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Latest news:
The society is looking for a new treasurer. If you would be interested in this post, please let us know.
The Lecture series for 2011-2012 has now been announced - see the Lectures pages for details.
Volume 16 of Hertfordshire Archaeology and History has now been published. The copies are held at Ware Museum - if you can collect your copy, please do.
For your diary…
In addition to the EHAS lecture programme, members may be interested in the following events:
2011-2012
St Albans Arc & Arc:
Fri 30th Sept: The Fields Beneath – The history of one London Village by Gillian Tindall.
Tues 11th Oct: Engines of War by Chris Wolmar.
Tues 18th Oct: Monastic Life in 13th century St Albans – Another look at Matthew Paris by Gill Harvey.
Fri 28th Oct:The Verneys – A True Story of Love, War and Madness in 17th century England by Dr Adrian Tinniswood.
Tues 8th Nov: The Cartoon Century – Modern Britain through the Eyes of its Cartoonists by Dr Tim Benson.
Tues 15th Nov: St Albans European Links and its Twin Towns by Kate Morris.
Fri 25th Nov: Queen Victoria – an affectionate portrait by Barbara Askew.
Tues 6th Dec: Pictures in the Parlour – the Story of the Magic Lantern by Kevin Varty.
Tuesday events begin at 8pm. Friday events begin at 7.45pm. Venue: St Alban’s School, Abbey Gateway, St Albans, Herts AL3 4HB.
Enfield Archaeological Society:
Friday 14th Oct: BBC Digging for Britain site - Happisburgh site by Dr Nick Ashton, British Museum.
Friday 18th Nov: EAS Digging for Enfield Sites - The Roast Beef of Old England by Neil Pinchbeck, EAS Osteo-archaeologist.
Lectures are held at 8 pm in Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane EnfieldEntry cost: £1
UCL Institute of Archaeology, London:
10th-12th Nov 2011: Power and Place in Later Roman and Early Medieval Europe: interdisciplinary perspectives on governance and civil organisation.
For more information on this two day conference, contact Stuart Brookes at UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31/34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY Cost: £95 (£50 concessions), or a day rate of £40 (£20 concessions).
For details email: s.brookes@ucl.ac.uk or visit the website: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/assembly/events.
Friday 11th Nov: Beheading, Drowning and Hanging: the Archaeology of Judicial Killing by Prof Andrew Reynolds. Venue: the UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre. This is a free public lecture which wil be held in the evening.
University of Cambridge:
23th-25th Sept 2011: Fingerprinting the Iron Age. This two day conference explores Iron Age identity in South Eastern Europe in the broader context of the European Iron Age. Conference venue: Magdalene College and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER. For details see: www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk
28th-30th October 2011: Society for Medieval Archaeology Student Colloquium. Venue: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Friday 10th Feb 2012: Life in the Ancient World by Dr Michael ScottUniversity of Cambridge. Lecture begins 5.30pm. Venue: Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge.
The Museum of London:
Wed 28th Sept: Meet the expert: Jelena Bekvalac, Curator of Human Osteology at Museum of London. A free daytime talk by a Museum of London curator. Starts at 2pm.
Fri 30th Sep and Sat 1st Oct: Tours of Mortimer Wheeler House. Visit the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre to see some of the thousands of finds that haven’t yet made it into the galleries. 11am. Note: this is a regular event and runs throughout the year. For details, phone 020 7001 9844.
The British Museum:
Thurs 29th Sept: Hoarding and deposition of metalwork. The Portable Antiquities Scheme one-day conference will be held at the BP Lecture Theatre, Close Education Centre, British Museum, London. Cost £10. For details contact: Claire Costin, Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, tel 020 7323 8618. Email: ccostin@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
City of London Archaeological Society:
Friday 21st Oct 2011: A Roman Landscape Revealed: Excavations at Syon Park by Bob Cowie, Museum of London Archaeology.
Friday 18th Nov 2011: The Enigma that is Shadwell, by Alistair Douglas,
Pre-Construct Archaeology.
Venue: St. Olave’s Church Hall, Mark Lane, London EC3R 7BB, near Fenchurch Street Station in the City of London. Doors open at 6.30pm. £2.
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