A conference organised by the Castle Studies Group to be held at the Society of Antiquaries will honour Derek Renn FSA, author of Norman Castles in Britain (1969/1973), and launch a Festschrift, Castles: History, Archaeology, Landscape and Architecture, edited by Neil Guy FSA. Speakers include Oliver Creighton FSA, Bob Higham FSA, Brian Kerr FSA, Neil Ludlow FSA and Pamela Marshall FSA.
The annual Surrey Historic Environment Research Conference will be held in Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall this year and will be followed at 16.00 by the Society AGM. A keynote speaker will be Julian Richards on Stonehenge and a programme based largely on prehistoric topics is now complete. A booking form is attached.
9.30 Registration
CBA South East, in conjunction with Surrey Archaeological Society, will be holding its annual conference in Chertsey this year. The programme is being developed to bring the topics discussed at SHERF 2017 into the broader regional and national context.
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The Annual South East Industrial history conference will be hosted by Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group in Windsor.
A programme and booking form is available via: biag.org.uk; click Booking leaflet.
Cost of attendance £15.00.
Lunch is available at a cost of £12.50
Surrey Local History Committee
A Committee of Surrey Archaeological Society Registered Charily 272098
Saturday 21 April 2018 9.30am to 4.00 pm
at Surrey History Centre 130, Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND
9.30 Registration
9.55 Chairman’s introductory remarks
10.00 Ros Black, local author and speaker . Duxhurst, Lady Henry Somerset’s farm colony for inebriate women
10.40 Coffee and tea
This winter’s study day will take place in the historic market town of Farnham at the Museum's Garden Gallery, followed by a walk through town and up to the castle in the afternoon.
The theme of this 7th annual symposium is early medieval London. It aims to be of interest to both specialists and non-specialists, and draws upon a wide range of archaeological, historical and literary expertise.
Further details and registration from: https://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences/seventh-london-anglo-saxon-...
Non-member Price: £15.00 Member Price: £15.00 Student Price: £15.00
Venue : Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2BE (see below for location map)
On the 2nd of December, Nick Branch, Stephen Fry (freelance ecologist) and Mike Simmonds will be hosting a free 1 day conference based around Chobham Common at the University of Reading. This conference will examine the heritage, biodervisity, conservation and management of the Common, including the plans for the Oneobservatory, a Chobham database collating the vast array of commercial, academic and citizen led research undertaken at the Common.
Conflict archaeology is a multi-disciplinary approach to sites of conflict. A panel of experts will discuss diverse field projects at this event.
Tickets £22-25 from: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-richer-dust-case-studies-from-c0nflict-arc...
A pdf of the programme is attached.
