Calendar of weekly meetings
Programme of meetings to July 2008
Unless otherwise stated, the
chair will be taken at 5pm precisely; tea will be served from 4:15pm.
Non Fellows are welcome to attend ordinary meetings (excluding ballots)
as a guest of a Fellow. If you would like to attend a meeting but do
not know any Fellows, please contact the Society for help (tel: 020
7479 7080). Festival events that are open to the public must be booked in advance; for online booking details, click on the lecture title.
| 13 December 2007 | Miscellany of papers and mulled wine reception |
| 21 December 2007 to 2 January 2008 | The Society's apartments and Library will be closed |
| 10 January | The archaeology of attack: investigating battlefields in Britain, by Glenn Foard, FSA |
| 17 January | Waterfront archaeology of medieval and Tudor London, 1973–2007: interim conclusions after thirty years, by John Schofield, FSA, and Lyn Blackmore, FSA, in association with the City of London Archaeological Trust (to be followed by a wine reception) |
| 24 January | Ballot |
| 28 January | The dawn of civilization, by Professor Lord Renfrew, FSA, at the Royal Museum, Edinburgh (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 7 February | The foundation of empire: the engineering characteristics of Roman maritime concrete, by Chris Brandon |
| 14 February | The archaeology of the Sevso Treasure, by Zsolt Visy, FSA (Annual All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group Lecture) |
| 21 February | The origins of Europe, by Eric Fernie, CBE, FSA, at the Lady Mitchell Hall, University of Cambridge (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 28 February | Ballot |
| 6 March | Archaeology in the wine-growing regions, by Christopher Catling, FSA, Henry Cleere, FSA, John Collis, FSA, Peter Fowler, FSA, Ian Ralston, FSA, and Michael Vickers, FSA (Tercentenary Festival event in association with Fortnum & Mason) |
| 13 March | Globalization: the making of our world, by Sir Neil Cossons, FSA, at St George’s Hall, Liverpool (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 4 April | Women in the heritage: seminar and day of celebration (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 10 April | The modern history of the first Lambousa treasure of Byzantine silverware from Cyprus, by Robert Merrillees, FSA |
| 23 April | Anniversary meeting |
| 1 May | The taming of nature: changing relations in the human environment, by Martin Jones, FSA, at the National Museum, Cardiff (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 8 May | The conservation and archaeology of Silbury Hill, by Amanda Chadburn, FSA, and Jim Leary |
| 13 May | Merlin’s magic circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones, by Timothy Darvill, FSA, in Sydney, Australia (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 14 May | Merlin’s magic circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones, by Timothy Darvill, FSA, in Canberra, Australia (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 15 May | Merlin’s magic circles: Stonehenge and the use of the Preseli Bluestones, by Timothy Darvill, FSA, in Melbourne, Australia (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 16 May | Tercentenary colloquium on the role of national antiquarian societies today (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 22 May | Ballot |
| 29 May | The Cowdray engravings and the loss of the Mary Rose, by Dominic Fontana |
| 5 June | East Africa and the trade in medieval luxuries, Mark Horton, FSA |
| 11 June | Summer soirée – on the Terrace of the House of Commons |
| 19 June | Ballot |
| 26 June | The future of the past, with Richard Bradley, FSA, David Cannadine, FSA, Mark Horton, FSA, and Carenza Lewis, FSA at the British Museum (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 4/5 July | Tercentenary research seminar: the Chapter House and Pyx Chamber at Westminster Abbey (Tercentenary Festival event) |
| 12 July | Kelmscott Fellows' Day (closing event of the Tercentenary Festival) |
| 25 July to 8 September 2008 | The Society’s apartments will be closed. Fellows wishing to use the Library during this period are advised to telephone in advance to arrange an appointment to visit. |