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Upcoming events
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Wednesday 1 Oct 2025
Mendicants and Margins: Storytelling Context of the Rutland Psalter
PRESENTED BY
Elena Lichmanova (Oxford)
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Friday 10 Oct 2025
Chester Cathedral Study Day
PRESENTED BY
Dr Alex Buchanan, Dr Richard Plant, Glenn Cahilly-Bretzin, and Emily Lanigan-Palotai
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Wednesday 5 Nov 2025
Excavations at Alchester: a Legionary Fortress and Roman to Early Medieval Town
PRESENTED BY
Eberhard Sauer
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Thursday 27 Nov 2025
2025 BAA postgraduate conference
PRESENTED BY
The British Archaeological Association
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Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
The Many Lives of the Asante Ewer
PRESENTED BY
Lloyd de Beer
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Wednesday 7 Jan 2026
Mapping England and Wales in the Late Middle Ages: roads, transport infrastructure and key destinations
PRESENTED BY
David Harrison
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Wednesday 4 Feb 2026
Building for strangers: recent research on England’s medieval inns
PRESENTED BY
Matthew Cooper
News and deadlines
Alongside Association news, the BAA is also proud to share recent research and news from our members relating to the history of architecture and art. We focus on the period between the Roman era and the Middle Ages, in Britain, Europe and the Mediterranean.
Recent news
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‘Historic Ways’ – a new publication by BAA member Dr David Harrison revealing the roads, bridges, and battlefields of Late Medieval England and Wales
Dr David Harrison, long-time BAA member and former Council representative, has just published A Road Map of England and Wales in the Late Middle Ages (c. 1450–1500), a richly researched and beautifully designed large-format map that brings to life the transport networks and geography of the kingdom during the Wars…
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2025-26 Annual Lectures – first dates and topics announced
We’re finalising details of the BAA Annual Lecture Series for October 2025 — May 2026.
Upcoming deadlines
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Reginald Taylor & Lord Fletcher Essay Prize application deadline 2025
Monday 1 Dec 2025 -
Student Scholarship deadline: 2026 Romanesque Conference in Toulouse
Saturday 31 Jan 2026