“Pot Talks” series in 2025/2026

Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, invites attendees to the upcoming seminars in the “Pot Talks – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ceramics from Africa and Beyond” series.

The “Pot Talks – A multidisciplinary approach to ceramics from Africa and beyond” is a thematic series within the PCMA Seminar. It is organised by Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW, and the National Museum in Warsaw). Lectures in this series include topics related to multidisciplinary ceramic research, which will enable participants to exchange experiences with researchers working in different parts of Africa and beyond.

The lectures will take place on the last Thursday of each month at 2:00 pm via the Zoom platform. To receive a link, please contact: seminarium.pcma@uw.edu.pl

Upcoming events:

18.12: Dr. Julie Marchand (Fed-tWIN researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB); Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels): „Echoes of Trade and Transformation: Ceramic Reuse at the Byzantine Fort of Deir el-Atrash”.

29.01: Dr. Jiří Honzl (Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures): „Pots and Sherds in the Everyday Life of the Royal City of Wad Ben Naga: Evidence for the Post-Production Life-Course of Meroitic Pottery”.

26.02: Prof. Julia Budka (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Ägyptische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte): „A comparison of pottery reuse patterns between Kerma and New Kingdom sites in Sai, Attab and Ginis”.