Colloque – 2026 Battle Conference (Swansea)

The Conference this year will be hosted by the University of Swansea.

The 49^th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies

Swansea University, 15–18 July 2026

Programme :

Wednesday 15 July

16.00	Registration opens

17.00–18.00	Allen Brown Memorial Lecture Huw Pryce, ‘‘Conquering a More-Than-Human World: Environmental Perspectives on Norman Wales’

18.00–19.15 19.30	Drinks Reception Dinner on campus followed by drinks at The Pub on the Pond/JCs

Thursday 16 July
9.00–10.30	Dolly Jørgensen, ‘“For I have both read and observed myself”: Gerald of Wales’s Topography of Ireland as an eyewitness bestiary’

10.30–1100	Coffee/Tea

11.00–12.30	Bruce O’Brien, ‘Early Medieval Englishness Reconsidered’
12.30–13.30	Lunch

13.30–15.00	Michael Staunton, ‘Biography and Community in England, c. 1100–c. 1216’
15.00–15.30	Coffee/Tea
15.30–17.00	Alastair Forbes, ‘Monastic Soundscapes and Identities: Symeon of Durham’s “Vision of Boso”’ (Marjorie Chibnall Prize Essay)
17.15–18.45	Poster Competition
Dinner	Bistrot Pierre, Mumbles. Details will be provided at registration.

Friday 17 July 9.00–17.30	Conference trip to Manorbier Castle and Pembroke Castle. Delegates joining the trip will have a packed lunch provided (in place of lunch).
19.00	Dinner on campus with drinks at The Pub on the Pond/JCs


Saturday 18 July
9.00–10.30	Martin Allen, ‘Henry I and the English Coinage’ (Christine Mahany Lecture)

10.30–11.00	Coffee/Tea

11.00–12.30	Caitlin Ellis, ‘The time of the Anarchy outwith England: the Irish and North Seas’

12.30–13.30	Lunch

13.30–15.00	Judith Everard, Title to be Confirmed (Des Seal Lecture)

15.00–15.30	Coffee/Tea

15.30–17.00	Simon John, ‘The Vita of Ida of Boulogne (d.1113) revisited: new insights on the life of a cross-channel noblewoman after 1066′

Further Information

Although the details have yet to be finalized:

Registration will open on the Swansea University website in the near future. Costs break down roughly as: registration fee around £165, which includes lunches; trip around £40; a dinner in a local restaurant around £25.
Delegates will be able to benefit from discounted fares if travelling to Swansea by GWR.
Accommodation will be available in Swansea University halls on campus, with a two-night minimum stay. Rooms will cost around £73 per night with breakfast.

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