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 FebruaryThe archaeology of the Sevso Treasure,  by Zsolt Visy, FSA (Annual All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group Lecture)
21 FebruaryThe origins of Europe, by Eric Fernie,  CBE, FSA, at the Lady Mitchell
Hall, University of Cambridge (Tercentenary Festival event)
28 February
Ballot
6 MarchArchaeology 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 MarchGlobalization: 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 AprilAnniversary meeting
1 MayThe taming of nature: changing relations in the human environment, by Martin Jones, FSA, at the National Museum, Cardiff (Tercentenary Festival event)
8 MayThe conservation and archaeology of Silbury Hill, by Amanda Chadburn, FSA, and Jim Leary
13 MayMerlin’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 MayTercentenary colloquium on the role  of national antiquarian societies today (Tercentenary Festival event)
22 MayBallot
29 MayThe Cowdray engravings and the loss of the Mary Rose, by Dominic Fontana
5 JuneEast Africa and the trade in medieval luxuries, Mark Horton, FSA
11 June Summer soirée – on the Terrace of the House of Commons
19 JuneBallot
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 JulyTercentenary research seminar:  the Chapter House and Pyx Chamber at Westminster Abbey (Tercentenary Festival event)
12 JulyKelmscott 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.