Current Archaeology Live! 2025

The Current Archaeology Live! 2025 event, which the UCL Institute of Archaeology is co-organising, is being held at the UCL Institute of Education on Saturday 1 March 2025. 

This one-day conference showcases all the latest archaeological discoveries and research from Britain and beyond.

The Keynote Speaker at this year's event is Nick Card (University of Highlands & Islands) wo will be speaking about the Ness of Brodgar: a millennium in the making; 20 years of discovery.

Further details and booking information

The winners of the 2025 Current Archaeology Awards will be announced on 1 March as part of the event. The awards, voted for entirely by the public, celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to archaeology. Voting will close on 10 February. 

Included in this year's nominations is Institute of Archaeology Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Rob Ixer, whose collaborative research on Seeking a Scottish source: updating the story of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone has been nominated for Research Project of the Year. 

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Further details

• Current Archaeology Live! 2025 website 

Tickets for the event are available via the booking link above including early bird tickets until 15 January. Student concessions (£10 tickets) may be booked.