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| European Association for Medieval Archaeology | |
|---|---|
| Name | European Association for Medieval Archaeology |
| Formed | 1978 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Leiden |
| Region served | Europe |
| Fields | Medieval archaeology, material culture |
| Leader title | President |
European Association for Medieval Archaeology
The European Association for Medieval Archaeology is a learned society promoting research into medieval material culture across Europe. Founded in 1978, it connects scholars working on topics from early medieval settlement to late medieval urbanism and interacts with institutions active in medieval studies such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Leiden University, University of Bologna, and University of Vienna. The association engages with major projects and sites including Sutton Hoo, Gdańsk, Pompeii, Ravenna, and York while fostering dialogue among specialists linked to bodies like British Museum, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Musée de Cluny, State Hermitage Museum, and Vatican Museums.
The association emerged from conferences held in the 1970s that gathered scholars from institutions such as University of Oslo, University of Copenhagen, University of Stockholm, University of Helsinki, and University of Tartu. Early figures associated with its founding include academics from University of Ljubljana, University of Barcelona, University of Paris, University of Cologne, and University of Leipzig. It developed amid parallel initiatives like International Council on Monuments and Sites meetings and projects sponsored by European Commission frameworks and national research councils including Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Society of Antiquaries of London. Over decades the association influenced fieldwork at excavations such as Housesteads Roman Fort, Gotland sites, Kreuzlingen, Castelvecchio, Dublin medieval layers and contributed to syntheses involving scholars from Trinity College Dublin, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, École Française de Rome, and Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb.
The association's mission emphasizes support for scholarly exchange between practitioners at institutions like Cambridge University Library, Bodleian Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Austrian Academy of Sciences and curatorial staff from Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Musée national d'histoire et d'art, National Museum of Denmark. Objectives include promoting comparative studies involving regions such as Iberian Peninsula, Balkans, Scandinavia, British Isles, Central Europe; encouraging interdisciplinary work with specialists associated with Natural History Museum, London, Institut Pasteur, Max Planck Society, CNRS; and advancing training linked to departments at University College London, University of Manchester, University of Glasgow, and University of Pisa.
Core activities comprise organizing annual colloquia and workshops that attract delegates from University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University, Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University, and University of Ljubljana. The association runs thematic working groups addressing topics such as ceramic studies tied to collections at Victoria and Albert Museum, numismatics involving British Museum coin cabinets, zooarchaeology with collaborators from University of Bern, and bioarchaeology with teams at University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. Training programs often partner with field schools at sites like Birka, Pevnost, Aros, and conservation units at Centre for Textile Research and Getty Conservation Institute affiliates. The association maintains mailing lists and digital resources connecting scholars at Princeton University, Columbia University, Yale University, and European centers such as University of Leiden and Université de Genève.
The association convenes annual conferences regularly hosted in cities such as Leiden, Prague, Barcelona, Bologna, Tallinn, Kraków, and Edinburgh. Proceedings and edited volumes are published in collaboration with presses and journals including Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Brill Publishers, Routledge, Journal of Medieval History, and Medieval Archaeology. Special issues have focused on finds from contexts like Viking Age Ribe, Carolingian monasteries, Crusader states, Hanoverian towns, Lisbon medieval layers, and research strands linked to scholars at University of Liège, University of Antwerp, and Ghent University.
Membership comprises individual researchers, students, museum professionals, and institutional affiliates from organizations such as Historic England, Riksantikvaren, Monuments Men Foundation, Comité International des Sciences Historiques, and university departments across Europe. Governance is conducted by an elected council including president, secretary, treasurer and ordinary members drawn from universities like University of Bergen, University of Cologne, University of Milan, University of Szeged, and University of Algarve. Elections and statutes reflect models used by bodies such as European Association of Archaeologists and International Medieval Congress committees, with meetings often occurring alongside events at centres like Royal Irish Academy and Leids Museum.
The association awards prizes and travel grants to early-career researchers and project leaders, supporting work at excavation sites such as Ravenna, Lindisfarne, Rodenbach, Pompeiian suburbs and conservation programmes linked to ICOMOS and UNESCO-listed locations. Grants have enabled research collaborations with institutions including Wellcome Trust, HERA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Research Council, and national academies like Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The association partners with museums, archives and academic consortia including British Library, Vatican Library, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, University of Barcelona Press, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, and networks such as COST actions and EUA initiatives. Collaborative projects have linked teams from University of Malta, University of Crete, University of Cyprus, University of Cyprus Archaeological Research Unit, National Technical University of Athens and labs specializing in archaeometry at University of Granada, University of Freiburg, and University of Basel.
Category:Archaeological organizations