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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · 5d

- MA or PhD done 🧑‍🎓✔️? Send us a 150-250 word abstract, an image, your contact details & a link to your work
- We'd also love to hear about any upcoming conferences, notes from the field, courses, fieldwork, volunteer, training & study opportunities, & everything else #postmedarch! 2/2

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · 5d

Want to share news about your project, fieldwork or recently completed MA or PhD? Our newsletter is waiting! Copy deadlines: always open.Get in touch: [email protected]

- Early Career Researcher? Publish a short article on your research - 2-3 pp (A4) of text & photo

#CfC #SPMA #newsletter 1/2

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · 5d

Oh wow - less than a month until our CfP ends (and November begins! 😮)

Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Aug 3

The 2026 Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress will be held in Reading, United Kingdom on 15-17 May, 2026! #PMAC26

You can send your paper and poster proposals until 1 November, 2025 to [email protected]. Please include the following: 1/3

Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Sep 1

There is exactly 2 months to submit your abstract, but time goes by fast! Have a look at our website for more info: spma.org.uk/pmac26

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Aug 3

Preliminary programme:
- May 15, 2026 - archaeology tours (Silchester or @readingmuseum.bsky.social) & opening reception at @themerl.bsky.social
- May 16-17, 2026 - scientific programme (@uniofreading.bsky.social Whiteknights campus)

More information: spma.org.uk/pmac26 #pmac26 3/3

PMAC26 - Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology

The Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress 2026 (PMAC26) will be held at the University of Reading, UK, on 15-17 May. We look forward to welcoming you!

spma.org.uk

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Aug 3

- Title
- Abstract of up to 150 words
- Author affiliation(s)
- Corresponding author email address

For Symposia, forum, or round table proposals, please also include a list of speakers.

We look forward to seeing you in Reading!

#postmedievalarchaeology #pmac26 2/3

Call for papers:
POST-MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY CONGRESS 2026
15-17 May 2026
University of Reading
United Kingdom

Paper or poster proposals:
Title
Abstract of up to 150 words
Author affiliation(s)
Corresponding author email address

Symposia, forum, or round table proposals:
Title
Abstract of up to 150 words
List of speakers
Organiser’s email address

Send by: 1 November 2025
conference@spma.org.uk

William Havell's 1807 painting of Reading Abbey as the background

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Aug 3

The 2026 Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress will be held in Reading, United Kingdom on 15-17 May, 2026! #PMAC26

You can send your paper and poster proposals until 1 November, 2025 to [email protected]. Please include the following: 1/3

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Jul 3

The SPMA invites Bristih & Irish university & college departments to submit a relevant UG dissertation presented for the 2024–25 academic year to our annual competition. Nominations: 1.09.205, one dissertation per & by departments only. More: [email protected] or spma.org.uk/pg-and-ug-di... (form)

SPMA UG dissertation prize

£250 prize + free membership for one year + conference bursary for the year of the award

ELIGIBLE: Dissertations submitted for an Undergraduate degree awarded in the 2024-2025 academic year (British & Irish Universities only)

Nominations: by department to prizes@spma.org.uk

Nomination deadline: 1.09.2025

FIND THE FORM ON OUR WEBSITE:
spma.org.uk/pg-and-ug-dissertation-prizes

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · May 19

If you are not a member of our PhD Group yet or would like to know more about the speakers and our future meetings, please see here: spma.org.uk/phd-student-... 2/2

PHD Student Group - Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology

The PhD Student Group supports post-graduate researchers in an international network. The next SPMA PhD Student Group online seminar is about Women and Gender in Post-medieval Archaeology. It will be ...

spma.org.uk

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · May 19

The next meeting for our PhD Group will take place this Thursday. Emily Eastwood, Liz Waring, Simona Egger, and Monika Reppo are joining us for an informal session on women and gender in post-medieval archaeology.

The meeting will take place over Teams. 1/2

spma phd group
next monthly meeting: MAY 22, 2025
4.15-6.15pm EST (ONLINE)

Women and gender in post-medieval archaeology

Emily Eastwood, Project Manager, National Trust
Liz Waring, Property Curator, National Trust
Junior Prof Dr Simona Egger, Chair of European Cultural Anthropology, Universität Des Saarlandes
Dr Monika Reppo, research fellow, Tallinn University
join our group &
find out more about the speakers
spma.org.uk/phd-student-group

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · May 13

Our journal is accepting submissions! See more: spma.org.uk/our-journal
#archaeology 2/2

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · May 13

Have you already read the newest issue of Post-Medieval Archaeology? This time you can explore three research papers, four book reviews, and a report on #postmedieval fieldwork carried out in Britain, Northern Ireland and crown dependencies in 2023. 1/2

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 28

and Naomi Kilburn @durham-university.bsky.social with the project 'Assessing Maternal and Infant health through stable #isotopeanalysis of auditory ossicles' £420

We will be sharing more details about the projects soon but for now - congratulations to our winners! 4/4

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 28

Our Research Grant winners are:
- Craig Cessford @cambridgearch.bsky.social with the project 'Medieval and Post-Medieval #nunneries in Cambridgeshire: broadening the context' £1,400 3/4

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 28

Our PG Prize goes to Hannah Lara Boyd @uofglasgow.bsky.social for 'An Archaeology of Trees. Suggestions for the Consideration of Arbori-Culture in the Scottish #Archaeological Record' #researchprize 2/4

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 28

Slow Monday? Not for the winners of our #ResearchGrant and Postgraduate Prize! 1/4

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 15

We will be sharing photos from the congress soon!

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 15

Also, a big thank you to Museu de Marinha (Maritime Museum) and Museu Nacional de Arqueologia (National Archaeology Museum) for letting us use your wonderful venues

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 15

We want to thank all our attendees for joining us in Lisbon and for making #PMAC25 the biggest Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress to date. We hope to see you all in Reading (UK) next year for #PMAC26 - this time in May!

SPMA @ Reading Mark your calendars! 15-17 May 2026 Convenient to London-area trains and airports

THE MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE - opening reception

University of Reading Three 'B's. Reading is known for "Three Bs":
• B for bulbs - Sutton Seeds, started as a corn merchant in 1807 and later specialised in seeds and bulbs
• B for beer - William Blackall Simonds founded the Simonds' Brewery in 1785 in a building designed by his architect friend, Sir John Soane
• B for biscuits - Joseph Huntley moved to Reading in 1811 starting a bakery that by 1841 became Huntley & Palmers

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Proxecto Arqgando @arqgando.bsky.social · Apr 12

We are in Lisbon presenting the first results of our project in the Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress #PMAC25 @postmedarch.bsky.social

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Proxecto Arqgando @arqgando.bsky.social · Apr 12

It was a pleasure to share our research about #pastoralism in mountain zones in the #PMAC25 @postmedarch.bsky.social interesting topics and friendly audience

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Portable Antiquities & Treasure @findsorguk.bsky.social · Apr 11

Lisbon Archaeological Museum, part of the early 16th Jeronimo Monastery, is a stunning location for @tostig1066.bsky.social to give a paper, at the @postmedarch.bsky.social Congress 2025. Excellent, engaging speakers, and quite a spread for the coffee break, too!

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Hanna Steyne (she/they) @hlsteyne.bsky.social · Apr 11

Day 2 of @postmedarch.bsky.social conference in Lisbon, hosted by the wonderful Maritime and Archaeology museums. Our maritime session starts the day in the maritime museum exhibition hall. Speakers themselves becoming exhibits amongst the boats for passing tours!

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 10

The #PMAC25 Opening Lecture is now underway

‘Historical Maritime Archaeology as Social Archaeology’ by Augusto Salgado

Crowd sitting next to a ship in a museum hall

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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA) @postmedarch.bsky.social · Apr 10

Looking for the venues? Here they are! You can also use this map: PMAC25 maps.app.goo.gl/CmxxdSpDh2aG...

#PMAC25

Entrance to Planetario de Marinha where the registration and Museu de Marinha sessions will take place

Entrance to Museu Nacional de Arqueologia

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