Each year, the Society holds a two/three-day academic conference on a theme pertaining to church archaeology, which also incorporates the AGM for the Society. Conferences are held in the autumn, most often in September and October, and any member of the Society or outside interested party is welcome and encouraged to attend. Conference information is always sent out to members in our summer newsletter, but the earliest and most up-to-date information will be posted on the website. Conference programmes and booking forms can be found here and downloaded.
The 2012 Conference is being organized jointly with University College Cork and Newcastle University. It will be held in Cork, Ireland, on September 21st-23rd, on the theme 'Making Christian Landscapes: Conversion and Consolidation in the Early Middle Ages'. More details to follow soon!
The Society will also be hosting a One-Day Workshop and AGM this summer, to be held jointly with the Association of Diocesan and Cathedral Archaeologists. The theme of the workshop is 'The Medieval Church in Context', and it will be held in Thetford, Norfolk on Saturday 28th July, 2012.
Churches and the Sea: Chichester, Sept. 2nd-4th, 2011
Documenting Destruction in Yorkshire: the Dispersal of Monastic Artefacts: York, Sept. 17th-19th, 2010
Romans and the Romanesque in Lincoln and Lincolnshire: Lincoln, Sept. 25th-27th, 2009
The Archaeology of Post-Medieval Religion: Norwich, Sept. 12th-14th, 2008
Changing Patterns in Scottish Church Landscapes: Edinburgh, Sept. 28th-30th, 2007
Precincts, Parks and Ruins: the Archaeology of Ecclesiastical Landscapes: Exeter, Sept. 15th-17th, 2006
The Archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon Church: Jarrow, Sept. 30th-Oct. 2nd, 2005
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Celtic Churches, c.400-1100: Bangor, Sept. 9th-12th, 2004
The Archaeology of Church Interiors: Winchester, Sept. 20th-21st, 2003