The Olney Archaeological Society Study Day has become a regular event in August. It is held at Knuston Hall, near Rushden and attended by 30 members and friends. Professor Stephen Upex, a Cambridge lecturer, F.S.A., former professor of Landscape Archaeology at Brunei University, author and adviser to several Time Team productions, has lectured frequently at O.A.S. meetings and at the Study Days. It is expected that he will lecture at the 2018 event.
Upcoming Events
4th March
The World turned Upside Down – the experience of the British Civil Wars.
Stuart Orme, Curator at the Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon, historian, formerly with Peterborough museum and Peterborough cathedral. Remote lecturer.
18th March
Chance and Opportunity in Hellenistic Sculpture: the Tyche of Antioch and the Kairos of Lysippus.
Dr Steven Kershaw, Classicist, author, lectures at Oxford University for Continuing Education, Arts Society and historical tours. Regular OAS speaker.
Dates for your diary
Summer School 2025 at Grendon Hall
Tuesday 12th August – Prof. Stephen Upex
Wednesday 13th August – Dr Jonathan Foyle
Details to follow.