Dr Simon Roffey
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Simon.Roffey@winchester.ac.uk
+44 (0)1962 827324
+44 (0)1962 827103
University of Winchester
Sparkford Road
Winchester SO22 4NR
Biography
I have been Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Winchester since 2002. I have also taught for University of Reading, Oxford University Centre for Continuing Education and have worked for Southern Archaeological Services Ltd. Prior to my archaeological career I served in the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
I obtained my undergraduate degree (1998) from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and went on to complete an MRes (1999) at the same institution. I then completed PhD study at the University of Winchester in 2004 titled A Social Archaeology of Parish Church Chantries and Chapels: a perspective from the south and west of England. My main research area is within the archaeology of historical periods and archaeological fieldwork; I am particularly interested in the archaeology of Winchester. At the University of Winchester I teach on BA and MA programmes in archaeology and conduct modules in Buildings Archaeology, The Archaeology of Winchester, Church Archaeology, Historical and Contemporary Archaeology and the archaeology of the early and later medieval periods. I am also interested in the influence of the medieval period on creative writing and popular culture, including novels, films, games and art forms.
Expertise
- Church Archaeology
- Buildings Archaeology
- The Archaeology of Winchester
Publications
Books
Roffey, S. 2008 Chantry Chapels and Medieval Strategies for the Afterlife, Stroud: Tempus.
Roffey, S. 2007 Medieval Chantry Chapels. An Archaeological Approach, Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer.
Contributions to edited works
Roffey. S. forthcoming ‘Romantic Anachronisms? Chantry Chapels of the Nineteenth Century’. In: Post-Medieval Religion, Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Monograph 6.
Roffey, S. with Cohen, N. et al. 2009 ‘The Medieval Period’ In D. Divers, C. Mayo, N. Cohen and C. Jarrett (eds) A New Millennium at Southwark Cathedral: Investigations into the First Two Thousand Years. Pre-Construct Archaeology Monograph No 8.
Roffey, S. 2006 Devotional objects and cultural context: the medieval parish church. In V.C. Raguin (ed.) Catholic Collecting, Catholic Reflection 1538-1850, pp 21-30.
Roffey, S. with Hines, J. and Cohen, N. 2004 'Iohannes Gower, Armiger, Poeta: Records and Memorials of his Life and Death.' In S. Echard (ed.) A Gower Companion. Woodbridge: Boydell, pp 1-41.
Roffey, S. 2003 'Deconstructing a symbolic world: the Reformation and the English medieval parish chantry.' In D. Gaimster and R. Gilchrist, (eds), The Archaeology of Reformation. Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Monograph 1, pp 341-356.
Journal articles
Roffey, S. and Marter, P. 2011 'St Mary Magdalen Hospital Winchester’, British Archaeology 117, 22-27.
Roffey, S. 2010 ‘Recent Excavations at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester’, Medieval Archaeology 54.
Roffey, S. 2010 ‘Excavations at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester’. Monastic Research Bulletin 16, 43-49.
Roffey, S. 2010 Planning for the afterlife: The chantry chapels of Salisbury Cathedral. Sarum Chronicle 9, 19-29.
Roffey, S 2007 Constructing a vision of salvation: chantries and the social dimension of religious experience in the medieval parish church. Archaeology Journal 163, 122-146.
Roffey, S. 2005 Recording the parish church fabric: objective and subjective approaches to structural analysis. For the Institute of Field Archaeologist Annual Conference 2005, Winchester.
Roffey, S. 2004 Reconstructing English medieval parish church chantries and chapels: an archaeological approach. Church Archaeology 5-6, 62-68.
Roffey, S. 2000 The rise and fall of the medieval chantry movement. Ecclesiology Today 22, 18-23.
Roffey, S. 1999 The Southwark Cathedral Archaeological Project. Church Archaeology 3, 12- 16.
Roffey, S. 1998 The early history and development of St Marie Overie Priory, Southwark. London Archaeologist Vol. 8 No 10, 255-26.
Reviews
2009 Review of ‘Human Remains in Archaeology’, Journal of Archaeological Science.
2009 Review of ‘Lepers at the Gate - excavations at the cemetery of the hospital of St James and St Mary Magdalene, Chichester 1986-87 and 1993’, Journal of Archaeological Science.
2007 Review of ‘Making a Christian Landscape’, Journal of Material Religion 4.2.
2005 Review of ‘Excavations at St John’s Priory, Clerkenwell’, Medieval Archaeology 49.
2005 Review of ‘Aelfric’s Abbey’, Medieval Archaeology 49.
2005 Review of ‘Christ’s Poor Men: The Carthusians in England’, Medieval Archaeology 47.
2003 Review of ‘London Charterhouse’, Medieval Archaeology 47.
2002 Review of ‘Medieval Musicians’, Medieval Archaeology 46
2001Review of ‘The College of the Vicars Choral of York Minster at Bedern: Architectural Fragments’, Medieval Archaeology 45.
1999 Review of ‘Excavations at the Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital, London, London Archaeologist Vol. 9 No 3.
Research Interests
- Medieval and historical archaeology
- The Archaeology of Winchester
- The Medieval Period in Contemporary Popular Culture
- Medieval hospitals
Current Archaeological Projects:
Funding Awards and Professional Membership
Funding awards
2009-10: Hampshire Field Club research grant for preliminary analysis of human remains at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester.
2008-10: RKT Fellowship grant, University of Winchester for excavations at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester.
2008-09: Society of Antiquaries research grant for excavations at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester.
2008-09: Royal Archaeological Institute research grant for excavations at St Mary Magdalen, Winchester.
Memberships
2011 - Steering Commitee for the Battle of Cheriton Community Project
2004-2008: Council Member Society of Church Archaeology
1999-2001: Council member for Royal Archaeological Institute
1999-2002: Council member for Society for Medieval Archaeology