Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology (SPMA)

Very honoured to give the Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture this year!
Drawing on Latin American scholars and artists, I will explore what an Archaeology of Radical Tenderness is and how transformative can be for our discipline.

#ArchaeoSky #AcademicSky #Archaeology #LatAm #HistoricalArchaeology

Ps. The event is hybrid so you can also register to join us online

A sepia photograph with the graffiti '500 years of Columbus LIE!!! yet we survive' on the side of a wall. Overlayed with the SPMA logo and GEOFF EGAN MEMORIAL LECTURE 2025 in the upper right corner on a white painted background. In the lower left corner: YORK, DEC 16, 5-7PM

A poster with a sepia photograph with the graffiti '500 years of Columbus LIE!!! yet we survive' on the side of a wall as the background with Beatriz Marín-Aguilera overlayed in the lower left corner. The poster reads: Geoff Egan memorial lecture 2025, An archaeology of radical tenderness, Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera, 'The archaeology of radical tenderness challenges inherited power structures and colonial histories offering new alternatives for our discipline as a site of openness, resistance, and relatedness. It advocates for an embodied-situated practice and a critical and loving approach to social justice, emphasising collective care, the transformation of communities through shared vulnerability, and the healing needed to birth new (more equal) futures.' York Medical Society (YO1 8AW) DEC 16, 5-7pm

The 2025 Geoff Egan Memorial Lecturer is Dr Beatriz Marín-Aguilera - @archaeotext.bsky.social! The lecture, 'An Archaeology of Radical Tenderness' takes place at York Medical Society on Dec 16, 2025 from 5-7pm and is followed by a drinks reception. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-geoff-...

Time flies - send in your abstracts ASAP! CfP closes 1 November: spma.org.uk/pmac26

A quick look at the latest issue of our journal, Post-Medieval Archaeology, published under @tandfresearch.bsky.social. To publish your research with us, please check our website for more info and contact editor@spma.org.uk

#archaeology #postmedievalarchaeology #newresearch

- 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

Photo of a pile of SPMA newsletters with the title 'Call for copy!' arched above, 'SPMA newsletter' on the left, and 'Winter 2025 issue' on the right of the photo. Below the photo: 'Post-medieval research', 'introduction pieces', 'MA & PhD abstracts', 'Archaeology news', 'Fieldwork and volunteer opportunities' & 'Notes from the field' all in individual white ovals with a curved arrow pointing towards the photo. 'newsletter@spma.org.uk' is shown beneath these keywords

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: newsletter@spma.org.uk

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

#CfC #SPMA #newsletter 1/2

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

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

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!

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

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

- 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. Lower left-hand side: 15-17 May 2026 University of Reading United Kingdom Lower right-hand side: Titles & abstracts: 1 November 2025 conference@spma.org.uk Upper right corner: SPMA logo William Havell's 1807 painting of Reading Abbey as the background

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 conference@spma.org.uk. Please include the following: 1/3

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

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: prizes@spma.org.uk or spma.org.uk/pg-and-ug-di... (form)

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 ...

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

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

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

CfP

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

Cover of volume 58

Table of contents

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

SPMA research grant winner top left SPMA logo top right Middle within medallion: Naomi Kilburn Durham University Assessing Maternal and Infant health through stable isotope analysis of auditory ossicles Bottom middle: A baby's hand holding onto an adult's finger middle bottom

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

SPMA research grant winner top left SPMA logo top right Middle within medallion: Craig Cessford Cambridge Archaeological Unit Medieval and Post-Medieval nunneries in Cambridgeshire: broadening the context £1,400 Bottom middle: praying hands and cross

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

SPMA Postgraduate PRIZE winner top left SPMA logo top right Middle within medallion: Hannah Lara Boyd University of Glasgow An Archaeology of Trees. Suggestions for the Consideration of Arbori-Culture in the Scottish Archaeological Record Bottom middle: Tree outline

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

SPMA Postgraduate PRIZE & Research grant winners middle within medallion SPMA logo bottom middle Handwritten document and stars as background

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

We will be sharing photos from the congress soon!

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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!

Crowd sitting next to a ship in a museum hall

The #PMAC25 Opening Lecture is now underway

‘Historical Maritime Archaeology as Social Archaeology’ by Augusto Salgado

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

Entrance to Museu Nacional de Arqueologia

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

#PMAC25