Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference 2025
13th and 14th September, 2025.
900am – 5:00pm.
Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester.
Fresh thinking and new ideas in the archaeology of medieval urban lives (c.600-1600).
The Society for Medieval Archaeology 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 at Leicester Cathedral.
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?
There will be 2 keynote speakers:
Stephanie Wynne-Jones (University of York): Imagined Cities and Worlds Otherwise: Exploring Medieval Concepts of the Global (Friday evening)
Søren Sindbæk (Aarhus University): Ten Years’ of Urban Archaeology with UrbNet: Methods and Exploring from Rome to Ribe (Saturday)
A full list of speakers and registration details can be found here
