Lecture Programme

Lectures are held in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London at 5 p.m. 

Non-members are welcome to attend the lectures but should contact admin@royalarchinst.org in advance so they can be added to the guest list.  

If the speaker permits their lecture to be live streamed/recorded, it will be available on the Institute's YouTube channel. See our Recorded lectures page for archived lecture videos.


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

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

Royston Cave: A Medieval Mystery beneath our Feet

In August 1742, workmen were erecting a bench inside the market house that sat near the crossroads in the middle of the Hertfordshire town of Royston.

Matthew Champion, MJC Associates
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE

Archaeology and Nature Recovery at the National Trust

By taking a proactive approach to heritage assessment to support nature recovery in land-use change projects for nature and climate, archaeology can be identified as an environmental discipli

Cat Lodge, National Trust
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE

Britain’s Last Roman Hoards: New Research on the Late Roman to Early Medieval Transition in Britain

Britain’s Last Roman Hoards: Wealth, Power and Culture in the Fifth Century is a recent collaborative AHRC (UK government-funded) project focusing on economy, society an

Professor Ellen Swift, University of Kent
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE

Findings Under the Floorboards: Sutton House's 17th-Century Fragments

This talk establishes the identification of paper fragments found underneath the floorboards of Sutton House in Hackney, London, as important material survivals of a 17th-century schoolgirl craft,

Dr Isabella Rosner, Royal School of Needlework
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE

The Talbot Green Lecture: Separating the curds and whey - investigating the role of processed milk products in the Neolithic diet

The Talbot Green Lecture will be held in York.

Professor Penny Bickle, University of York
Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL

AGM and Exploring the archaeology of an East Sussex Icon

The AGM will begin at 16.45 followed by our President, Nathalie Cohen's lecture at 17.00.

Nathalie Cohen, National Trust
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE