Publication launch: Maritime Kent Through the Ages
Don't forget to regularly check our Upcoming Events section and fill your diary with these interesting and diverse offerings throughout the county, events are constantly being updated and if you have an event you would like to have added, contact the web team.
Online Event - PROFESSOR ROBIN FLEMING: "DO THINGS MADE IN FIFTH-CENTURY BRITAIN HAVE ETHNICITY?"
On Tuesday September 14th at 19.00 UK time the Kent Archaeological Society are delighted to be hosting a talk by esteemed academic and Professor of History at Boston College Robin Fleming, She has written on the political history of viking, Anglo-Saxon, and Anglo-Norman England; English law before the Common Law; Domesday Book; and late-Roman and early medieval material culture.
The Allen Grove Fund 2021
The Kent Archaeological Society is pleased to advise that it is re-starting and re-launching the Allen Grove Fund.
Further details about the fund and the application form can be found here:
The Ian Coulson Annual Bursary
The Ian Coulson Annual Bursary for local history/archaeology in Kent schools has been established by the Kent Archaeological Society in memory of Ian Coulson. Ian was Adviser for History in Kent schools for over 25 years and, at the time of his premature death in 2015, President of the Kent Archaeological Society. Teachers in Kent schools are invited to apply for the bursary to develop classroom resources based on Kent’s local history and/or archaeology, two of Ian’s great passions. It is open to teachers in both primary and secondary schools.
Faversham's painted pillar - online event
Following the success of the discussion between Kas Trustee Richard Taylor and President-elect Kerry Brown on the Pegwell Bay excavations, the KAS is organising a series of montly talks by Trustees and committee members.
Online event - Caesar in Kent: Do We Now Know Where He Landed?
A live discussion about the evidence and theories around Caesar’s landings at Pegwell Bay and elsewhere.
CBA - Festival of Archaeology Part II
Part II of the Council for British Archaeology annual Festival of Archaeology is taking place all week from Saturday October 24th to Sunday November 1st. The theme is Climate and Environment.
Following on from Part I, the digital festival earlier in the year, the CBA have launched Part II. With a combination of outdoor and online events there should be somethiing for everyone and the CBA web page will allow you to view all the upcoming events, search for events near you, enter competitions and much, much more.
CBA Festival of Archaeology - Digital Week
The Council for British Archaeology have announced an amazing 9 days of digital events based around the theme of climate and the environment.
Their traditional festival events will now be held between October 24th and November 1st. More details to follow.
KAS coronavirus statement
With immediate effect all meetings, events, conferences and forums are cancelled. This means that the forthcoming Annual General Meeting in May is cancelled as well as all meetings of Council and the Committees. The Library and our facilities in Marsham Street are now shut and there will be no 2020 season on the Lees Court Estate. Archaeologia Cantiana and Newsletters will be produced as and when practicable.
Kent Archaeological Society Annual Report and Accounts 2019
The Society's Annual Report and Accounts for year ending 31/12/2019 is available on the below link. Read our core objectives and about our plans for the future.
A virtual commemoration of the VE Day anniversary this week by Kent Archives and Local History
Kent Archives and Local History have put together a virtual commemoration of the VE Day anniversary with 'Kent Voices from VE Day'