Early medieval stone sculptures that survive across Europe at the wayside, in architectural settings, in churches and graveyards, are an exceptional source for understanding the aesthetics and beliefs of early medieval communities. Celebrating the long-running project, the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, this conference provides an in-depth comparative investigation of the development and deployment of sculptural work in stone as a European-wide phenomenon, situating these monuments and their production within their local, regional, national and international contexts.

With over forty speakers, including four keynote presentations, the conference programme offers a rich array of perspectives, with papers and post presentations bridging European divides in scholarship and addressing the interdisciplinary interfaces between archaeology, history and art history. Themes include memory and commemoration, sculpture, space and place and imagery, iconography and symbolism. Speakers include Jane Hawkes, Catherine Karkov, Martin Carver, John Blair, Sally Foster and Anders Andren.