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2026-7 Lecture Series Announced

We're delighted to share our Lecture Programme for 2026-7! We have a wonderful line up of speakers presenting on a wide range of topics - from Neolithic cheese making, Roman plasterwork and late…

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Masters Award Winner Jason Cohen with RAI President Nathalie Cohen

RAI Master's Dissertation Prize Winner

The RAI Master's Dissertation Prize, covering years 2024 and 2025, has been awarded to Jason Cohen from University College London Institute of Archaeology for his dissertation, …

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Membership Survey 2026

All members are encouraged to complete our membership survey. Just log in and visit the Members' area to access the online form. The survey will be open until 30th June 2026. If you require a password reminder, please contact admin@royalarchinst.org. 

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Lecture Programme

View our lecture program - open to both members and non-members - covering a variety of topics between October and May every year.

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Learn more about our publications, including the Archaeological Journal, our newsletter and the summer meeting reports.

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Each year the Royal Archaeological Institute offers funds for research. Find out more about eligibility criteria and our different funding opportunities.

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  • Receive new issues of the Archaeological Journal and access the journal's digital catalogue of past issues.
  • Access the Society of Antiquaries of London's library - the oldest and most important archaeological research library in the UK.
  • Attend our lectures and access our online recorded lecture archive.
  • Receive two newsletters a year.
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Lecture

The travelling painters of Londinium

The diversity of the styles of Roman London’s 1st century paintings suggests that there were multiple groups of painters throughout the city, many of them being from the continent.

Han Li, Museum of London Archaeology
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
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Ad Gefrin revisited: New findings and thoughts on a multi-period place of power

Yeavering in Northumberland is well-known for its appearance in the eighth-century Ecclesiastical History of the English People in which Bede describes a vi

Professor Sarah Semple, Durham University
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE
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The Royal Archaeological Institute is a leading UK archaeology society, with a history dating back to 1844. Its interests span all aspects of the archaeological, architectural and landscape history of the British Isles.

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