On October 4th, Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, presented appointment letters to the Vice-Deans for Student Affairs, unit directors, and directors of education for the 2024–2028 term. Assoc. Prof. Artur Obłuski was reappointed as the Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA). Assoc. Prof. Artur Obłuski served […]
The University of Warsaw’s Center for Research on Ancient Civilizations (CRAC) has awarded its Small Grants XII. Among the winning projects is one submitted by Prof. Grzegorz Majcherek the PCMA UW. The project aims to develop the current conclusions about the economy and trade relations of ancient Alexandria by gathering additional data to determine the […]
Dr. Agata Deptuła and Dr. Emilia Smagur from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw have been awarded scholarships in the Minister of Science’s competition for outstanding young scientists. In this year’s edition of the competition, the Minister of Science awarded scholarships to 228 outstanding young scientists, representing 53 scientific and artistic disciplines. […]
The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) awarded an Antiquities Endowment Fund grant for the project “Under the wings of an Archangel: Conservation work of wall paintings in the Church of the Archangel Gabriel in Naqlun”. The ARCE Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants Program will fund the project for one year. The principal investigator is Dr. […]
Dr. Emilia Smagur was awarded an Opus 25 grant for her project “Inhabiting post-Roman Egyptian port: the households of Berenike”. It was enabled by additional financing received by the National Science Centre. Dr Smagur’s project aims to explore the domestic life in the post-Roman (4th-6th centuries CE) Eastern Desert port through a multidisciplinary study of […]
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. hab. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski has received positive opinion for appointment as professor at the University of Warsaw, by the resolution of the Senate of the University of Warsaw. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski is the Head of the Research Centre in Georgia of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of […]
Among the winners of the National Science Centre (NCN) Sonata 19 competition is Dr. Julia Burdajewicz’s project “Wall painting and stucco decoration of the Lower Basilica at ‘Marea’/Philoxenite as a testimony of the decoration of Alexandrian churches. An iconographic, stylistic, and technical study.” She will carry out this project within the consortium of the Academy […]
The Warsaw City Council has recently approved a resolution to name a pedestrian passage in the Northern Downtown area, close to the University of Warsaw, after Kazimierz Michałowski. A ceremony to honor this decision will take place on May 17th, with the participation of the University of Warsaw authorities, Professor Michałowski’s students, and representatives of […]
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Mahmoud El-Tayeb and Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek have received positive opinions for appointment as professors at the University of Warsaw, by the resolution of the Senate of the University of Warsaw. Dr. Mahmoud El-Tayeb has been associated with the University of Warsaw since 1976, first as a master’s […]
Dr. Tomomi Fushiya’s project entitled “Conservation of monuments and sites in Sudan during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium period (1898–1956)” has been selected for the Egypt Exploration Society’s Centenary Award. Dr. Fushiya’s research and practice focuses on collaborative archaeology, heritage values and decolonising methodologies in archaeology and heritage management in North Africa. Her latest project investigates the history of […]
Dr. Agata Deptuła has been selected to participate in the University of Warsaw’s Programme for young female researchers and teachers. It is part of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” (IDUB). The focus of Dr. Deptuła‘s project is on liturgical hymns in Medieval Nubia. The main goal is to present her research to the international community and to initiate […]
The discovery of paintings from Old Dongola (Sudan) by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw has been nominated in one of radio RMF Classic’s MocArty competition categories. The winner will be selected in an internet poll that will conclude by 25th February. The discovery of new paintings by the expedition […]