Current Archaeology Live! 2026

The Current Archaeology Live! 2026 event, which the UCL Institute of Archaeology is co-organising, is being held at the UCL Institute of Education on Saturday 28 February 2026. 

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

Provisional programme

• Sophia Adams (British Museum) – The massive Melsonby Hoard
• Derek Alexander and Danial Rhodes (National Trust for Scotland) – Pioneering spirit: exploring the archaeology of early whisky-making in Scotland
• Aidan Dodson (University of Bristol) – The archaeology of early literate societies and history-writing: the case of ancient Egypt
• Andrew Gardner (UCL) – Excavating a legionary storehouse at Caerleon Roman Fortress
• Tatiana Ivleva (Newcastle University) and Rebecca Jones (National Museums Scotland) – Women in Romano-British archaeology: not so ‘rude’ and not so ‘terrible’!
• Kevin MacDonald (UCL) – An archaeologist of West African empires encounters Roman Britain at Norton (Suffolk), with some thoughts on what makes a villa
• Sarah Semple (Durham University) – Recent excavations at Yeavering
• Naomi Sewpaul (Time Team/Allen Archaeology) – Excavating with water: the importance of environmental archaeology

The Current Archaeology Awards results will be announced at 5pm

Further details

• Current Archaeology Live! 2026 website