The Society for Medieval Archaeology’s 2015 conference will consider the experience of the Middle Ages: The focus is on what the material, biological or built remains can tell us from a social perspective

SMA Annual conference 2015: Being Medieval: Archaeology, Society and the Human Experience
University of Central Lancashire, Preston
04.12.2015 – 06.12.2015

The Society for Medieval Archaeology’s 2015 conference will consider the experience of the Middle Ages: The focus is on what the material, biological or built remains can tell us from a social perspective. Speakers will address the issues of recognizing the experiential, the nature of society, inclusion, exclusion and transformation. They will explore what archaeology can tell us about economic or social changes, difference, life experience, expectation, life course or desires and disability.

Proposals for papers should be sent to Dr Duncan Sayer at (dsayer@uclan.ac.uk) and will take the form of a hundred-word summary that, if accepted, may be used in the conference programme. If you have any questions please contact Liz Roberts at ConferenceandEvents@uclan.ac.uk – for academic queries contact Duncan Sayer at dsayer@uclan.ac.uk.

The closing date for the receipt of proposals is 3 July 2015.

You can find out information about our recent conferences on the past conferences web page.

PROGRAMME:

Peruse the programme for SMA 2015 and read the abstracts