UCL Institute of Archaeology / British Museum Medieval Seminar
@uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social
Monthly term-time seminar about the medieval world, held @uclarchaeology.bsky.social, convened by Professor Andrew Reynolds (UCL) and Dr Sue Brunning (British Museum).
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October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Friends! Unfortunately our mailings are being marked as spam by lots of recipients :( If you're on our mailing list, please do add our e-mail addresses (on the latest programme) to your safe list. And if you'd like to join/leave our mailing list, just drop Sue a line. See you at a future event!
Behold, our 2025/6 programme! We kick off with the Sir David Wilson lecture on 8 October 2025, given by Prof Rory Naismith. This year we also welcome Dr Murray Andrews as co-convenor while Andrew is on sabbatical. Free and open to all - we look forward to seeing you at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social!
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Behold, our 2025/6 programme! We kick off with the Sir David Wilson lecture on 8 October 2025, given by Prof Rory Naismith. This year we also welcome Dr Murray Andrews as co-convenor while Andrew is on sabbatical. Free and open to all - we look forward to seeing you at @uclarchaeology.bsky.social!
Friends and colleagues! Autumn begins, and we are putting the finishing touches to our exciting 2025/6 seminar programme. We'll post it here as soon as it's ready, so keep your eyes peeled 🧐 Looking forward to welcoming you all back to Gordon Square in October!
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Friends and colleagues! Autumn begins, and we are putting the finishing touches to our exciting 2025/6 seminar programme. We'll post it here as soon as it's ready, so keep your eyes peeled 🧐 Looking forward to welcoming you all back to Gordon Square in October!
Friends! Our last 2024/5 event is *tomorrow* 18:15, Room 612 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Jane Kershaw (Oxford), Paul Wordsworth (UCL) & Sue Brunning (British Museum) explore 'Material matters: Models of trade & exchange between east & west in the early middle ages', chaired by Hugh Kennedy (SOAS)
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Friends! Our last 2024/5 event is *tomorrow* 18:15, Room 612 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Jane Kershaw (Oxford), Paul Wordsworth (UCL) & Sue Brunning (British Museum) explore 'Material matters: Models of trade & exchange between east & west in the early middle ages', chaired by Hugh Kennedy (SOAS)
A gentle reminder of our next seminar next Tuesday 25 Feb @uclarchaeology.bsky.social ⏰18:15 📍Room 612. Zumrad Ilyasova, project curator for the British Museum’s Silk Roads exhibition, will present “Sogdian Silks? On the Representation of Textiles in Sogdian Wall Paintings”. Free, all welcome!
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A gentle reminder of our next seminar next Tuesday 25 Feb @uclarchaeology.bsky.social ⏰18:15 📍Room 612. Zumrad Ilyasova, project curator for the British Museum’s Silk Roads exhibition, will present “Sogdian Silks? On the Representation of Textiles in Sogdian Wall Paintings”. Free, all welcome!
Our co-convenor Sue Brunning's book is available at a reduced price until next week! A cheering present for the January gloom, perhaps 😉
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January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our co-convenor Sue Brunning's book is available at a reduced price until next week! A cheering present for the January gloom, perhaps 😉
📣Notice of an upcoming talk that will no doubt interest our audience! 📣
Arranged by Tarbat Discovery Centre, Victoria Thompson Whitworth for a lecture on the origin of the spectacular Book of Kells. In-person and online! Details and tickets here: tinyurl.com/uyn36v35
Arranged by Tarbat Discovery Centre, Victoria Thompson Whitworth for a lecture on the origin of the spectacular Book of Kells. In-person and online! Details and tickets here: tinyurl.com/uyn36v35
Buy tickets – Uncovering the Origin of the Book of Kells? – and In person
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January 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📣Notice of an upcoming talk that will no doubt interest our audience! 📣
Arranged by Tarbat Discovery Centre, Victoria Thompson Whitworth for a lecture on the origin of the spectacular Book of Kells. In-person and online! Details and tickets here: tinyurl.com/uyn36v35
Arranged by Tarbat Discovery Centre, Victoria Thompson Whitworth for a lecture on the origin of the spectacular Book of Kells. In-person and online! Details and tickets here: tinyurl.com/uyn36v35
Friends and colleagues! Our next seminar takes place tomorrow at 18:15 in Room 612 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Murray Andrews (UCL IoA) will give a paper entitled 'All that Glistens? The Role(s) of Gold Coinage in Northern Europe, c.1250-1550' Free, all welcome - we hope to see you there!
December 2, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Friends and colleagues! Our next seminar takes place tomorrow at 18:15 in Room 612 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. Murray Andrews (UCL IoA) will give a paper entitled 'All that Glistens? The Role(s) of Gold Coinage in Northern Europe, c.1250-1550' Free, all welcome - we hope to see you there!
Perhaps of interest to our audience: the British Museum is staging a major international conference in conjunction with the Silk Roads exhibition, taking place on 5 and 6 December. Programme and tickets available here:
Silk Roads: contacts and exchanges across Afro-Eurasia, 500–1000 CE
Join this two-day international conference exploring new perspectives on the far-reaching contacts and exchanges of the Silk Roads.
www.britishmuseum.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Perhaps of interest to our audience: the British Museum is staging a major international conference in conjunction with the Silk Roads exhibition, taking place on 5 and 6 December. Programme and tickets available here:
Hello all! We are a long-running seminar series about all things medieval, hosted jointly by UCL Institute of Archaeology and the British Museum. Talks are monthly at UCL IoA, free, in-person and open to all. See below for our programme - please come along!
November 18, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Hello all! We are a long-running seminar series about all things medieval, hosted jointly by UCL Institute of Archaeology and the British Museum. Talks are monthly at UCL IoA, free, in-person and open to all. See below for our programme - please come along!