MSRG Upcoming Events

AGM and Winter Seminar 2025

Saturday 6 December 2025, Attenborough Lecture Theatre 1, Main Campus, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH

10.30	Registration, tea and coffee
11.00	John Hurst Prize Competition student papers
	Christo Leventis, University of Oxford: ‘Settlement by numbers: a study of factors affecting morphology in south-west Norfolk’ Rachel Maloney, University of Nottingham: ‘Herefordshire Hamptons: distribution, derivation and settlement content of Hampton-names in Herefordshire’ Followed by questions (from MSRG judging panel only)
11.40	Annual General Meeting (agenda to be circulated at the meeting)
12.15	Lunch (and opportunity to browse the bookstalls)
	Winter Seminar
	Session 1 (Chair: Dawn Hadley, President)
13.00	Christopher Dyer Marginal people and their houses: history and archaeology
12.00	David Parsons (University of Wales) Place-names, language and status in the medieval lordship of Oswestry
14.20	Tea and coffee
	Session 2 (Chair: Christopher Dyer, Vice President)
14.45	Marion Shiner (Cardiff University) Life and death in rural settlements: can marginal status in early medieval society be identified in the burial record?
15.25	Michael Lewis (British Museum) How do “portable antiquities” contribute to our understanding of the margins of society in medieval rural settlements?
16.05	Discussion (Chairs: Dawn Hadley and Christopher Dyer)
16.30	End of the seminar

For information on our previous events, visit the Past Events page.

Papers from our seminars, featuring current work in the UK and Ireland and northern and central Europe, are available to view on our YouTube channel.