Welcome to
NUA OSLO 2025

Welcome to NUA 2025 4th – 6th June in Oslo! We aim to explore the archaeology of urbanization and urban life in the Nordic countries in medieval and modern times.

The second Nordic Urban Archaeology conference in Oslo aims to build on the success of the first NUA conference in Copenhagen in May 2023. That conference brought together archaeologists and other practitioners and specialists with an interest in the archaeology of Nordic towns and cities. NUA 2025 will similarly provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of a range of topics central to the practice of urban archaeology in the Nordic countries. As such, it aims to contribute towards promoting and sustaining a Nordic network of urban archaeology and a strong relationship between field archaeology, collections and research.

The conference explores the archaeology of urbanization and urban life in the Nordic countries in medieval and modern times. Four sessions encompass a variety of aspects relating to current urban archaeology: Issues of central importance for its administration and practice (Session 1); materialities of modernity in urban contexts (Session 2); curating, accessing, and disseminating urban archaeological material culture (Session 3); and archaeologies of medieval urban life and the ‘urban ecosystem’ (Session 4).

See below for the provisional programme and abstracts for papers.