BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

PPPETERBOROUGHPETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL AND THE SOKE OF

ANNUAL CONFERENCE 10 ––– 14 July 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS

he British Archaeological Association’s 2015 annual conference will be held at T Peterborough. The focus of the conference will be the architecture, art and archaeology throughout the , especially that of and its precincts from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. Trips will include visits to the site , the Roman remains at Castor and the Anglo-Saxon tower at Church as well as many medieval buildings in the precincts and around the Soke. Other highlights include a visit to Thorpe Hall, built in the 1650s, and the remains of the early seventeenth-century Towers by Thomas Cecil.

CALL FOR PAPERS Anyone wishing to contribute a 25 minute paper on a Roman, medieval or post-medieval topic related to Peterborough Cathedral or the architecture, art and archaeology of the Soke of Peterborough should send a 200-word abstract with title to the conference convenors Ron Baxter, Jackie Hall and Claudia Marx at [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is September 30, 20142014.

ACCOMMODATION AND LECTURE THEATRE Rooms will be reserved at The Bull Hotel, Peterborough, which is located a 3-minute walk from the Theatre at which the conference lectures will be held. Both the hotel and lecture theatre are within a short walking distance of the Cathedral.

RECEPTIONS AND CONFERENCE DINNER Receptions are planned at the medieval parish church of Peterborough, St John the Baptist, and the Cathedral Deanery where delegates will have opportunity to look at the eleventh-century motte in the Deanery Garden. The conference dinner will take place in the splendid surroundings of Peterborough Cathedral’s fan-vaulted east end, the so-called New Building.

SCHOLARSHIPS A limited number of scholarships for students are available to help cover the cost of the conference and accommodation. Please apply by 30 AprilApril 20152015, enclosing a CV, reference and email address. Applications should be sent to the conference convenors at [email protected].

Booking forms will be posted to members in February 2015.

For any enquiries please contact the conference team at the email address given above.

Honorary Conference Convenors: Ron Baxter, Jackie Hall, Claudia Marx