Holders of scholarships and special grants in Egypt and Poland 2018/2019
EGYPT
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland grants scholarships for the academic year to candidates from the field of archaeology and history of the Near East, Egypt and Sudan: doctoral candidates researching their dissertation and senior-year students working on their MA thesis.
A number of short-term scholarships is granted each year to researchers and senior-year students to prepare the documentation of study collections in the field at various sites.
The following scholarships have been granted in the coming academic year (2018/2019):
7– month scholarships:
- Alicja Wieczorek, MA, independent
Research topic: Stamped mud-bricks from the Eastern Mountain of Gebelein (supervisor: Dr Artur Obłuski, PCMA, University of Warsaw) - Dawid Wieczorek, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Research on the stone dressing technology of the wall blocks in the Thutmose III Temple at Deir el-Bahari – field studies, analysis and elaboration of results (supervisor: Dr Monika Dolińska, National Museum in Warsaw)
4 – month scholarship:
- Joanna Ciesielska, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: From the Arabian Peninsula to Egypt and Nubia: transformation of burial customs in the formative period of Islam (ca 7th–9th century) (supervisor: Dr Artur Obłuski, PCMA, University of Warsaw)
3 – month scholarship:
- Agata Bebel, MA, doctoral candidate (W. Shafer Institute of Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Science)
Research topic: Flora at archaeological sites from the Neolithic to the Early Dynastic period in Egypt (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Arkadiusz Sołtysiak, University of Warsaw) - Dagmara Haładaj, MA, doctoral candidate (Center for Research on the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Study and documentation of Theban coffins from the times of 25–26th Dynasty from the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (supervisor: Prof. Andrzej Niwiński, University of Warsaw) - Magdalena Kazimierczak, MA, doctoral candidate (Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University)
Research topic: Reconstruction of the pottery tradition at the site of Tell el-Murra in the Early Dynastic Period (supervisor: Dr Mariusz Jucha, Jagiellonian University) - Matthieu Rousseau, student (Institute of Archaeology University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Catalog of “frog lamps” found in Berenike (supervisor: Iwona Zych, MA, PCMA, University of Warsaw) - Adrianna Madej, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw), student (Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Studies on the decoration of the gate and northern wall of the Royal Cult Complex Courtyard (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mirosław Barwik, University of Warsaw) - Katarzyna Mich, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of Theology, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)
Research topic: The importance of the cult of saints and archangels in shaping the cultural identity of Christian Nubia (supervisor: Rev. Prof. Jarosław Różański, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)
2 – month scholarship:
- inż. arch. Grzegorz Biczak, student (Wrocław University of Technology)
Research topic: Examination and documentation of Middle Kingdom funerary architecture in the Asasif necropolis in Western Thebes, including study of adaptation perspectives for tourism purposes (supervisor: Dr Patryk Chudzik, University of Wrocław) - Malwina Brachmańska, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
Research topic: The role of large cats in everyday and religious life of Ancient Egyptians (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Rafał Koliński, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań) - Kamila Braulińska, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Documentation and material studies on mammals in the decoration of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari (supervisor: Prof. Adam Łukaszewicz, University of Warsaw) - Sylwia Buławka, MA, doctoral candidate (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Research topic: Flint manufacture of communities living in the area of the Gebelein archaeological site in Upper Egypt (supervisor: Prof. Michał Kobusiewicz, Polish Academy of Sciences) - Julia Chyla, MA, doctoral candidate (Center for Research on the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Field survey of the Eastern Mountain of Gebelein (supervisor: Prof. Krzysztof Misiewicz, University of Warsaw) - Maria Czarnecka, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Exposition and maintenance techniques of ancient archaeological relicts used within the Marina el-Alamein site (supervisor: prof. dr hab. Rafał Czerner, Wrocław University of Science and Technology) - Dr Krzysztof Domżalski, (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Research topic: Hellenistic and Roman fine pottery from Berenike (project director: Iwona Zych, MA, PCMA, University of Warsaw) - Monika Drab, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Theoretical reconstruction of a Coptic church in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el Bahari (supervisor: Dr Zbigniew Szafrański, PCMA, University of Warsaw; Dr Eng. Arch. Teresa Dziedzic, Wrocław University of Science and Technology) - Anna Drzymuchowska, MA, (Archaeological Museum in Krakow)
Research topic: Pottery from excavations at Marea with particular consideration of painted pottery and imports from the Mediterranean area and Upper Egypt (supervisor: Dr Krzysztof Babraj, Archaeological Museum in Krakow) - Wojciech Ejsmond, MA, doctoral candidate (Center for Research on the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Archaeological topography of the Eastern Mountain of Gebelein (supervisor: Dr Aneta Skalec, University of Warsaw) - inż. arch. Karolina Kocyła, student (Faculty of Architecture Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Archaeological documentation and architectural research of vestiges located on the west side of the Djoser’s Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz, University of Warsaw; Dr Eng. Arch. Teresa Dziedzic, Wrocław University of Science and Technology) - Eng. Arch. Anna Kozłowska, student (Faculty of Architecture Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Study and documentation of architecture in the Archeological and Conservation Mission on Kom el Dikka in Alexandria (supervisor: Prof. Rafał Czerner, Wrocław University of Science and Technology) - Eng. Arch. Urszula Kraśniewska, student (Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Architecture of the burial temples in Deir el Bahari (supervisor: Dr Eng. Arch.Teresa Dziedzic, Wrocław University of Science and Technology) - Natalia Lockley, student (Institute of Archaeology University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Mosaic floors from Ptolemaic-Roman Alexandria and their influence on the art of the Near East (supervisor: Dr Piotr Jaworski, University of Warsaw) - Katarzyna Lajs, MA, doctoral candidate (Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University)
Research topic: Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom lithic material from Tell el-Murra compared to corresponding lithic industries from ancient Egypt (supervisor: Dr Mariusz Jucha, Jagiellonian University) - Julia Maczuga, student (Institute of Archaeology University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Material manifestations of the process of Islamization of Sudan (supervisor: Dr Artur Obłuski, PCMA University of Warsaw) - Natalia Małecka-Drozd, MA, doctoral candidate (Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University)
Research topic: Comparison of the Egyptian settlement in the Nile Delta and the Nile Valley in the third millenium BC (supervisor: Prof. Joachim Śliwa, Jagiellonian University) - Eng. Arch. Dorota Morta, student (Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Study and documentation of relics of Hellenistic-Roman architecture of Egypt; survey of methods of conservation and exhibition on the example of the Marina el-Alamein archaeological site (supervisor: Prof. Rafał Czerner, Wrocław University of Science and Technology) - Daniel Takacs, MA, doctoral candidate (Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Library research in Cairo and Gebelein archaeological fieldwork (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz, University of Warsaw) - Anna Weźranowska, student (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw)
Research topic: Cups of the Third Intermediate Period from Tell el-Retaba, Egypt (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Anna Wodzińska, University of Warsaw) - Eng. Arch. Agnieszka Wodawska, student (Faculty of Architecture, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Research topic: Study and documentation of architecture in the Archeological and Conservation Mission on Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari (supervisor: Dr Eng. Arch. Teresa Dziedzic, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
1 – month scholarship:
- Dr Paweł Polkowski (Archaeological Museum in Poznan)
Research topic: Comparative studies of rock art in the Western Desert and the Nile Valley: library research (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jacek Kabaciński, Polish Academy of Sciences) - Jakub Witowski, MA, doctoral candidate (Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław)
Research topic: Analysis of reasons and tactical models of functioning of Greek mercenaries in the armies of the pharaohs of the Saite Dynasty in the 7th to 6th century B.C. (supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mateusz Żmudziński, University of Wrocław)
POLAND
The Kazimierz Michałowski documentation scholarships:
- Agnieszka Szulc-Kajak, MA, independent
Research topic: PCMA archaeological documentation as a source for popular science
(supervisor: mgr Agnieszka Szymczak, PCMA, University of Warsaw) - Mateusz Iskra, MA, independent
Research topic: The digitalizationand sorting of archival field documentation from excavation projects of PCMA
(supervisor: mgr Szymon Maślak, PCMA, University of Warsaw)