Early registration closes on Monday 3rd December, so you have only one week left to register for SHA 2013 before fees increase. Conference pre-registration will close on 21st December. Members of the Society for Historical Archaeology or Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology get a substantial discount on the registration fee, so don’t delay! Don’t forget to...Read More

The conference program for the SHA 2013 conference in Leicester boasts a number of trips and tours; here is your opportunity to see more of Leicester and the surrounding area. You can register for these trips and tours, which take place on the days immediately before and after the conference, via the online conference registration...Read More

The Past Beneath Your Feet: archaeology and history in Leicestershire In addition to a three-day academic programme the Society for Historical Archaeology’s 2013 conference will include a free, public programme of events, to be held at Leicester University on the afternoon of Saturday 12th January. The event will feature three headline public lectures, re-enactment performances,...Read More

Registration for the Society for Historical Archaeology’s 46th Annual Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, to be held in Leicester, UK, on 9th – 12th January 2013 is now open! Conference registration is via the Conftool website, where you can also register for the many special events, receptions, round table luncheons, training workshops, trips and...Read More

There are number of ways in which you and your organization can support the Society for Historical Archaeology’s annual conference at Leicester in January 2013. There are several opportunities for organizations to sponsor elements of the conference; a great opportunity to showcase your work and products, and network with an international audience comprising c.1000 academics,...Read More

The costs of attending an international conference can add up. Happily, the SHA 2013 conference committee in Leicester has information about two ways in which you could save some money, and get to know other archaeologists. Volunteers are essential to the smooth operation of an SHA conference. By assisting with a variety of duties –...Read More

Planning for SHA 2013 in January continues here in Leicester. Conference registration opens at the beginning of October, and information about how you can help by volunteering at the conference will be available soon. In the meantime – don’t forget to arrange your travel to Leicester! The conference team has put together this guide to...Read More

The Call for Papers for the SHA conference in 2013 closed on 10th July, and the Program Committee is now busily reviewing all of the abstract submissions, before putting together the conference program, which will be announced later in the year. In the meantime, and happily coinciding with the conference theme of Globalization, Immigration, Transformation,...Read More

British blog readers will recall the BBC series Michael Wood’s Story of England, which was originally broadcast in 2010, and repeated at the end of last year. The series followed 2000 years of English history, through the lens of a typical English parish – which just happened to be Kibworth in Leicestershire, only a few...Read More

The Society for Historical Archaeology is committed to diversity, and is excited to announce its support of: The 2013 Gender and Minority Affairs Student Travel Award The Gender and Minority Affairs Committee (GMAC) is sponsoring two travel awards to graduate students who are presenting at the 2013 annual meeting in Leicester. Each award provides a...Read More