Textiles were the single most important manufactured product in the medieval world. Moving from domestic household production to the commercialisation of the textile industry was a primary driver of the development
Winter Symposium and AGM 2019: Registration Open
Society of Medieval Archaeology AGM and Winter Symposium The 2019 AGM will be held on Monday, December 2, 2019, 18:00 in the Sorby Room, Wager Building (attached to the Department of Archaeology), University of Reading, RG6 6AX. This is Building 5 on the campus map at https://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/maps/whiteknights-campus-map.pdf The AGM will be followed by the Society
Medieval Archaeology Volume 63/1 now out!
Medieval Archaeology **Volume 63/1 now out and available at Taylor and Francis Online** I’m delighted to announce that issue 63/1 of Medieval Archaeology has now been published online, and the print copy is arriving with members now. The content in this new issue is wide-ranging both in chronology and in location, demonstrating the impressive breadth of the journal’s
Registration open for SMA Annual Conference 2019
Society for Medieval Archaeology 2019 Annual Conference “The Long Black Death”: New Perspectives King’s Manor, University of York (UK), 5-6 July 2019 A recent upsurge in scholarly interest in the Black Death has been driven in major part by methodological advances and new discoveries across a range of disciplines: archaeology is central to this as analysis
SMA On Twitter
Join us this evening if you are in the Reading area! @UniofReading @UniRdg_Arch #medieval #archaeology