BAA Annual Lecture Series
Society of Antiquaries of London
First Wednesday of the Month, February-May
The BAA holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month, between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Council meetings precede the lectures on dates marked with an asterisk (*). Tea is served from 5 p.m. and the Chair is taken at 5.30 p.m.
The lectures provide an opportunity for professionals, students and independent scholars to present research that falls within the BAA’s areas of interest. We aim to cover both British and European topics that are susceptible to art-historical, archaeological, architectural, and historiographical investigation between the Roman period and the 19th century, but with a bias towards the medieval period.
The lectures are open to all; non-members are welcome to attend occasional lectures but are asked to make themselves known to the Hon Director on arrival, and to sign the visitors book.
For more information and previous lectures, visit https://thebaa.org/meetings-events/lectures/annual-lecture-series/
Lectures
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Building for strangers: recent research on England’s medieval inns, Matthew Cooper
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
The transformation of the monastic enclosure at Marmoutier (Tours, France) between the 11th and the early 13th centuries, Elisabeth Lorans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Archaeology, University of Tours (France)
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Thumbnails, or A Digital Wild Goose Chase, Jack Hartnell
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
The Papal Palace in Avignon in the light of regional architecture, Alexandra Gajewski