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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 of the Roses. Printed on…

  • 2025-26 Annual Lectures – first dates and topics announced

    We’re finalising details of the BAA Annual Lecture Series for October 2025 — May 2026.

  • Change of Date (6 January 2025)

    The first lecture of 2025 will now take place on Monday, 6 January, when Dr Nicola Coldstream will give a talk entitled ‘Crowd-funding in the Architectural Patronage of Late Medieval English Merchants’. The lecture will be followed by the Association’s Twelfth-Night Party.

  • 2025 Conference announced

    The 2025 conference will be held in Leicester from 21-25 July on the theme of ‘Leicester and Leicestershire: Roman and Medieval Architecture and Art‘. Booking forms will be available in February 2025. For enquiries contact Kate Milburn on conferences@thebaa.org

  • Twelfth-Night Party (6 January 2025)

    Tickets are available for the Association’s Twelfth-Night party via Eventbrite.

  • Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History

    Thanks to the generosity of Bob Allies, the BAA is delighted to announce it is collaborating with the British School at Rome in a new fellowship in Romanesque architectural history. The fellowship is tenable for one month (the first award will be for June 2025) and provides for board and lodging at the BSR and…

  • 2023 BAA Postgraduate Conference

    Wednesday 29th November 2023 12.30 pm – 17.35 pm (GMT) Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-qprD0jH9UbLeXa9NJx-jLwbibe6woG  12.30 – 12.40 pm – Welcome 12.40 – 14.30 pm – Panel 1 Panel 1: Approaches to Overlooked Elements in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Architecture 12.40-13.00pm: Bryony Wilde (University of Warwick, UK), ‘Decoding Medieval Roof Bosses’ 13.00-13.20 pm: Mats Dijkdrent…

  • Help digitise the Conway Collection

    Have some free time? Help to digitise the Courtauld Institute of Art’s Conway Library collection of architectural photography—from home! Find out more at https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/courtaulddigital/world-architecture-unlocked

  • 2021 Travel Grant Account: Alfie Robinson

    My dissertation aims to square medieval building contracts with the fabric of buildings as they were actually built, so visiting the sites themselves has been essential. The BAA’s travel award has made this possible. The goal is to shed light on the value judgements contained in building contracts, the most interesting of which hinge on…

  • Digitisation of the BAA Journal

    Digitisation of the full run of Journals of the British Archaeological Association – from 1845 to the current issue – has been completed and is available to all members who are fully paid up. To access the journal, click on the ‘members’ area’ link at the top right of the page. Your username is the email address…